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The New Zealand parrot family, Strigopidae, [1] consists of at least three genera of parrots – Nestor, Strigops, the fossil Nelepsittacus, [2] [3] and probably the fossil Heracles. [4] The genus Nestor consists of the kea , kākā , Norfolk kākā and Chatham kākā , [ 5 ] [ 6 ] while the genus Strigops contains the iconic kākāpō . [ 5 ]
An unidentified parakeet lived on Campbell Island, but was extinct by 1840, so had disappeared before it could be scientifically described. [4] The Chatham Island kākā (Nestor chathamensis) was extinct by 1550–1700, so is only described from sub-fossil remains, [5] and the Norfolk Island kākā (Nestor productus) was extinct by 1851. [6]
The snowy albatross has the longest wingspan of any living bird, reaching upwards of 3.5 m (11 ft), [12] [13] with a mean span of 3.1 m (10 ft 2 in) in Bird Island, South Georgia. Wingspan measured an average of 3 m (9 ft 10 in) in 123 birds measured off the coast of Malabar, New South Wales.
Parrots (Psittaciformes), also known as psittacines (/ ˈ s ɪ t ə s aɪ n z /), [1] [2] are birds with a strong curved beak, upright stance, and clawed feet. [a] They are classified in four families that contain roughly 410 species in 101 genera, found mostly in tropical and subtropical regions.
They are almost exclusively pelagic (feeding in the open ocean), and have a cosmopolitan distribution across the world's oceans, with the highest diversity being around New Zealand. [ 3 ] Procellariiforms are colonial , mostly nesting on remote, predator-free islands.
Southern New Guinea, the Aru Islands, coast of West Papua, and the Raja Ampat Islands: Geelvink pygmy parrot: M. geelvinkiana (Schlegel, 1871) i NT: Biak-Supiori and Numfor (islands of the Baik Island) Meek's pygmy parrot: M. meeki Rothschild and Hartert, 1914: LC: Admiralty Islands and the St Matthias Islands: Finsch's pygmy parrot: M ...
The New Zealand kākā (Nestor meridionalis) is a large species of parrot of the family Strigopidae found in New Zealand's native forests across the three main Islands of New Zealand. The species is often known by the abbreviated name kākā , although it shares this name with the recently extinct Norfolk kākā and Chatham kākā .
This is a list of the bird species recorded in the Bahamas. The avifauna of the Bahamas include a total of 386 species, according to Bird Checklists of the World (Avibase) as of July 2023. [1] Of them, seven are endemic, 21 have been introduced by humans, and 212 are rare or accidental.