Fast Facts:

Its Species Name is Stringops habroptilus and its common name is the Owl Parrot, it eats grass and other plants, vegetables, fruits, and seeds.

His Habitat is mossy glades in beech forests; open hillsides; mountains; cliffs.

Its special distinction is that its the only flightless parrot in the world.

Its major threats are: Introduced mammal predators including rats, stoats, ferrets, and feral cats, all of which  find the birds easy prey .

There are only 86  left in the world.

The Kakapos became bigger and heavier and began to spend most of their time on the ground. Kakapos can still climb trees using their feet and by pulling themselves up with their bills. Maori legend speaks of the whawharua, a secret playground for kakapos where they nightly come together to perform bizarre rituals. In 1974, when scientists begin a serious search for the birds, what they encountered almost convinced them that the legend was true. Neatly kept trails pockmarked by shallow depressions in the earth cut through the dense vegetation of the Kakapos' territory. The trails formed a sort of "Kakapo nightclub."

During the three-month mating season male Kakapos use the hollowed basins as mini-amphitheatres to project their deep, powerful songs up to three miles to attract females.

There are 86 Kakapos alive today in three small island refuges. Each individual has its own name, many of them suggested by New Zealand children.