The kākāpō (Māori: [kaːkaːpɔː]; pl.: kākāpō; Strigops habroptilus), sometimes known as the owl parrot or owl-faced parrot, is a species of large, nocturnal...

Sirocco (hatched 23 March 1997) is a kākāpō, a large, flightless, nocturnal parrot, and one of the remaining living individuals numbering only 244 (as...

The Kākāpō River is a river of New Zealand. It is located in the West Coast Region of the South Island. The river flows northwest from its source three...

the south coast. The island is home to Sirocco, an internationally famous kākāpō, a rare species of parrot. The island is one of many geographic features...

one of few island sanctuaries that are home to the critically endangered kākāpō (or night parrot). Red deer and stoats had been eradicated between 2001...

predators, hence parrots evolved to fill habitats from the ground dwelling kākāpō to the alpine dwelling kea as well as a variety of forest species. The arrival...

Helena hoopoe, Upupa antaios † Jamaican caracara, Caracara tellustris † Kākāpō, Strigops habroptilus Lyall's wren, Xenicus lyalli † Long-billed wren, Dendroscansor...

Norfolk kākā and Chatham kākā, while the genus Strigops contains the iconic kākāpō. All extant species are endemic to New Zealand. The species of the genus...

by birds, and the lack of mammalian predators led to some like the kiwi, kākāpō, weka and takahē evolving flightlessness. The arrival of humans, associated...

see how they're getting on almost 20 years later. In one episode, a male kākāpō, called Sirocco, mounts and attempts to mate with Carwardine's head. Sirocco...

1046/j.1365-2699.1996.00041.x. S2CID 59582818. Kakapo Recovery Programme (2010). "Then and Now". Kakapo Recovery Programme. Archived from the original...

last five kākāpō held on Maud island were transferred to Chalky Island. The group was composed of four male kākāpō and one female. Several kākāpō were translocated...

giant wētā. Kākāpō (night parrots), also critically endangered, were first translocated to Little Barrier Island/Hauturu in 1982. Kākāpō successfully...

Pirongia and Pureora. On July 20, 2023, four kākāpō were reintroduced to the sanctuary, becoming the first kākāpō living in mainland New Zealand in almost...

These were the aye-aye in Madagascar, the Komodo dragon in Indonesia, the kākāpō in New Zealand, the Amazonian manatee in Brazil, the Yangtze river dolphin...

National Partners of the Department of Conservation Kākāpō Recovery Programme since 2016. Kākāpō are an endangered New Zealand native parrot. The involvement...

in Madagascar The Komodo dragon on the island of Komodo in Indonesia The kakapo in New Zealand The mountain gorilla in Zaire The northern white rhinoceros...

for New Zealand Department of Conservation in recovery programs for the Kākāpō and South Island takahē, two endangered birds endemic to New Zealand, and...

northwest Ross Island. It rises to about 1,100 metres (3,600 ft) high and, like Kakapo Nunatak is one of several features near Mount Bird assigned the native name...

second-place winner, the little penguin. 2008: The successful campaign to elect kākāpō was accused by the takahē of accepting undeclared donations "from wealthy...

discovered the lek breeding system of the kākāpō. When Merton began his work as a conservationist, kākāpō were believed to be extinct, but about 20 years...

streamed, capturing its brooding and hatching efforts. Sirocco, a hand-reared kakapo who became an ambassador for his species and conservation in New Zealand...

was deafening. The mix includes species with unusual biology such as the kākāpō which is the world's only flightless, nocturnal, lek-breeding parrot, but...

project are; kākāpō, takahē, tieke, mohua, fiordland skink and rock wren. Kākāpō can be found on Chalky and Anchor Island as a part of the Kākāpō Recovery...

  Extinct in the wild (EW): 5 species   Critically endangered (CR): 223 species   Endangered (EN): 460 species   Vulnerable (VU): 798 species   Near threatened...

"whiskers" are kiwis, flycatchers, swallows, nightjars, whip-poor-wills, the kākāpō and the long-whiskered owlet (Xenoglaux loweryi). Some fish have slender...

American countries, the aye-aye of Madagascar, the Asiatic lion of India, the kākāpō of New Zealand, and the mountain tapir of Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. UNESCO...

Kākāpō specimens at the museum...

endangered species of birds endemic to New Zealand such as the takahē, mōhua, kākāpō, and southern brown kiwi. One of the earliest settlers on the South Island...

1474-919X.1893.tb01240.x. Dawson, E. W. (1959). "The supposed occurrence of Kakapo, Kaka and Kea in the Chatham Islands". Notornis. 8 (4): 106–114. Millener...