DSC_1187 South Island kaka (Nestor meridionalis meridionalis) the preserved study skins of colour varieties of our native kaka; one white, and one cream individual, and a red kaka, known to Maori as kaka kura. Such colour forms were rapidly shot out by 'collectors' during the Victorian era, they are seldom seen in the wild today *
DSC_1165 South Island kaka (Nestor meridionalis meridionalis) detail of plumage of kaka kura - a red colour morph *
11001-71801 Kea or mountain parrot (Nestor notabilis) male. Miller Peak, Fiordland *
