AndyNewman

Thanks Sachin.

Sorry Steven, I couldn't remember exactly where I saw the bird, so I just put the location down as Australia; which seems to have defaulted to NSW. It was in North Queensland somewhere, however, so I'll update the location.

Interesting birds. Another typical NZ evolutionary tangent. The Takahe is thought to be the bird that evolved from an earlier colonisation of NZ by a bird like the Pukeko (Purple Swamphen).

Sadly, I don't live anywhere near where these birds would be found in the wild. Saw this one whilst on holiday in Australia. Not uncommon in the pet trade, apparently.

Pretty sure that's not a Sun Conure. Looks more like a Pyrrhura family conure. Maybe a crimson-bellied conure?

South Island Kaka subspecies (Nestor Meridionalis Meridionalis). Lovely bird.

Whoops. The 2nd and 3rd photos will be of the same bird - but the fledgling is obviously not the same bird!!

Looks to me like a fledgling or young male Kea. The yellow around the cere and beak are an indication of the youth of the bird. As they grow older, the amount of yellow decreases and when they are fully adult, there will be no yellow colouration left around the beak/cere. Sexing a Kea isn't quite as easy, but male birds are generally noticeably larger than females, and the upper mandible of the male is longer. Great photos though.

If you like the Kea, check out the work done by the Kea Conservation Trust: http://www.keaconservation.co.nz/