What is Kakapo?
{{Speciesbox | name = Kakapo | image = Sirocco full length portrait.jpg | image_upright = 1.1 | image_caption = Celebrity kakapo [[Sirocco (parrot)|Sirocco]] on [[Maud Island]] | status = CR | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref =<ref>{{cite iucn|url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/details/22685245/0 |title=''Strigops habroptila'' |author=BirdLife International |author-link=BirdLife International |year=2013 |access-date=26 November 2013}}</ref> | status2 = NC | status2_system = NZTCS | status2_ref = | genus = Strigops | parent_authority = [[George Robert Gray|G.R. Gray]], 1845 | species = habroptilus | authority = [[George Robert Gray|G.R. Gray]], 1845 | synonyms = ''Strigops habroptila'' }} The '''Kakapo''' (''Strigops habroptilus'') is the only [[parrot]] which cannot [[fly]]. It lives in [[grass]]land, [[scrub]]land and [[coast]]al regions of [[New Zealand]], but is now so rare they can only be seen on protected offshore islands. Kakapo means 'night parrot' in the [[Māori language]]. Kakapos are most active at night ([[nocturnal]]) and like to be alone. To keep other kakapos out of their [[territory]], they make a 'skraarking' [[sound]]. The Kakapo can live for about 60 years. == Diet == Kakapo are [[herbivore]]s. They eat [[root]]s, [[seed]]s, [[Leaf|leaves]], small [[Pine#Cones|pine cones]], [[fruit]], and [[flower]]s. == Reproduction == Unlike other parrots, male kakapos gather together to [[competition|compete]] with the other males and call females with a deep booming sound. There are 2 to 3 [[egg (biology)|egg]]s in each set of eggs laid. The eggs are laid in a hollow part of a [[tree]]. The female [[incubation|incubates]] the eggs for 10 weeks. She only leaves the eggs when she leaves to find [[food]]. == Conservation == Kakapo had almost no natural [[predator|animals that wanted to eat it]] on the [[island]]s of New Zealand where they live and lose the ability to fly. At one time, there were many kakapos. Now only about 150 kakapos still live in New Zealand. It is a [[Endangered species|critically e