The Antipodes parakeet was depicted in 1831 by English artist Edward Lear in his Illustrations of the Family of Psittacidae, or Parrots.

[4] The species is now placed in the genus Cyanoramphus that was introduced in 1854 by French ornithologist Charles Lucien Bonaparte.

These parakeets eat leaves, buds, grass, and tussock stalks, as well as sometimes feeding on seeds and flowers, and sometimes scavenge dead seabirds.

The Antipodes parakeet also preys on grey-backed storm petrels, entering burrows to kill incubating adults, even digging at the entrance if it is too small.

[1] Originally entirely restricted to the islands that bear their name, a small captive population, founded with less than 20 individuals, now inhabits the mainland.