Green Parakeet
Aratinga holochlora
The Green Parakeet (Aratinga holochlora) is essentially a bird of Mexico and parts of central America.
Green Parakeets began to be seen in Texas' Rio Grande Valley in the late 1970s, and inspired much debate as to whether they were naturally occurring wild birds from Mexico or escaped captive birds.
The Antipodes Island Parakeet, Cyanoramphus unicolor, also known as the green parakeet, lives only on Antipodes Island - one of New Zealand's southern, remote, bleak and inhospitable subantarctic islands (~62 sq.km in size).
Green Parakeet
Order: Psittaciformes Family: Psittacidae
Parrots are small to large birds with a characteristic curved beak shape. Their upper mandibles have slight mobility in the joint with the skull and the have a generally erect stance.
Besides being known as Quaker Parakeet and Monk Parakeet, they are also called Green Parakeet, Grey-breasted Parakeet, and Montevideo Parakeet.
One of the first birds we saw was the Red-crowned Parakeet. The large green parakeet was the first bird restored on the island. While locally common I would not see this bird again until I got to Stewart Island.
 See also: Parakeet, Parrot, Purple, Eagle, Hawk
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