The New Zealand kākā 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 abbrev
New Zealand kākā pairs mating
A kākā nest in a tree cavity. This is one of two fledglings in this nest, ready to go exploring though it cannot yet fly.
Eggs laid by a North Island kākā in a wooden nestbox at Zealandia wildlife sanctuary, Wellington
The genus Nestor is one of the two extant genera of the parrot family Strigopidae. Together with the kākāpō, and the extinct parrots in the genus Nelepsittacus, they form the parrot superfamily Strigo