What is Nestor (genus)?
{{automatic taxobox | taxon = Nestor | image = Nestor meridionalis.jpg | image_caption = [[New Zealand kaka]] <br/>(''Nestor meridionalis'') | authority = [[René Primevère Lesson|Lesson]], 1830 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = ''N. notabilis''<br/> ''N. meridionalis''<br/> †''N. productus''<br/> †''N.'' spec. }} The [[genus]] '''''Nestor''''' is one of two genera of the [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Nestoridae]]. Together with the [[Kakapo]] in the [[Strigopidae]] tribe, they form the small [[parrot]] superfamily [[Strigopoidea]]. The genus Nestor contains two extant parrot species from [[New Zealand]] and two extinct species from [[Norfolk Island]], [[Australia]] and [[Chatham Island]], New Zealand, respectively. All species are large stocky birds with short squarish tails. {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Birds of New Zealand]] [[Category:Parrots]]