kakapo, owl parrot (Strigops habroptilus)

Query: apteryx australis

Result: 3^rd of 7

Subject:	kakapo, owl parrot (Strigops habroptilus)
Poster:	Wiki Photos (---@---.---)

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1. Apteryx mantelli‎ = Apteryx sp.
2. Sterna sp. = Sternidae sp.
3. Strigops habroptilus = Strigops habroptila G.R.Gray, 1845
4. Ocydromus Australis = Gallirallus australis
English: Bird eggs from New Zealand:
1. (behind) Undetermined brown kiwi species
2. (front left) Undetermined tern species
3. (front center) Kakapo
4. (front right) Weka
Date 1852 (published 1853)
Source Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (vol. 1852, plate Aves XLVI)
Author Joseph Wolf (1820–1899)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PZSL1852PlateAves46.png

The kakapo (Strigops habroptilus), also called owl parrot and kākāpō or night parrot in Māori, is a species of large, flightless, nocturnal, ground-dwelling parrot of the family Strigopidae endemic to New Zealand. It is the world's only flightless parrot and the heaviest parrot.

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