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Red-crowned kakariki
Natural variantUncommon in the tradeIntermediate to keep

Yellow-fronted

A variant of Red-crowned kakariki (Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae)

Yellow-fronted

Representative Red-crowned kakarikiphoto — a dedicated image of this exact morph isn't available yet.

The closely related yellow-crowned form (C. auriceps), green with a yellow crown and a red frontal band. Often kept and (controversially) hybridized with red-crowned birds in captivity.

Keeper tips for this variant

Keep yellow-fronted and red-crowned birds in separate breeding pairs — the two readily hybridize, and the hobby values pure, non-crossed lines of each.

This page covers the Yellow-fronted variant. For full husbandry, water params, diet and health —General care: Red-crowned kakariki

Other Kakarikis variants

Normal red-crowned (wild-type)CinnamonPiedLutino / yellow