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kakapo a ground-living nocturnal parrot, Strigops habroptilus, of New Zealand, resembling an owl How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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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. 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. 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. |
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