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Nestoridae; Temporal range: Early Miocene-Recent
	New Zealand kaka, North Island subspecies; (Nestor meridionalis septentrionalis); at Auckland Zoo, New Zealand
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Psittaciformes
Superfamily:	Strigopoidea
Family:	Nestoridae
Genera
	Nestor; Nelepsittacus†

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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 known 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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-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 known 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 known genus, ''[[Nelepsittacus]]'', are all known as fossils from the early Miocene [[Saint Bathans Fauna]] in the Lower Bannockburn Formation in Otago in New Zealand.
 [[Category:Strigopoidea]]