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Chatham kākā
Extinct species of bird / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Chatham kākā or Chatham Island kākā (Nestor chathamensis) is an extinct parrot species previously found on the Chatham Islands, New Zealand.[3][4][2] The first individuals were thought to belong to the New Zealand kākā (Nestor meridionalis), but detailed examination of the subfossil bones showed that they actually belong to a separate endemic species.[5][2] The species became extinct within the first 150 years of the arrival of the Polynesians around 1500, long before any European settlers.[5] No skins or descriptions are available.[5]
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Chatham kākā | |
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Artist's reconstruction | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Psittaciformes |
Family: | Strigopidae |
Genus: | Nestor |
Species: | †N. chathamensis |
Binomial name | |
†Nestor chathamensis Wood, Mitchell, Scofield and Tennyson, 2014[2] | |
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