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1 de may. de 2024 · The kea (Nestor notabilis) is a large parrot unique to the south island of New Zealand. Typically, they are spotted in the New Zealand Alps; however, researchers describe the bird as a “generalist” capable of survival in nonalpine regions. 1 Keas are omnivores and have a reputation for eating (or attempting to eat) just about ...
Hace 4 días · The birds belong to a species called the kea (Nestor notabilis), a maverick member of the parrot family, described as everything from a fun-loving prankster to a heartless mountain mobster that knows no bounds when it comes to procuring a meal.
12 de may. de 2024 · The world's only true alpine parrot, found only on the South Island of New Zealand. Large, with olive-green plumage. Note scarlet underwings visible in flight. Females are smaller than males with shorter bills. Juveniles have a yellow eye-ring and a paler crown. Gives a distinct loud “keee-aaa” call, mostly in flight.
11 de may. de 2024 · From the lab to the wild: how can captive studies aid the conservation of kea (Nestor notabilis)?Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences 45 (2022), 101–131. Google Scholar; Amalia P. M. Bastos, Patrick M. Wood ... Recent studies reveal a surprising new picture of how birds see the world. BioScience 50, 10 (2000), 854–859. Google ...
15 de may. de 2024 · Their closest living relatives are the New Zealand kaka (Nestor meridionalis) and the kea (Nestor notabilis). The scientific name of the kakapo is Strigops habroptilus . They belong to the New Zealand parrot superfamily, Strigopoidea.
Hace 1 día · What an Owl Knows is a thoughtfully written and engaging work by Jennifer Ackerman, an acclaimed and award-winning author of The Genuis of Birds and The Bird Way (), where Ackerman launched readers into the wonder and peculiar antics of the avian world.Those earlier works enthralled lay readers and avian scientists who thought they knew it all, but quickly learned otherwise.
A flock of South Island Geese (Cnemiornis calcitrans) and a pair of Keas (Nestor notabilis) by Paul Martinson. This large species of Anatid (Ducks, Geese, and Swans) lived from the Late Pleistocene to the Late Holocene. Extinct and Extant. Humans were the cause of its demise. It inhibited New Zealand’s South Island.
