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Psittaciformes / Strigopidae / Strigops

Kakapo

Strigops habroptilus

IUCN: Critically Endangered

Taxonomy

Order
Psittaciformes
Family
Strigopidae
Genus
Strigops

Distribution

now mostly Codfish Island (=Whenua Hou, west of Stewart Island); formerly North, South, and Stewart islands (New Zealand); extremely rare and intensively managed

Data Sources

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.