Chatham Kaka

Chatham Kaka
Chatham Kaka
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Strigopidae
Tribe: Nestorini
Genus: Nestor
Species: Nestor sp.

The Chatham Kaka, or Chatham Island Kākā (Nestor sp.) is an undescribed parrot species previously found on the Chatham Islands, New Zealand.[1][2] The first individuals were thought to belong to the Kākā (Nestor meridionalis), but detailed examination of the subfossil bones showed that they actually belong to a separate endemic species.[3] The species became extinct within the first 150 years of the arrival of the Polynesians around 1550, long before any European settlers.[3] No skins or descriptions are available.[3]

Taxonomy

The Chatham Kaka is assigned to the genus Nestor in the family Strigopidae, a small group of parrot species native to New Zealand. It is considered to have been more closely related to the Kākā (Nestor meridionalis) and the extinct Norfolk Kaka (Nestor productus) than to the Kea (Nestor notabilis).[3]

Ecology

The Chatham Kaka was a forest dwelling species[3] of about the same size as the North Island subspecies of the Kākā, Nestor meridionalis septentrionalis.[2] It had no natural predators (it was bigger than the Kārearea, or New Zealand Falcon) and, as is often observed with such island endemics, this led to it being a poor flyer.[3]

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