Kākāriki are beautiful forest birds. There are five main species of kākāriki: yellow-crowned parakeet, orange-fronted parakeet, red-crowned parakeet, Forbes' parakeet and Antipodes Island parakeet.
Orange-fronted parakeets, or kākāriki, are small forest-dwelling birds. Classified as 'nationally critical', the species has a high risk of extinction with only 100 - 200 birds in the wild.
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