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Kakapo
Sirocco full length portrait.jpg
Celebrity kakapo Sirocco on Maud Island
Conservation status

Nationally Critical (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification e
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Order:Psittaciformes
Family:Strigopidae
Genus:Strigops
G.R. Gray, 1845
Species:
S. habroptilus
Binomial name
Strigops habroptilus
G.R. Gray, 1845
Synonyms

Strigops habroptila

The Kakapo (Strigops habroptilus) is the only parrot which cannot fly. It lives in grassland, scrubland and coastal regions of New Zealand, but is now so rare they can only be seen on protected offshore islands. Kakapo means 'night parrot' in the Maori language.

Kakapos are most active at night (nocturnal) and like to be alone. To keep other kakapos out of their territory, they make a 'skraaarking' sound. The Kakapo can live for about 60 years.

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