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    The kākāpō (Māori: [kaːkaːpɔː]; pl.: kākāpō; Strigops habroptila), sometimes known as the owl parrot or owl-faced parrot, is a species of large, nocturnal...
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    Sirocco (hatched 23 March 1997) is a kākāpō, a large, flightless, nocturnal parrot, and one of the remaining living individuals numbering only 244 (as...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    giant wētā. Kākāpō (night parrots), also critically endangered, were first translocated to Little Barrier Island/Hauturu in 1982. Kākāpō successfully...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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    Helena hoopoe, Upupa antaios † Jamaican caracara, Caracara tellustris † Kākāpō, Strigops habroptilus Lyall's wren, Xenicus lyalli † Long-billed wren, Dendroscansor...
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