11001-72717 Kea or mountain parrot (Nestor notabilis) a wild female 'golden' kea. The golden-yellow coloration is due to the mutation ino - a strong qualitative reduction of melanin. Among parrot breeders, this mutation is known as lutino, because of the predominant yellow colour. In ino mutations, melanin synthesis scarcely occurs, resulting in the yellow psittacin becoming clearly visible. Ino is a recessive and sex-linked mutation, most wild yellow individuals are typically female.*
11001-72901 Eastern rosella (Platycercus eximius) male in myrtle beech (Nothofagus cunninghami) *
11001-72819 Crimson rosella (Platycercus elegans) male in eucalypt. No longer considered naturalised in NZ. A breeding population of this species in Dunedin died out in the 1950s, and the the small breeding population in Wellington city appears to have died out in the early 2000s. The few birds that have been seen elsewhere in the country are probably recent cage escapees. Wellington *
