CUCKOO-LIKE BIRDS
THE CUCKOOS
European Cuckoo
Typical Cuckoos
Hawk-Cuckoos
Violet and Emerald Cuckoos
Golden Cuckoos
The Drongo-Cuckoos
American Cuckoos
Crested Cuckoos
Coucals
Koels
Red-faced Cuckoo
Lizard Cuckoos
Anis, or Savanna Cuckoos
The Groove-billed Ani
The Guira Cuckoo
THE PLANTAIN-EATERS
Plantain Eaters Species
Plantain eater description
THE PARROTS
Parrot Description
Parrot habitat
The Nestor Parrots
Kaka Parrot
Kea Parrot
Kea Parrot Habitat
The Lories and Lorikeets
Lorikeets
The Owl-Parrot
Owl Parrot habitat
The Cockatoos
Great Black Cockatoo
Raven Cockatoos
Helmeted Cockatoo
Typical Cockatoos
Australian Cockatoo-Parakeet
The Typical Parrots
The Pygmy Parrots
Macaws
True Macaws
Peruvian Guacamayo
Carolina Parakeet
Argentine Green Parakeet
Parrotlets, American Love Birds
Amazons, or Blunt-tailed Green Parrots
African Parrots
The Vasa Parrots
True Parakeets
Love Birds
Bat-Parrots
The Broad-tailed Parrots
Crimson Parakeet
Grass Parakeets
Crested Parakeets
Night Parakeet
ANATOMY OF BIRDS
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION
MIGRATIONS OF BIRDS
CLASSIFICATION OF BIRDS
LIZARD-TAILED BIRD
AMERICAN TOOTHED-BIRDS
THE OSTRICHES
THE RHEAS
EMEUS AND CASSOWARIES
THE TINAMOUS
THE KIWIS
THE PENGUINS
LOONS AND GREBES
ALBATROSSES & PETRELS
STORK-LIKE BIRDS
GOOSE-LIKE BIRDS
FALCON-LIKE BIRDS
FOWL-LIKE BIRDS
CRANE-LIKE BIRDS
PLOVER-LIKE BIRDS
CUCKOO-LIKE BIRDS
THE ROLLER-LIKE BIRDS
SPARROW-LIKE BIRDS
Birds and Birding's Guide to:
Watching THE CUCKOO-LIKE BIRDS
THE PARROTS
The Nestor Parrots
(Subfamily Nestorince). — This is a very small group, comprising only a single genus {Nestor) and six nominal species, of which three are either extinct or of doubtful status. Entirely confined to New Zealand or adjacent small islands, they are birds of fair size, being from fifteen to twenty inches in length, and may be known by the compressed long bill, which is much longer than deep and has the culmen grooved along the middle, while the base of the lower mandible is partially hidden by soft, hairy feathers which project forward; the cere is also partly covered with hairy feathers.
The tarsus is relatively long and the bony ring about the socket of the eye incomplete, while the wings are long and rather pointed, the tail of moderate length, even at the tip, and with the shafts pointed and projecting beyond the webs. The tongue is provided with a fringe of delicate hairs at the extremity.
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