Kakapo, for the most part, have a fairly specialised diet. They eat certain fruits such as that of the rimu and kahikatea and the seeds of manuka and leatherwood. They eat the shoots of the shrub Dracophyllum. In the warmer months they drink rata nectar, while in winter they feed on sun orchid bulbs.
Generally ground-feeders, they eat fruits, seeds, roots, stems, leaves, nectar and fungi of other selected plants, and have been able to adapt to eating some introduced plants. However, although mostly herbivorous, they are actually classed as omnivores as insects commonly form part of their diet, and they have even been known to eat small reptiles.
Kakapo was created in 1845.
ways to help conserve the kakapo
Yes. Kakapo are nocturnal, an unusual trait in a parrot.
Kakapo numbers are increasing. Since the Kakapo Recovery Programme came into effect and kakapo have been moved to three protected islands off the southern coast of New Zealand, kakapo numbers have doubled from a critical 65 to around 130.
Kakapo is a Maori word meaning "night parrot". This is because the kakapo is the world's only nocturnal parrot.
Yes. Kakapo can and do fight. Young kakapo engage in play-fighting, while mature males will fight over their territory.
Kakapo is the Maori name. It means "night parrot".
The kakapo originates from New Zealand. It is the world's only flightless parrot.
Kakapo have grey legs and feet, and their feet have pale soles.
The kakapo is a consumer. Unlike producers, its does not produce its own food.
Kakapo are birds. Therefore they do not have litters: they have clutches. Kakapo lay between one and four eggs once every two to three years.
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