Species profile
Kakapo
Strigops habroptila
Quick answer
Nothofagus forests of New Zealand (on verge of extinction)
- Scientific name
- Strigops habroptila
- Family
- Psittacidae
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- Genus
- Strigops
- Conservation status
- Critically Endangered
Recording Kakapo in your journal
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Related species in Psittacidae
- Alexandrine parakeet (Psittacula eupatria)
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- Andean Parakeet (Bolborhynchus orbygnesius)
- Anodorhynchus maximiliani (Anodorhynchus maximiliani)
- Antipodes Parakeet (Cyanoramphus unicolor)
- Aratinga hockingi (Aratinga hockingi)
- Aratinga pintoi (Aratinga pintoi)