Cyanoramphus zealandicus

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	AVES	PSITTACIFORMES	PSITTACIDAE

Scientific Name:

Cyanoramphus zealandicus

Species Authority:

(Latham, 1790)

Common Name/s:

English

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Black-fronted Parakeet

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Extinct ver 3.1

Year Assessed:

2008

Assessor/s:

BirdLife International

Reviewer/s:

Bird, J., Butchart, S.

History:

2004	–	Extinct
2000	–	Extinct
1994	–	Extinct
1988	–	Extinct

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Cyanoramphus zealandicus is known from Tahiti, French Polynesia, from three specimens (two of which are now in Liverpool and one in Tring) collected on Cook's voyage in 1773, a fourth collected by Amadis in 1842, now in Perpignanand a fifth collected by de Marolles in 1844, now in Paris².

Range Description:

Cyanoramphus zealandicus is known from Tahiti, French Polynesia, from three specimens (two of which are now in Liverpool and one in Tring) collected on Cook's voyage in 1773, a fourth collected by Amadis in 1842, now in Perpignanand a fifth collected by de Marolles in 1844, now in Paris².

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Like Raiatea Parakeet C. uleitanus, the species was presumably a forest bird¹.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Its demise could have resulted from habitat loss, hunting or predation by introduced species¹.

Major Threat(s):

Its demise could have resulted from habitat loss, hunting or predation by introduced species¹.

Citation:	BirdLife International 2008. Cyanoramphus zealandicus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 09 February 2012.
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