A Red Corwned Parakeet feeds on the flowers of a Flax, on Tiritiri Matangi Island in Aucklands Hauraki Gulf..Once widespread on the mainland New Zealands Red Crowned Parakeet or Kakariki was susceptible to predation by introduced mammals, such as cats, rodents, mustelids and possums and is now only confined to predator free offshore islands.
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