When does a kakapo eat?

Answer 1

Kakapo have a very slow breeding cycle. They only breed once every 3-4 years, but their breeding season is synchronised ao that they breed at the same time. Breeding season coincides with seeding and fruiting seasons of the plants they eat.

Answer 2

Kakapo breed during summer, every 3-4 years. Their breeding season is synchronised ao that they breed at the same time. Breeding season coincides with seeding and fruiting seasons of the plants they eat.

Answer 3

Breeding season for the kiwi begins in June, the New Zealand winter, and continues through to about March of the following year.

Kiwis dig a burrow for the egg, or find a pre-existing burrow, several months before it is laid. Three weeks after mating, the female lays an egg which is about 6 times the size of an egg from another bird of similar size. Just before the egg is laid, it makes up 15-20% of the kiwi's body weight, and takes up so much room that the female is unable to eat because there is no room in her stomach.

Male kiwis share in incubating the egg, and another egg may already be developing in the female, to be laid in another three weeks' time. Male kiwis develop a bare patch on their abdomen, which is the "brood patch" - a section that is used to keep the egg warm. It takes 70-80 days for the eggs to incubate.

Hatching may take up to three days. The chick hatches with its eyes fully open. Initially, it feeds on a yolk sac which also prevents the baby chick from moving about the nest, but this is mostly absorbed after a couple of days. The chick then begins to feed on tiny pebbles and twigs which are stored in its gizzard to help with food digestion once it starts eating real food. Depending on the species, chicks are old enough to leave the parents' territory when they are 4-6 weeks old. Southern Tokoeka may stay with the parent for up to 5 years.

Answer 4

The kakapo is unusual in that it is a nocturnal parrot, so it feeds at night.

Answer 5

Kakapo breed only once every two to four years. Their breeding season coincides with the fruiting of their favourite tees, such as the rimu.

Answer 6

Kakapo reproduce only once every three to four years. Their breeding season coincides with the time their favourite food trees are in fruit, which is during the New Zealand summer.