Size:
38 cm (15 in.)
Weight:
Not recorded.
Subspecies including nominate:
one
Colour Adult:
Adult mostly brown in colour; orange cheeks and neck; pale yellow breast; orange abdomen and undertail coverts; tail brown. Beak pale brown. Eye brown.
Colour Juvenile:
As in adults, but breast olive/brown.
Call:
Described as ‘hoarse’ and ‘quacking.’
Content Sources:
BirdLife International
Cornell Lab of Ornithology/Birds of the World
Vanished and Vanishing Parrots, Forshaw, 2017
Parrots of the World, Forshaw, 2006. 2010 edition
Captive Status:
The last recorded Norfolk Island Kaka was in London, UK.
Longevity:
—
Housing:
—
Diet:
—
Enrichment:
—
Nest Box Size:
—
Clutch Size:
Not recorded.
Fledging Age:
—
Hatch Weight:
—
Peak Weight:
—
Weaning Weight:
—
World Population:
None.
IUCN Red List Status:
Extinct
CITES Listing:
Not Listed
Threat Summary:
Was heavily hunted and trapped for pets. Habitat clearance also likely affected this species. The population suffered its worst decline and likely extinction after penal colonies were built and maintained on the island.
Range:
Formerly Norfolk Island and nearby Philip and Nepean Islands, Tasman Sea.
Habitat:
Tall-treed and shrubby habitat.
Wild Diet:
Probably insects and their larvae; also blossoms of Lagunaria patersonia reported.
Ecology and Behaviour:
These parrots were said to have lived both on the ground and in tall trees, feeding on flowering shrubs and trees.
Clutch and Egg Size:
Not recorded.
Breeding Season:
Not recorded.
