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The kākāpō was a very successful species in pre-human New Zealand, and was well adapted to avoid the birds of prey which were their only predators. As well as the New Zealand falcon , there were two other birds of prey in pre-human New Zealand: Haast's eagle and Eyles' harrier . [ 49 ]
Extinct Norfolk kākā. An unidentified parakeet lived on Campbell Island, but was extinct by 1840, so had disappeared before it could be scientifically described. [4] The Chatham Island kākā (Nestor chathamensis) was extinct by 1550–1700, so is only described from sub-fossil remains, [5] and the Norfolk Island kākā (Nestor productus) was extinct by 1851.
Sirocco (hatched 23 March 1997) [1] is a kākāpō, a large, flightless, nocturnal parrot, and one of the remaining living individuals numbering only 244 (as of 2024). [2] He achieved individual fame following an incident on the BBC television series Last Chance to See in which he attempted to mate with zoologist Mark Carwardine.
The New Zealand parrot family, Strigopidae, [1] consists of at least three genera of parrots – Nestor, Strigops, the fossil Nelepsittacus, [2] [3] and probably the fossil Heracles. [4] The genus Nestor consists of the kea , kākā , Norfolk kākā and Chatham kākā , [ 5 ] [ 6 ] while the genus Strigops contains the iconic kākāpō . [ 5 ]
Richard Treacy Henry (4 June 1845 – 13 November 1929) was a New Zealand conservationist and reserve manager who became an expert on the natural history of flightless birds in New Zealand, especially the kākāpō. Born in County Kildare, Ireland, [1] his family migrated to Australia in 1851 where he grew up.
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Richard Henry kākāpō held by Merton, Codfish Island / Whenua Hou, November 2010.Richard Henry spent the past 35 years on four predatory-mammal-free islands. Named after Richard Treacy Henry the pioneer conservationist, and from 1894 to 1910, custodian of Resolution Island, New Zealand he was the last known survivor of his species from mainland New Zealand and was believed to be more than ...