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STRIGOPIDAE - Kea and allies (2:4)
STRIGOPINAE
STRIGOPS G.R. Gray, 1845 F - Strigops habroptilus G.R. Gray, 1845; type by monotypy  1
Strigops habroptila   G.R. Gray, 1845 Kakapo
vIntroduced to Little Barrier I., Maud I., Codfish I. and Pearl I. (New Zealand)
NESTORINAE
NESTOR Lesson, 1830 M - Psittacus nestor Latham, 1790; type by monotypy and tautonymy = Psittacus meridionalis J.F. Gmelin, 1788  2
Nestor notabilis   Gould, 1856 Kea
vSouth Island (New Zealand)
Nestor productus   (Gould, 1836) Norfolk Island Kaka
vNorfolk I.
Nestor meridionalis3 New Zealand Kaka
meridionalis (J.F. Gmelin, 1788) vSouth Island and offshore islands, Stewart I. (New Zealand)
septentrionalis Lorenz von Liburnau, 1896 vNorth Island and offshore islands (New Zealand)
1 Gender fixed by Direction 26, I.C.Z.N. (1955) [I.C.Z.N., 1955 #14297].
2 Species and subspecies follow Gill et al. (2010) [Gill, 2010 #12348].
3 For recognition of subspecies see Forshaw & Cooper (1989) [Forshaw, 1989 #1588].
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