page_title: Antipodes parakeet
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Antipodes parakeet / Description
caption_attribution_description: Cyanoramphus unicolor English: A painting of Antipodes Parakeet, also known as Antipodes Island Parakeet, (originally captioned "Platycercus unicolor Uniform Parrakeet") by Edward Lear 1812-1888.
context_page_description: The Antipodes parakeet or Antipodes Island parakeet is a parrot in the family Psittaculidae that is endemic to the Antipodes Islands of New Zealand. It is one of two parrot species found on the islands, and one of only five ground-dwelling parrots in the world. They are long-living birds that may live up to 10 years of age, but the introduction of mice that compete with them for food is a threat to their survival on the Antipodes Islands. Unusually for parrots, they sometimes prey upon other birds, a trait shared by another New Zealand parrot, the kea.
context_section_description: It is the largest species in the genus Cyanoramphus at 30 cm (12 in) long. and makes a penetrating kok-kok-kok-kok noise.
caption: Illustration of Antipodes Parakeet by Edward Lear (1812-1888).
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