Also, don't irritate or patronise them

Warning Not To Confuse Parrots

Press Release by Environment Bay of Plenty at 11:12 AM, 01 Sep 2005

An Australian parrot that is damaging crops in the Bay of Plenty should never be confused with the protected native kaka, warns Environment Bay of Plenty and the Department of Conservation.

Last month, more than 1000 people called a special number to report sightings of the brightly-coloured Eastern Rosella, which is a surveillance pest animal in Environment Bay of Plenty's regional pest strategy. They can carry diseases that are a potential threat to native parrots.

"We don't want people to get confused," says Environment Bay of Plenty's pest animal coordinator David Moore. "If you want to control Eastern Rosellas, please make sure you have positively identified them first."

[Suppose I'd be quite confused if someone mistook me for a kaka too]