kakapo
owl parrost

Though probably not all cats would have a go at a kakapo.

The conservation of the Kakapo has made the species well known.

So the big question is: How on earth has the kakapo managed to last this long?

The kakapo may also be on a slow road to recovery.

A study in 1984 identified 25 plant species as Kakapo food.

The signs are that the kakapo was quite active in the early part of the night, just after we were here.

As an older bird, he still does not associate with other kakapo.

From 1974 to 1976, 14 Kakapo were discovered but all appeared to be males.

The kakapo, though, is not an angry or violent bird.

Like many parrots, the Kakapo has a variety of calls.

By and large, though, the kakapo has never learnt to worry.

The Kakapo is curious by nature and has been known to interact with humans.

Like the kakapo, they have been transported from their natural habitat to other terrain.

'Or the kakapo may simply have died of old age.

Is there a lot of work for freelance kakapo trackers?

The Kakapo can live for about 60 years.

He had to be raised away from other kakapo and this led to him being imprinted on humans.

The kakapo is a solitary creature: it doesn't like other animals.

Finally, another example on the brink of extinction is the kakapo, which at one point numbered only 61 individuals.

For this reason, the Kakapo has a very small gizzard compared to other birds of their size.

The female Kakapo lays up to three eggs per breeding cycle.

Kakapo were last on the island in 1998.

Among the birds are the Kakapo, the only flightless parrot in the world.

If there was a kakapo in the area it would have eaten the potato.'

The kakapo is a bird out of time.