Nestor (genus)

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Kaka
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Psittacidae
Subfamily: Nestorinae
Genus: Nestor
Lesson, 1830
Species

N. notabilis
N. meridionalis
N. productus

The genus Nestor, the only genus of the Nestorinae subfamily, contains two parrot species from New Zealand and one species from Norfolk Island, Australia. The Norfolk Island Kākā is extinct.

  • Kea, Nestor notabilis
  • Kākā, Nestor meridionalis
    • North Island Kākā, Nestor meridionalis septentrionalis
    • South Island Kākā, Nestor meridionalis meridionalis
  • Norfolk Island Kākā, Nestor productus (extinct)