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Norfolk parakeet

Norfolk parakeet
On Norfolk Island, Australia
CITES Appendix I (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Psittaculidae
Genus: Cyanoramphus
Species:
C. cookii
Binomial name
Cyanoramphus cookii
(Gray, 1859)
Synonyms[3]
  • Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae (Sparrman, 1787)
  • Platycercus Cookii (Gray, GR, 1859)
  • Cyanoramphus saisseti Verreaux & Des Murs, 1860

The Norfolk parakeet (Cyanoramphus cookii), also called Tasman parakeet,[4] Norfolk Island green parrot or Norfolk Island red-crowned parakeet, is a species of parrot in the family Psittaculidae. It is endemic to Norfolk Island (located between Australia, New Zealand and New Caledonia in the Tasman Sea).

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2017). "Cyanoramphus cookii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  3. ^ Australian Biological Resources Study (20 August 2013). "Species Cyanoramphus cookii (G.R. Gray, 1859)". Australian Faunal Directory. Canberra, Australian Capital Territory: Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, Australian Government. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  4. ^ Christidis, Les; Boles, Walter (2008). Systematics and taxonomy of Australian Birds. Collingwood, Vic: CSIRO Publishing. p. 157. ISBN 978-0-643-06511-6.

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