The Red-crowned Parakeet, Red-crowned Kakariki, Red-fronted Parakeet Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae is a small species of parrot from New Zealand. They are characterized by the presence of green body with a red crown and a red swath from the forehead through and just past the eye. The upper bill is whitish with a black tip.
By contrast the Red-crowned Parrot, is larger and also has a red crown. However, it does not have the red swatch across the eye and has a flesh colored bill.

The Red-crowned Parakeet was extremely abundant during the 1880s. It is currently extinct on the mainland of New Zealand and is confined to Stewart Island/Rakiura and a number of offshore islands (such as Kapiti Island, Tiritiri Matangi Island and Matiu/Somes Island, as well as the Kermadec Islands to the north of New Zealand, on the Auckland Island to the south and the Chatham Islands to the east. The two island populations are sometimes afforded subspecies status. They are considered vulnerable by the IUCN andBirdLife International because the remaining populations are highly fragmented. Their extinction on the mainland was due to their vulnerability to introduced species, particularly stoats, rats and possum.- Wikipedia.

The photos 794 to 1019 were taken at the Invercargill Aviary.
The photos in the 2000 series were taken at the Rainbow Springs Nature Park at Rotorua.
The 4420 and 4421 photos were taken at the Orotohanga Kiwi House Zoo.
Photo 6440 is the only photo taken in the wild - at Tiritiri Matanagi,

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