New Zealand Kaka Portrait
by Venetia Featherstone-Witty
Title
New Zealand Kaka Portrait
Artist
Venetia Featherstone-Witty
Medium
Photograph - Photographs
Description
These delightful birds flew in every evening to eat peanuts - often out of our hands! The New Zealand kaka, also known as kākā, (Nestor meridionalis) is a large species of parrot of the superfamily Strigopoidea found in native forests of New Zealand. Two subspecies are recognised.The New Zealand kaka is a medium sized parrot, measuring 45 cm (18 in) in length and weighing from 390 to 560 g (14 to 20 oz), with an average of 452 g (0.996 lb). It is closely related to the Kea, but has darker plumage and is more arboreal.The forehead and crown are greyish-white and the nape is greyish-brown. The neck and abdomen are more reddish, while the wings are more brownish. Both sub species have a strongly patterned brown/green/grey plumage with orange and scarlet flashes under the wings; color variants which show red to yellow coloration especially on the breast are sometimes found.
This group of parrots is unusual, retaining more primitive features lost in most other parrots, because it split off from the rest around 100 million years ago
The calls include a harsh ka-aa and a whistling u wiia.
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Luther Fine Art
Congratulations! Your wonderful art has been featured in ABC Group from our "H is for HEAD " themed week, NOVEMBER 6, 2023 to NOVEMBER 13, 2023.
Tatiana Travelways
Congratulations - Your beautiful artwork has been featured in the "Travel Art" group! For further promotion, you can post it to the specific Travel Destinations galleries, our Facebook group and our Pinterest board - all the links are provided on our group's homepage: https://fineartamerica.com/groups/1-travel-art.html * You are also invited to post it to our group's blog: travelartpix.com for worldwide exposure!
Miroslava Jurcik
Congratulations, I have chosen your beautiful work for Superfeature in Kingdom Animalia !! l/f/p
Don Columbus
Congratulations Venetia, your work is Featured in "A Birding Group - Wings" I invite you to place it in the group's "2019 Featured Image Archive" Discussion!! L/Tweet
Debra Martz
Stunning bird and a stunning capture! Congratulations on your well deserved Weekly Wow in Wild Birds of the World!!
William Tasker
Venetia, you won a WOWIE! This awesome image has been chosen as one of the William's Wows found in the discussions tab of the group, Wild Birds Of The World.
Don Columbus
Congratulations Venetia, your work is Featured in "Birds In Focus" I invite you to place it in the group's "2019 Featured Image Archive" Discussion!! L/Tweet
Venetia Featherstone-Witty replied:
Thank you very much Don, for the feature 10/4/19 in "Birds in Focus" and for the L/Tweet :)
John M Bailey
Congratulations on your feature in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!" Sharing on Twitter.
Venetia Featherstone-Witty replied:
Thank you very much for the feature John and for sharing on Twitter.
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