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Strigops habroptilus
Kakapo Ka`ka*po", n. (Zo["o]l.) A singular nocturnal parrot (Strigops habroptilus), native of New Zealand. It lives in holes during the day, but is active at night. It resembles an owl in its colors and general appearance. It has large wings, but can fly only a short distance. Called also owl parrot, night parrot, and night kaka.

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- (ICZN) ruled that the genus name Strigops was feminine. Based on this ruling many ornithologists used the form Strigops habroptila but in 2023 James L....
- Nelepsittacus, and Strigops) in the family Strigopidae, others place Nestor and Nelepsittacus in the Nestoridae and retain only Strigops in the Strigopidae...
- Lystrosaurus (/ˌlɪstroʊˈsɔːrəs/; 'shovel lizard'; proper Ancient Gr**** is λίστρον lístron ‘tool for leveling or smoothing, shovel, spade, hoe’) is an extinct...
- Hawk-Owl, Ninox natalis Eastern barn owl, Tyto alba delicatula Kākāpō, Strigops habroptilus Marbled frogmouth, Podargus ocellatus Tawny frogmouth, Podargus...
- of three confirmed primitive genera of parrots: Nestor (Kea and Kākā), Strigops (Kākāpō) and the fossil Nelepsittacus. It may have been the ancestor of...
- years ago. The closest living relative to the Nestor genus is the kākāpō (Strigops habroptilus). Together, they form the parrot superfamily Strigopoidea,...
- Strigopidae †Heracles †Nelepsittacus Nestor Strigops...
- Strigopidae †Heracles †Nelepsittacus Nestor Strigops...
- Antipodes parakeet (Cyanoramphus unicolor), and the flightless kākāpō (Strigops habroptilus) from New Zealand. The colouration of the two Pezoporus species...
- contrast, very small po****tions of nearly extinct birds, such as the kākāpō (Strigops habroptilus) and the takahē (Porphyrio hochstetteri), have been enough...