Biology:Nestoridae
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| Nestoridae Temporal range: Early Miocene-Recent
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| North Island kākā at Auckland Zoo, New Zealand | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Psittaciformes |
| Superfamily: | Strigopoidea |
| Family: | Nestoridae |
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Nestoridae, consisting of kea and kākā, is a family of parrots from New Zealand and Norfolk Island, Australia . They are in the superfamily Strigopoidea, which also includes the living kākāpō (Strigops habroptilus) and the fossil species Heracles inexpectatus.
Species
Recent species
The four living and recently extinct kea and kākā species are in the genus Nestor.
- Kea, Nestor notabilis
- Kākā, Nestor meridionalis
- North Island kākā, Nestor meridionalis septentrionalis
- South Island kākā, Nestor meridionalis meridionalis
- †Norfolk kākā, Nestor productus (extinct)
- †Chatham kākā, Nestor chathamensis (extinct)
Fossil species
The genus Nelepsittacus is known from fossils from the Early Miocene Saint Bathans fauna from Otago, New Zealand.
- Nelepsittacus minimus
- Nelepsittacus donmertoni
- Nelepsittacus daphneleeae
- Nelepsittacus sp. (an undescribed species)
References
Wikidata ☰ Q1217143 entry
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