NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Malherbe's Parakeet
Cyanoramphus malherbi Souancé, 1857
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Orange-fronted parakeet (Cyanoramphus malherbi) or Malherbe's parakeet is a small parrot endemic to New Zealand. It is known in te reo māori as kākāriki karaka or orange-fronted kākāriki, with kākāriki translating to 'small parrot' and the colour green. The species shares the name "orange-fronted parakeet" with Eupsittula canicularis, a Central American species. Restricted to a few valleys in the South Island, its population declined to around 200 in the 1990s, and it is considered critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, and Nationally Critical by the New Zealand Threat Classification System. The parakeet has since been translocated to several islands and a fenced mainland site.
Wikipedia contributors, Cyanoramphus malherbi; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T07:38:06.518655+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Cyanoramphus malherbi Souancé, 1857
- Name authority
- Souancé, 1857
- Common name
- Malherbe's Parakeet
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- Family
- Psittaculidae
- Genus
- Cyanoramphus
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAves
- orderPsittaciformes
- familyPsittaculidae
- genusCyanoramphus Bonaparte, 1854
- speciesCyanoramphus malherbi Souancé, 1857
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Cyanoramphus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Yellow-crowned ParakeetCyanoramphus auriceps (Kuhl, 1820) | PsittaculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red-crowned ParakeetCyanoramphus novaezelandiae (Sparrman, 1787) | PsittaculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| New Caledonian ParakeetCyanoramphus saisseti J. Verreaux & Des Murs, 1860 | PsittaculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Raiatea ParakeetCyanoramphus ulietanus (J. F. Gmelin, 1788) | PsittaculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Antipodes ParakeetCyanoramphus unicolor (Lear, 1831) | PsittaculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chatham Islands ParakeetCyanoramphus forbesi Rothschild, 1893 | PsittaculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Macquarie ParakeetCyanoramphus erythrotis (Wagler, 1832) | PsittaculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Reischek's ParakeetCyanoramphus hochstetteri (Reischek, 1889) | PsittaculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lord Howe ParakeetCyanoramphus subflavescens Salvadori, 1891 | PsittaculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Norfolk Island ParakeetCyanoramphus cookii (G. R. Gray, 1859) | PsittaculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-fronted ParakeetCyanoramphus zealandicus (Latham, 1790) | PsittaculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Cyanoramphus malherbi malherbi Souancé, 1857 Souancé, 1857 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=177581 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:32NXF. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.