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Nestor
Taxonomy
Nestor was named by Lesson (1830). It is extant.
It was assigned to Psittacidae by Worthy (1997) and Worthy and Grant-Mackie (2003); to Nestorinae by del Hoyo et al. (2014); and to Strigopidae by Clements et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Psittacidae by Worthy (1997) and Worthy and Grant-Mackie (2003); to Nestorinae by del Hoyo et al. (2014); and to Strigopidae by Clements et al. (2017).
Species
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1830 | Nestor Lesson |
1997 | Nestor Worthy p. 106 |
2003 | Nestor Worthy and Grant-Mackie p. 451 |
2014 | Nestor del Hoyo et al. |
2017 | Nestor Clements et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Nestor Lesson 1830
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†Nestor chathamensis Wood et al. 2014
Nestor meridionalis Gmelin 1788 [New Zealand kaka]
Nestor notabilis Gould 1856 [kea]
†Nestor productus Gould 1836 [Norfolk Island kaka]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: subo = suborder, o = order | |||||
References: Benton 1983, Marsh 1875 |
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0117 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0117 Ma
Collections (17 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Late/Upper Pleistocene | New Zealand (South Island) | N. meridionalis (87810) N. meridionalis, N. notabilis (87814) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | New Zealand (North Otago) | N. meridionalis, N. notabilis (87789) | |
Holocene | New Zealand | N. ?n. sp. (194614) N. meridionalis (100554 194618 194619 195151) N. meridionalis, N. notabilis (215577) N. sp. (198088) | |
Holocene | Norfolk Island | N. productus (194562 194563 194566 194567) | |
Holocene | New Zealand (South Island) | N. meridionalis (215392) N. notabilis (215415 215614) |