Cyanoramphus is a genus of parakeets native to New Zealand and islands of the southern Pacific Ocean.
The list curreently accepted of Cyanoramphus taxa, following Boon et al. (2001) is:
Yellow-crowned Parakeet C. auriceps (Kuhl, 1820)
Orange-fronted Parakeet C. malherbi Souancé, 1857Conservation status: Critical
Red-crowned Parakeet C. novaezelandiae (Sparrman, 1787)
New Zealand Red-crowned Parakeet C. novaezelandiae novaezelandiae
Chatham Island Red-crowned Parakeet C. novaezelandiae chathamensis
Forbes’ Parakeet C. forbesi (formerly considered a subspecies of C. auriceps).
Antipodes Island Parakeet C. unicolor
Black-fronted Parakeet C. zealandicus (extinct)
Subantarctic Red-crowned Parakeet C. erythrotis
Macquarie Island Red-crowned Parakeet C. erythrotis erythrotis (extinct; formerly considered a subspecies of C. novaezelandiae).
Reischek’s Parakeet C. erythrotis hochstetteri (formerly considered a subspecies of C. novaezelandiae).
New Caledonia Red-crowned Parakeet C. saisetti (formerly considered a subspecies of C. novaezelandiae).
Norfolk Island Parakeet C. cooki (formerly considered a subspecies of C. novaezelandiae).
Society Parakeet C. ulietanus (extinct)
The two forms of C. erythrotis may be distinct species: the single specimen believed to be from Macquarie Island (Canterbury Museum specimen AV2099, O’Connor catalog 369) in Boon et al.’s analysis has turned out to be from the Antipodes Islands population (hochstetteri) instead (Scofield, 2005).
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