Cyanoramphus
Genus of birds
Cyanoramphus is a genus of parakeets native to New Zealand and islands of the southern Pacific Ocean . The New Zealand species are often called kākāriki . They are small to medium-sized parakeets with long tails and predominantly green plumage . Most species are forest dwellers, although several of the subantarctic species live in open grassland. The genus formerly had a widely disjunct distribution: while most of the genus ranged from New Caledonia to Macquarie Island , two species were found in the Society Islands , 4,100 km (2,500 mi) away from the rest. Although the islands between these two areas have yielded many bird fossils , undescribed extinct Cyanoramphus have not yet been found on any of them.[ 1]
Like many other species of birds, the Cyanoramphus parakeets have suffered from changes brought about by humans. The two species from the Society Islands, the black-fronted parakeet and the Society parakeet , are now extinct, as are the taxa from Lord Howe Island and Macquarie Island , and an undescribed Campbell Island form. One species, the Malherbe's parakeet (C. malherbi ), is critically endangered , while most other species are endangered or vulnerable. Habitat loss and introduced species are considered responsible for the declines and extinctions.[ 2]
The genus Cyanoramphus was introduced in 1854 by the French ornithologist Charles Lucien Bonaparte .[ 3] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek kuanos meaning "dark-blue" and rhamphos meaning "bill".[ 4] The type species was designated by English zoologist George Robert Gray in 1855 as what is now the extinct black-fronted parakeet (Cyanoramphus zealandicus ).[ 5] [ 6]
Species
There are 12 recognised species, of which 4 are extinct:[ 7]
Genus Cyanoramphus – Bonaparte , 1854 – twelve species
Common name
Scientific name and subspecies
Range
Size and ecology
IUCN status and estimated population
New Caledonian parakeet
Cyanoramphus saisseti Verreaux & Des Murs, 1860
New Caledonia
Size : Habitat : Diet :
Chatham Islands parakeet
Cyanoramphus forbesi Rothschild, 1893
Chatham Islands , New Zealand[ 8] [ 9]
Size : Habitat : Diet :
VU
Norfolk parakeet
Cyanoramphus cookii Gray, 1859
Norfolk Island , Australia
Size : Habitat : Diet :
EN
Antipodes parakeet
Cyanoramphus unicolor (Lear, 1831)
Antipodes Islands , New Zealand
Size : Habitat : Diet :
VU
Yellow-crowned parakeet
Cyanoramphus auriceps (Kuhl, 1820)
New Zealand
Size : Habitat : Diet :
NT
Malherbe's parakeet or orange-fronted parakeet
Cyanoramphus malherbi Souancé, 1857
New Zealand[ 8] [ 9]
Size : Habitat : Diet :
CR
Red-crowned parakeet
Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae (Sparrman, 1787)
New Zealand
Size : Habitat : Diet :
LC
Reischek's parakeet
Cyanoramphus hochstetteri (Reischek, 1889)
Antipodes Islands, New Zealand[ 9] [ 10]
Size : Habitat : Diet :
† Lord Howe parakeet
Cyanoramphus subflavescens Salvadori, 1891
Lord Howe Island , Australia
Size : Habitat : Diet :
EX
† Macquarie parakeet
Cyanoramphus erythrotis (Wagler, 1832)
Macquarie Island , Australia[ 11]
Size : Habitat : Diet :
EX
† Black-fronted parakeet
Cyanoramphus zealandicus (Latham, 1790)
Tahiti , French Polynesia
Size : Habitat : Diet :
EX
† Raiatea parakeet
Cyanoramphus ulietanus (J. F. Gmelin, 1788)
Raiatea , French Polynesia
Size : Habitat : Diet :
EX
There are also subfossil remains from a yet undescribed extinct species from Campbell Island .[ 12]
Phylogeny of Cyanoramphus
References
^ Steadman, D. (2006). Extinction and Biogeography in Tropical Pacific Birds . University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-77142-7 .
^ Taylor, R. (1979). "How the Macquarie Island Parakeet became extinct" (PDF) . New Zealand Journal of Ecology . 2 : 42–45.
^ Bonaparte, Charles Lucien (1854). "Tableau des perroquets" . Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée . 2nd series. 6 : 145–158 [153].
^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names . London: Christopher Helm. p. 128 . ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4 .
^ Gray, George Robert (1855). Catalogue of the Genera and Subgenera of Birds Contained in the British Museum . London: British Museum. p. 86.
^ Peters, James Lee , ed. (1937). Check-list of Birds of the World . Vol. 3. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 269.
^ Gill, Frank ; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela , eds. (August 2024). "Parrots, cockatoos" . IOC World Bird List Version 14.2 . International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 3 September 2024 .
^ a b Triggs, S.J.; Daugherty, C.H. (1996). "Conservation and genetics of New Zealand parakeets" . Conservation International . 6 : 89–101. doi :10.1017/S0959270900001337 .
^ a b c Boon, W.M.; Kearvell, J.; Daugherty, C.H.; Chambers, G.K. (2001). "Molecular systematics and conservation of kakariki (Cyanoramphus spp.)" (PDF) . Science for Conservation . 176 .
^ Christidis, L.; Boles, W.E. (2008). Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds . Collingwood, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. ISBN 978-064309602-8 .
^ Chambers, Geoffrey K.; Boon, Wee Ming (2005). "Molecular systematics of Macquarie Island and Reischek's parakeets" (PDF) . Notornis . 52 (4): 249–250.
^ Holdaway, R.N.; Thorneycroft, J.M.; McClelland, P.; Bunce, M. (2010). "Former presence of a parakeet (Cyanoramphus sp.) on Campbell Island, New Zealand subantarctic, with notes on the island's fossil sites and fossil record" (PDF) . Notornis . 57 : 8–18.
Genera of
parrots and their extinct allies