kakapo, owl parrot (Strigops habroptilus) Kakapo Strigops habroptila "Sirocco" amongst renga renga lillies. Maud Island, New Zealand. Photo: Chris Birmingham, 2012.
Date 18 February 2012, 23:23
Source Kakapo Sirocco
Author Department of Conservation https://www.flickr.com/people/40456023@N03
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kakapo_Sirocco_1.jpg
The kakapo (Strigops habroptilus), also called owl parrot and kākāpō or night parrot in Māori, is a species of large, flightless, nocturnal, ground-dwelling parrot of the family Strigopidae endemic to New Zealand. It is the world's only flightless parrot and the heaviest parrot.
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Strigopidae
Genus: Strigops
Species: Strigops habroptilus G.R. Gray, 1845
