Kakapo. 92 left. World's largest and flightless parrot.

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New Zealand home of "The Lord of the Rings" was the last large landmass to be discovered as seen in the Pure New Zealand video. Resultant of developing in isolation we have thousands of unique species. GB has only two as a comparison. 11% of the world's endangered species are from New Zealand.

New Zealand Kakapo

Distribution: Fossils show that the kakapo ranged from the top of the North Island to the south of the South Island and from sea to alpine level. Their remains have been found in old Maori food waste sites. It is thought highly unlikely any remain on the mainland now with the last captures being in Fiordland National Park.

Diet: A favourite is the fruit of rimu trees.

Breeding: The male inflates it's body and emits a sonic boom which can be heard for miles during the breeding season which starts in December. The male doesn't assist raising the young which hatch from one to four eggs and fledge in about 10 weeks. The mother may however continue to keep feeding the young for up to six months.

General: There are 91 known individuals left so it s not only the world's heaviest but also the world's rarest parrot. Other interesting facts are that they are flightless like many of New Zealand's birds and also nocturnal. The kakapo bases itself in a bowl and has tracks leading to the same. This is known as their bowl and track network which is unique to kakapo. It is not know how long they live.

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[Tactual]

Not a good idea to be a small flightless bird.

[clickthisway]

@Tactual

World's largest parrot, only flightless parrot, and worlds only nocturnal parrot

[Stinkator]

Hi, does anyone know what's the name of this song? I presume it's not Bobby Darin's Plain Jane?

[clickthisway]

@Stinkator

have a look under dropdown tabs

[zomgrotfl]

wonder how they taste...

[clickthisway]

@zomgrotfl

Accounts from early sealers are that they would rather drink soup from boiling up old socks

[Noyru]

i REAALLLY hope these adorables guys dont go extinct. :[

[R0WMaC]

I would love to dedicate my life to saving these birds.

[ChickenVendetta]

CHICKEN SIZED PARROT!!!

[RockThatBodyTV]

They're beautiful, god save the kakapoes.

[benjamininnit]

wow. great video.

[sithylicious]

@amerboy22 They're not supposed to be pets. These beautiful birds deserve to live freely in the wilds.

[dltanner99]

Cryptozoology novel about two boys who find something strange on the beach one night see video book trailer

[AZoje]

i read about this bird first in "last chance to see", great book read it

[wannabethug7]

@clickthisway I read they live up to 60 years, they make the perfect pets if we didn't nearly drive them into extinction. Why is it slow progression?