The Kakapo

The Kakapo is the: • Heaviest parrot in the world.

• Only flightless parrot. • Only nocturnal parrot.

Kakapo are very good at hiding but smell strongly so are easy to find by predators.

It is a related to the forest parrot, the kaka, and our mountain parrot, the kea. Apart from that it has no close relatives in the world!

The kakapo lives to a mighty age for a bird, getting to over 60 years old.

Kakapo feathers are very soft and moss-green in colour, with some black on its back and yellow-green feathers on its belly.

The ancient, flightless Kakapo is the world's rarest and strangest parrot. It the only flightless and nocturnal parrot, as well as being

the heaviest in the world, weighing up to 3.5 kilograms (8 lbs).