kakapo

Oct. 20th, 2015 07:41 am
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kakapo (kah-kah-POH) - n., a nocturnal, ground-dwelling, long-lived New Zealand parrot (Strigops habroptilus) with grey-green plumage.


Also called the owl parrot. Highly endangered -- 125 living individuals are known -- because of introduced predators. Name is, natch, from Māori: kākāpō, literally, "night parrot."

---L.

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