Orange Fronted Parakeet Photo: Supplied
DoC's endangered species ambassador, Nicola Toki tells us about Orange Fronted Parakeets or karaka kakariki - one of five parakeets native to NZ.
Orange fronted parakeets are nationally endangered, and are struggling to hold on in the wild (beech forests in Arthur’s Pass) with probably only a few hundred birds remaining there.
These birds are the rarest of our parakeet/kakariki species.
In the past decade, rat and stoat explosions have wiped out some breeding strongholds and reduced other local populations by up to 85%
Orange Fronted Parakeet Eggs Photo: supplied
