Editing Kea (section)

==Description==
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|caption2=Adult kea close-up at [[Milford Sound]]
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The kea is a large parrot measuring {{convert|46|to|50|cm|in|abbr=on}} in total length, with some specimens possibly reaching {{convert|55|cm|in|abbr=on}}.<ref>Brehm, A. E. (1900). ''Brehm's Tierleben: Die Vögel''. 1900 (Vol. 5). Bibliographisches Institut.</ref><ref>Robertson, H., & Heather, B. (2001). ''Hand Guide to the Birds of New Zealand''. Oxford University Press.</ref><ref>Hutton, F. W. (1871). ''Catalogue of the Birds of New Zealand with Diagnoses of the Species (Vol. 4)''. J. Hughes, printer.</ref> Adult kea weigh between {{Convert|750|and|1000|g|lb|abbr=on}}, with males averaging {{convert|956|g|lb|abbr=on}} and females averaging {{convert|779|g|lb|abbr=on}}. One source listed the mean adult weight as {{convert|922|g|lb|abbr=on}}<ref name = "CRC">''CRC Handbook of Avian Body Masses'' by John B. Dunning Jr. (Editor). CRC Press (1992), {{ISBN|978-0-8493-4258-5}}.</ref><ref>Elliot, G., & Kemp, J. (2004). ''Effect of hunting and predation on kea, and a method of monitoring kea populations''. Results of kea research on the St. Arnaud Range. DOC Science Internal Series, 181, 1–17.</ref><ref>Collar, N., E. de Juana, P. F. D. Boesman, and C. J. Sharpe (2020). ''Kea (Nestor notabilis)'', version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA.</ref> It has mostly olive-green plumage with a grey beak having a long, narrow, curved upper beak. The adult has dark-brown [[Iris (anatomy)|irises]], and the [[cere]], [[Eye-ring|eyerings]], and legs are grey. It has orange feathers on the undersides of its wings. The feathers on the sides of its face are dark olive-brown, the ones on its back and rump are orange-red, and some of the outer wing feathers are dull blue. It has a short, broad, bluish-green tail with a black tip. Feather shafts project at the tip of the tail and the undersides of the inner tail feathers have yellow-orange transverse stripes.<ref name="Forshaw (2006). plate 23.">{{Cite book |first=Joseph M. |last=Forshaw |author-link=Joseph Forshaw |title=Parrots of the World; an Identification Guide |others=Illustrated by [[Frank Knight (artist)|Frank Knight]] |publisher=[[Princeton University Press]] |isbn=0-691-09251-6 |year=2006 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/parrotsofworldid0000fors}}</ref><!--this sources this section before this point--> The male is about 5% longer than the female, and the male's upper beak is 12–14% longer than the female's.<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Bond | first1 = A. B. | last2 = Wilson | first2 = K. J. | last3 = Diamond | first3 = J. | year = 1991 | title = Sexual Dimorphism in the Kea Nestor notabilis | url = http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/MU9910012.htm | journal = Emu | volume = 91 | issue = 1| pages = 12–19 | doi = 10.1071/MU9910012| bibcode = 1991EmuAO..91...12B }}</ref> Juveniles generally resemble adults, but have yellow eyerings and cere, an orange-yellow lower beak, and grey-yellow legs.<ref name="Forshaw (2006). plate 23."/>

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