NORFOLK ISLAND LORIKEET

Photographed on Norfolk Island January 2016

   752              NORFOLK ISLAND PARAKEET             Cyanoramphus cookii

Australia            (596)

Also known as Green Parrot and Tasman Parakeet. 25-30 cm; wingspan 32-38 cm. Found in remnant tall Araucaria forest and adjacent gardens and eucalyptus plantations. Range: confined to Norfolk Island where very rare; critically endangered. Extinct Lord Howe Is.