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

other kākāpō, this led to his being imprinted on humans instead of on his mother. As an older bird, he still would not associate with other kākāpō. This...

breeding population of critically endangered kākāpō it has become the centre for kākāpō recovery. In 2002, 24 kākāpō chicks fledged on the island. In 2009 and...

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...

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

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...

the island, while the local owls are too small to prey on the kākāpō at night. The kākāpō is the only flightless bird in the world to use a lek-breeding...

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

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...

species kākāpō. The first kākāpō were transferred to Pukenui in 2005 after stoat eradication in 2001. These birds are managed by the Kākāpō Recovery...

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...

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

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

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

closest relatives, the Kea and Kākāpō. The rhinotheca (upper part of the beak) of the Kākā is narrower than the Kākāpo and slightly longer. However, it...

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...

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...

the natural habitat of the kākāpō, a critically endangered flightless parrot now confined to two offshore islands. Kākāpō numbers were decimated by predators...

extinct in the national park. Kākāpō were common in the national park in the 1800s. Mary Thornton described "the kokapaw (kakapo)" as "good eating … all feathers...

visual and auditory range of each other. An exploded lek, as seen in the kākāpō (the owl parrot), has more widely separated territories, but still in auditory...

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

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...

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...

the two extant genera of the parrot family Strigopidae. Together with the kākāpō, and the extinct parrots in the genus Nelepsittacus, they form the parrot...

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

one kākāpō, three kākāpō). Large numbers of native plants and animals retain their Māori names in New Zealand English. Examples include: Birds: kākāpō, kea...

Nestor (Kea and Kākā), Strigops (Kākāpō) and the fossil Nelepsittacus. It may have been the ancestor of the kākāpō. The species was likely flightless...

Zealand region Subfamily Strigopinae: the flightless, critically endangered kākāpō of New Zealand Superfamily Cacatuoidea: cockatoos Family Cacatuidae Subfamily...

Kākāpō specimens at the museum...