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Devonport, Auckland.

Superbly magnificent! Believe it or not, we also have free-living parrots (fledged) that have been living free in a small river valley in the big city for decades and survive the harshest winters. Shelters have been built for them and they have found branch cavities where they don't get wet (absolute survival condition in low outdoor temperatures). Their size is about 40cm incl. tail feathers.

„Feral ring-necked parakeets have sporadically been observed around NZ, and are treated as a major potential threat to the country's native bird populations due to their potential to outcompete native parakeet species, and introduce diseases.“