Antipodes Parakeet
Photo: Kimberley Collins · CC BY-SA 4.0

Old World Parrots

Antipodes Parakeet

Cyanoramphus unicolor

VUVulnerable Endemic to New Zealand
Family
Old World Parrots (Psittaculidae)
Order
Psittaciformes

Overview

The Antipodes parakeet or Antipodes Island parakeet (Cyanoramphus unicolor) is a parrot in the family Psittaculidae that is endemic to the Antipodes Islands of New Zealand. It is one of two parrot species found on the islands, and one of only five ground-dwelling parrots in the world. They are long-living birds that may live up to 10 years of age, but the introduction of mice that compete with them for food was a threat to their survival on the Antipodes Islands until the mice were successfully eradicated from the Islands in 2016 (confirmed 2018). Unusually for parrots, they sometimes prey upon other birds, a trait shared by another New Zealand parrot, the kea.

Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Range and habitat

Locally in Antipodes Islands.

Range description: AviList Global Avian Checklist.

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Sources and further reading

Last updated September 29, 2026.