kaka

A brownish-green New Zealand parrot (Nestor meridionalis).

A parrot of the genus Nestor, peculiar to New Zealand. The common kaka is N. hypopolius, and the mountain kaka N. notabilis. See Nestor.

A New Zealand parrot of the genus Nestor, especially the brown parrot (Nestor meridionalis).

The kakapo.

Any of four taxa of birds in the genus Nestor in the parrot family confined to New Zealand and adjacent islands.