Reischek's parakeet

Reischek's parakeet

Range Restricted (NZ TCS)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Psittaculidae
Genus: Cyanoramphus
Species:
C. hochstetteri
Binomial name
Cyanoramphus hochstetteri
(Reischek, 1889)

Reischek's parakeet (Cyanoramphus hochstetteri) is a small green parrot confined to 21 km2 (8.1 sq mi) Antipodes Island, one of New Zealand’s subantarctic islands, which it shares with a congener, the larger Antipodes parakeet.

  1. ^ "New Zealand Threat Classification System". New Zealand Department of Conservation. Retrieved 2015-01-04.