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The New Zealand parrot family, '''Nestoridae''' consists of nine species in two genera. Only two species in the genus ''[[Nestor (genus)|Nestor]]'', the [[New Zealand kaka]], ''N. merdionalis'', and the [[kea]], ''N. notabilis'', are still extant. The various species of the second described genus, ''[[Nelepsittacus]]'', are all known as fossils from the early Miocene [[Saint Bathans Fauna]] in the Lower Bannockburn Formation in Otago in New Zealand.
The New Zealand parrot family, '''Nestoridae''' consists of nine species in two genera. Only two species in the genus ''[[Nestor (genus)|Nestor]]'', the [[New Zealand kaka]], ''N. merdionalis'', and the [[kea]], ''N. notabilis'', are still extant. The various species of the second described genus, ''[[Nelepsittacus]]'', are all known as fossils from the early Miocene [[Saint Bathans Fauna]] in the Lower Bannockburn Formation in Otago in New Zealand.


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Nestoridae
Temporal range: Early Miocene-Recent
New Zealand kaka, North Island subspecies
(Nestor meridionalis septentrionalis)
at Auckland Zoo, New Zealand
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Nestoridae
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Nestor
Nelepsittacus

The New Zealand parrot family, Nestoridae consists of nine species in two genera. Only two species in the genus Nestor, the New Zealand kaka, N. merdionalis, and the kea, N. notabilis, are still extant. The various species of the second described genus, Nelepsittacus, are all known as fossils from the early Miocene Saint Bathans Fauna in the Lower Bannockburn Formation in Otago in New Zealand.