New Zealand Kaka
Nestor meridionalis(Gmelin, JF, 1788)
English (US) New Zealand Kaka
The New Zealand Kaka (Nestor meridionalis) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Strigopidae (New Zealand Parrots) in the order Psittaciformes.
- Scientific name
- Nestor meridionalis
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- New Zealand Kaka
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1788)
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The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Nestor meridionalis septentrionalis
- Nestor meridionalis meridionalis
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Psittacus meridionalis
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1788)
- Type locality
- New Zealand = Dusky Sound, South Island, ex Latham.
- Original description
- Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I [pars I] p.333
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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