Nestoridae

Temporal range: Early Miocene-Recent

North Island kākā at Auckland Zoo, New Zealand
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Aves
Order:  | Psittaciformes
Superfamily:  | Strigopoidea
Family:  | Nestoridae
Genera

Nestor
Nelepsittacus†

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.

## Contents

* 1 Species
* 1.1 Recent species
* 1.2 Fossil species
* 2 References

## 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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