What is Stringipoidea?
Q: What is Stringipoidea?
A: Stringipoidea is a small superfamily of New Zealand parrots.
Q: How many genera does Stringipoidea have?
A: Stringipoidea has three genera: Nestor, the Kakapo Strigops, and the fossil Nelepsittacus.
Q: Which two species belong to Nestor?
A: The Kea and the Kaka belong to the genus Nestor.
Q: Which iconic bird species belongs to Strigops?
A: The iconic Kākāpō belongs to the genus Strigops.
Q: Why are all living Stringipoidea species endemic to New Zealand?
A: All living Stringipoidea species are endemic to New Zealand because the family diverged from the other parrots around 82 million years ago when New Zealand broke off from Gondwana.
Q: What caused the extinction of the Norfolk Kaka and the Chatham Kaka?
A: The extinction of the Norfolk Kaka and the Chatham Kaka were caused by human activity, which introduced invasive species, such as pigs and possums, that eat the eggs of ground nesting birds.
Q: How long ago were the extinct species of the genus Nelepsittacus extinct?
A: The extinct species of the genus Nelepsittacus have been extinct for 16 million years.
