Antipodes Parakeet
The Antipodes Parakeet or Antipodes Island Parakeet Cyanoramphus unicolor is endemic to the Antpodes Islands, inhospitable volcanic islands to the south of New Zealand. The parakeets eat leaves, buds, grass, and tussock stalks, as well as sometimes feeding on seeds, flowers, and will scavenge dead seabirds. The Antipodes Parakeet also preys on Grey-backed Storm Petrels. It will enter burrows to kill incubating adults, even dig at the entrance if it is too small. In this way it is rare amongst parrots for its use of other birds as prey items, a feature shared by kea in the Kaikoura region. Wikipedia.
This photo was taken at Rainbow Springs Nature Park.
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