Chatham Island red-crowned parakeet
Kākāriki, meaning ‘small green parrot’ in Māori, 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.
Find out how to distinguish the different kākāriki species, where you can find kākāriki, their breeding habits and more.
Introduced predators such as mustelids and rats are the main threat to kākāriki/ New Zealand parakeets.
Learn about DOC's work with New Zealand parakeet/kākāriki.
Find out what you can do for New Zealand parakeet/kākāriki.
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.
Nic finds out how DOC staff in Canterbury are fighting the clock to save our threatened species of kākāriki.
NZ parakeet/kākāriki factsheet (PDF, 206K)
Orange-fronted parakeet
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