Conservation Status
The New Zealand Kaka is considered vulnerable (CITES II). It has greatly declined across its traditional range as a result of habitat loss; predation by introduced predators like rats, possums and stoats; and competition from wasps and bees for the honeydew excreted by scale insects. A closely related species, Nestor productus, the Norfolk Kaka, became extinct in 1851 for similar reasons.
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