An orange-fronted parakeet peeks from its nest hole in this illustration of the different frontal feathers of New Zealand's three kakariki — red-crowned, yellow-crowned and orange-fronted. Now established as a separate species by recent DNA testing, the biological status of the orange-fronted parakeet has been the subject of controversy for more than a century. Pioneer ornithologist Sir Walter Buller also regarded it as a separate species publishing this stone engraving by J.G. Keulemans in an 1880s work on New Zealand birds.
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Forest and Bird, Issue 298, 1 November 2000, Page 6
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80An orange-fronted parakeet peeks from its nest hole in this illustration of the different frontal feathers of New Zealand's three kakariki — red-crowned, yellow-crowned and orange-fronted. Now established as a separate species by recent DNA testing, the biological status of the orange-fronted parakeet has been the subject of controversy for more than a century. Pioneer ornithologist Sir Walter Buller also regarded it as a separate species publishing this stone engraving by J.G. Keulemans in an 1880s work on New Zealand birds. Forest and Bird, Issue 298, 1 November 2000, Page 6
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