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Strigops habroptila (Kakapo)

Synonyms: Strigops habroptilus; Stringops habroptilus

Wikipedia Abstract

The kakapo (Māori: kākāpō or night parrot), Strigops habroptilus (Gray, 1845), also called owl parrot, is a species of large, flightless, nocturnal, ground-dwelling parrot of the super-family Strigopoidea endemic to New Zealand.
View Wikipedia Record: Strigops habroptila

Endangered Species

Status: Critically Endangered
View IUCN Record: Strigops habroptila

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
16
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
86
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 32.3715
EDGE Score: 6.28029
View EDGE Record: Strigops habroptila

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  3.924 lbs (1.78 kg)
Birth Weight [2]  36 grams
Female Weight [5]  3.307 lbs (1.50 kg)
Male Weight [5]  4.409 lbs (2.00 kg)
Weight Dimorphism [5]  33.3 %
Diet [3]  Frugivore, Granivore, Herbivore
Diet - Fruit [3]  30 %
Diet - Plants [3]  50 %
Diet - Seeds [3]  20 %
Forages - Ground [3]  100 %
Clutch Size [6]  3
Fledging [1]  3 months 17 days
Incubation [4]  30 days
Mating Display [2]  Ground display
Mating System [2]  Promiscuity
Maximum Longevity [4]  60 years
Nocturnal [7]  Yes
Snout to Vent Length [1]  22 inches (57 cm)
Female Maturity [4]  10 years
Male Maturity [4]  5 years

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Fiordland temperate forests New Zealand Australasia Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests
Northland temperate kauri forests New Zealand Australasia Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests
Rakiura Island temperate forests New Zealand Australasia Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests
Richmond temperate forests New Zealand Australasia Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Codfish Island Nature Reserve 3450 New Zealand  
Rakiura National Park II 345849 New Zealand  
Tom Shand Scientific Reserve 764 New Zealand      

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
New Zealand New Zealand Yes

Prey / Diet

Prey / Diet Overlap

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Parapsyllus nestoris nestoris[9]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605
♦ 3Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 4de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 5Powlesland, R., Lloyd, B. Best, HA & Merton, DV (1992). Breeding biology of the Kakapo Strigops habroptilus on Stewart Island, New Zealand. Ibis, 134, 361-73
♦ 6Masello JF, Quillfeldt P (2002) Chick growth and breeding success of the burrowing parrot Condor 104:574–586
♦ 7Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
♦ 8Atkinson, I.A.E.; Merton, D.V. 2006. Habitat and diet of kakapo (Strigops habroptilis) in the Esperance Valley, Fiordland, New Zealand. Notornis 53(1): 37-54
♦ 9International Flea Database
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0