Strigopidae, the New Zealand Parrots
Channel: Animal Analytics
Date: 2023-10-23

Strigopoidea is a unique superfamily of parrots found only in New Zealand. This video explores the three living species - Kea, Kaka, and Kakapo - as well as their extinct relatives like the Nelepsittacus species and the Hercules Parrot. 

All pictures attributed to Animal Analytics were taken by me personally. A full description of all others can be found in the following document. 
Attributions and Copyright: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/8oe00rby7rjntur42pzb2/Attributions-NZ-Parrots.docx?rlkey=mmyrqf1uc1g37sc1opxerpyp1&dl=0 

Kakapo Released on Mainland: https://www.doc.govt.nz/news/media-releases/2023-media-releases/kakapo-return-to-mainland-in-historic-translocation/ 

Timecodes:
00:00 Parrots
02:23 Parrot Phylogeny
04:46 Strigopoidea
05:49 Kakapo
11:07 Nestor Phylogeny
12:05 Kea
15:44 Kaka
18:39 Chatham Kaka
19:45 Norfolk Kaka
21:22 Nelepsittacus Species
23:25 Hercules Parrot
24:47 Outro

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