Kea
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| phylum | Chordata | The Kea is a large species of parrot found in forested and alpine regions of the South Island of New Zealand. It is mostly olive-green with a brilliant orange under its wings and has a large, narrow, curved, grey-brown upper beak. The Kea is the world's only alpine parrot. Its omnivorous diet includes carrion, but consists mainly of roots, leaves, berries, nectar, and insects. Now uncommon, the Kea was once killed for bounty due to concerns by the sheep-farming community that it attacked livestock, especially sheep.
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| clade | Diapsida | |
| Class | Aves | |
| order | Psittaciformes | |
| family | Nestoridae | |
| genus | Nestor | |
| species | N. notabilis |
