---
title: "Kaka"
description: "Nestor meridionalis — Vogels. The New Zealand kākā (Nestor meridionalis) is a large species of parrot of the family Strigopidae found in native forests of New Zealand."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/new-zealand-kaka
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Kaka

> Nestor meridionalis — Vogels. The New Zealand kākā (Nestor meridionalis) is a large species of parrot of the family Strigopidae found in native forests of New Zealand.

- Scientific name: *Nestor meridionalis*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos)
- iNaturalist observations: 6805
- Wikidata: [Q626289](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q626289)
- iNaturalist taxon: [18943](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/18943)

## Names

- en: New Zealand Kaka
- de: Kaka
- es: Kaka
- fr: Nestor superbe
- nl: Kaka
- pl: Kaka

## Countries with the most observations

NZ (5487)

## Summary

The New Zealand kākā (Nestor meridionalis) is a large species of parrot of the family Strigopidae found in native forests of New Zealand. The species is often known by the abbreviated name kākā, although it shares this name with the Norfolk kākā and Chatham kākā, both recently extinct. Two subspecies of New Zealand kākā are recognised. It is endangered and has disappeared from much of its former range, though the re-introduction of North Island kākā at Zealandia in Wellington has led to an increasing population of the birds across the city.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C4%81k%C4%81

## Photo

![Kaka](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/new-zealand-kaka/medium.jpg)

Photo: Tyler McBeth · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/189088773

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/new-zealand-kaka?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).