Norfolk Island Green Parrot
EPBC Status: Endangered
SPRAT Species Profile: Cyanoramphus cookii — Norfolk Island Green Parrot
Found in: Norfolk Island
Threatened Species Strategy Scorecards:
Norfolk Island Green Parrot Year 3 scorecard 2018 (PDF - 395.69 KB)
Norfolk Island Green Parrot Year 3 scorecard 2018 (DOCX - 416.63 KB)
Year 3 Scorecard Summary (2018)
The Norfolk Island Green Parrot was a common forest bird when Norfolk Island was settled by humans in the late 1700s, but after extensive clearing of trees and introduction of feral predators, fewer than 50 individuals remained by the 1970s.
While land clearing on the Island has ceased, competition for suitable nesting sites with introduced species such as rosellas and common starlings is fierce, and predation from rats and cats remains a current threat.
In recent years, the Norfolk Island Green Parrot population has responded well to recovery activities, even expanding beyond the borders of the Norfolk Island National Park to which its range had contracted. Parks Australia has worked hard to secure the species through maintaining predator-proof nest sites, restoring habitat and controlling rats, cats and rosellas. Under the Threatened Species Strategy, the Australian Government has mobilised funds for rodent control, feral cat management and for a trial translocation of Norfolk Island Green Parrots to the adjacent Phillip Island to further secure the species’ range with a geographically separate insurance population.
Further information
- Threatened species strategy
- 20 birds by 2020
- 20 mammals by 2020
- 30 plants by 2020
- Three year review of progress on priority bird and mammal species
Please note that this scorecard is due for review in Year 5 of the Threatened Species Strategy (2020). If you would like to contribute information on this species please provide your contact details to ThreatenedSpeciesCommissioner@awe.gov.au
Photo credit: © Parks Australia