Kaka  (Nestor meridionalis)

The kaka is a forest parrot, with a fairly dull colouration and a long, curved beak (2). It has a distinctive pale crown and crimson underwings, rump and collar (2). The North Island subspecies is mainly olive-brown in colour, with darker feather edges and a grey, pale crown. The South Island subspecies is brighter in colour, and the crown in almost white. The bills are longer in this subspecies, and more arched in males (4). This parrot species can also be recognised by its loud whistling to grating calls (4).