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kakapo

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ka·ka·po  (käk-p)
n. pl. ka·ka·pos
A ground-dwelling New Zealand parrot (Strigops habroptilus) with greenish plumage.
[Maori kkp : kk, parrot; see kaka + p, night (perhaps because it is active at night).]
kakapo [ˈkɑːkəˌpəʊ]
n pl -pos
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a ground-living nocturnal parrot, Strigops habroptilus, of New Zealand, resembling an owl
[from Maori, literally: night kaka]


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These range from trapping and poisoning exotic pests to shifting the entire population of an endangered species (such as the flightless kakapo parrots) to offshore islands that have been cleared of predators.
New Zealand's "mainland islands": fencing out non-native predators by Dover, Mic / E
That's the sort of news that biologists working to save endangered kakapo parrots in New Zealand probably aren't happy to hear all the time.
Polly shouldn't get a cracker by Ramsayer, Kate / Science News for Kids
The world population of the kakapo (Strigops habroptilus), a hefty, nocturnal parrot, numbers only about 86 birds, says Bruce Robertson of the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand.
Dieting to save a species: mother parrots that eat less avoid excess ... by Milius, S. / Science News
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