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In 2017 the kea was voted New Zealand Bird of the Year in a campaign to raise awareness about the country's endangered wildlife. [52] Called "the clown of the mountains", [52] [53] it will investigate backpacks, boots, skis, snowboards, and even cars, often causing damage or flying off with smaller items. [54]
Of the surviving species, the kākāpō is critically endangered, [7] [8] with living individuals numbering only 244 (as of 2024). [9] The mainland kākā is listed as endangered, [10] [11] and the kea is listed as vulnerable. [12] [13] The Nestoridae genus Nelepsittacus consists of four extinct species.
Around 1992 an attempt was made by a breeder to establish a wild population of rainbow lorikeets around Auckland. [11] The species was considered a competitor to native species and a threat to horticulture. So in 1999 it was declared an 'unwanted organism' under the Biosecurity Act, and a plan to remove the estimated 200 feral birds was made. [12]
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]
Trade, export, and import of all wild-caught parrots is regulated and only permitted under special licensed circumstances in countries party to the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) which came into force in 1975 to regulate the international trade of all endangered, wild-caught animal and plant species. In 1975 ...
The Kea Conservation Trust was incorporated in 2006 as a charitable trust, then later registered as a charity in 2008. [2] It was founded by current chairperson Tamsin Orr-Walker and three other trustees to raise money for research and to work with other community conservation groups, such as the Fiordland Wapiti Foundation.
The Nestor's genus contains two extant parrot species from New Zealand and two extinct species from Norfolk Island, Australia and Chatham Island, New Zealand, respectively. All species are large stocky birds with short squarish tails. A defining characteristic of the genus is the tongue, which is tipped with a hair-like fringe. [3]
The kākā’s closest living relative is the kea; the kea and kākā became separate species 1.72 million years ago due to ecological divergence. [14] This likely occurred due to changes in the climate during the Pleistocene that drove the kākā to specialise in more forested environments and the kea to specialise in alpine and other habitats ...