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Strigopidae is a taxonomic family within the animal kingdom. It belongs to the phylum Chordata, class Aves, and order Psittaciformes. The family is also referred to by the common name kakapofamilien.
Records for this family are associated with New Zealand. Institutional collections, including SAMA, hold seven records related to Strigopidae. Additionally, ten occurrences have been documented. The subject is referenced by 168 other encyclopedia articles.
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Strigopidae
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- ClassAves
- OrderPsittaciformes
- FamilyStrigopidae
Die Strigopidae sind eine Familie der Papageien, die aus zwei Gattungen besteht, Nestor und Strigops. Die Gattung Nestor beinhaltet den Kea, den Kaka, den Dünnschnabelnestor und den Chatham-Kaka, wogegen die Gattung Strigops mit einer einzigen Art, dem Kakapo, monotypisch ist. Alle Arten sind oder waren in Neuseeland und den umliegenden ozeanischen Inseln, wie der Chatham-Insel, der Norfolkinsel und der Phillip-Insel endemisch. Die heutigen Namen Kea, Kaka und Kakapo kommen aus der māorischen Sprache. Der Norfolk-Kaka und der Chatham-Kaka sind in historischer Zeit ausgestorben, der Kakapo, der Kea, und beide Unterarten des Kaka sind gefährdet. Das Aussterben der beiden Arten sowie der Bestandsrückgang der anderen drei wurden durch menschliche Aktivitäten verursacht. Europäische Siedler führten Schweine und Fuchskusus ein, die die Eier der Bodenbrüter fraßen. Außerdem wurden die Vögel vom Menschen zur Ernährung und als Agrarschädlinge gejagt, verloren ihren Lebensraum und litten unter der Einführung von Wespen.
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Encyclopedic overview
The New Zealand parrot family, Strigopidae, consists of at least three genera of parrots – Nestor, Strigops, the fossil Nelepsittacus, and probably the fossil Heracles. The genus Nestor consists of the kea, kākā, Norfolk kākā and Chatham kākā, while the genus Strigops contains the kākāpō. All extant species are endemic to New Zealand. The species of the genus Nelepsittacus were endemics of the main islands, while the two extinct species of the genus Nestor were found at the nearby oceanic islands such as Chatham Island of New Zealand, and Norfolk Island and adjacent Phillip Island.
The Norfolk kākā and the Chatham kākā have become extinct in recent times, while the species of the genus Nelepsittacus have been extinct for 16 million years. All extant species, the kākāpō, kea, and the two subspecies of the kākā, are threatened. Human activity caused the two extinctions and the decline of the other three species. Settlers introduced invasive species, such as pigs, cats, foxes, weasels, rats and possums, which eat the eggs of ground-nesting birds, and additional declines have been caused by hunting for food, killing as agricultural pests, habitat loss, and introduced wasps.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Strigopidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.