Clade Strigopoidea Bonaparte 1849 (parrot)
Parent taxon: Psittaciformes according to T. H. Worthy et al. 2019
Sister taxa: Cacatuidae, Halcyornithidae, Messelasturidae, Mopsitta, Nestoridae, Panpsittaciformes, Platycercidae, Psittacidae, Psittaculidae, Quercypsittidae, Strigopidae
Subtaxa: Heracles
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Home Hills Station (Miocene of New Zealand)