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Nestor meridionalis (New Zealand Kaka)

Synonyms: Psittacus meridionalis (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

The New Zealand kaka, also known as kākā, (Nestor meridionalis) is a large species of parrot of the family Strigopidae found in native forests of New Zealand. Two subspecies are recognised. It is endangered and has disappeared from much of its former range.
View Wikipedia Record: Nestor meridionalis

Infraspecies

Nestor meridionalis meridionalis (South Island kaka)
Nestor meridionalis septentrionalis (North Island kaka)

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Nestor meridionalis

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
9
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
67
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 19.3958
EDGE Score: 5.09477
View EDGE Record: Nestor meridionalis

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  429 grams
Birth Weight [2]  22.4 grams
Female Weight [4]  400 grams
Male Weight [4]  1.01 lbs (458 g)
Weight Dimorphism [4]  14.5 %
Diet [3]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Frugivore, Nectarivore, Granivore, Herbivore
Diet - Fruit [3]  40 %
Diet - Invertibrates [3]  10 %
Diet - Nectar [3]  10 %
Diet - Plants [3]  30 %
Diet - Seeds [3]  10 %
Forages - Canopy [3]  20 %
Forages - Mid-High [3]  40 %
Forages - Understory [3]  20 %
Forages - Ground [3]  20 %
Clutch Size [5]  4
Snout to Vent Length [1]  18 inches (45 cm)

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Arthur's Pass National Park II 257008 South Island, New Zealand
Fiordland National Park II 3106115 New Zealand  
Mount Aspiring National Park II 473907 South Island, New Zealand
Te Wahipounamu—South West New Zealand World Heritage Site 6424740 New Zealand  

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
New Zealand New Zealand Yes

Prey / Diet

Prey / Diet Overlap

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Powlesland, R.G.; Greene, T.C.; Dilks, P.J.; Moorhouse, R.J.; Moran, L.R.; Taylor, G.; Jones, A.; Wills, D.E.; August, C.K.; August, C.L. 2009. Breeding biology of the New Zealand kaka (Nestor meridionalis) (Psittacidae, Nestorinae). Notornis 56 (1): 11-33.
♦ 3Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 4Higgins, PJ (Ed) (1999) Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic birds. Volume 4: Parrots to dollarbird. Oxford University Press, Melbourne
♦ 5Masello JF, Quillfeldt P (2002) Chick growth and breeding success of the burrowing parrot Condor 104:574–586
♦ 6O'Donnell, Colin F J and Dilks, Peter J, Foods and Foraging of Forest Birds in Temperate Rainforest, South. Westland, New Zealand, NZ J Ecology 18(2) (1994) pp. 87-107
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0