Regarding Kakariki
10,000 Birds
MARCH 30, 2011
The genus is Cyanoramphus , and they are sometimes known collectively as the kakariki (literally little kaka). Compared to that of say the Collared Kingfisher , for example, it would hardly raise an eyebrow. Yellow-crowned Parakeet , Cyanoramphus auriceps. My first complaint about Forshaw’s treatment of the kakariki is taxonomic.
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