Endemic New ZeaLand FlightLess Parrot: Kakapo

It is the only nocturnal parrot and also the heaviest in the world, weighing up to 3.5 kilograms (8 lbs). The kakapo is a unique parrot species because it can´t fly!
It’s probably the longest-lived bird species in the world; the low adult mortality rate suggests a life expectancy of 90 years 

The arrival of Polynesian thousands of years ago, Europeans in the 1800's and the pets and livestock they introduced resulted in the massive decline of Kakapo populations from hundreds of thousands to just 62! 
After 20-30 booms they then make a high-pitched metallic call, or ‘ching’. 

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New ZeaLand´s Unique Parrots: The KEA

Kea birds have an omnivorous diet, reflecting the variable conditions of their habitat. 
In Summer it feeds on seeds, flowers from up to 40 plant species and insects.
It eats other birds and Huttons shearwater chicks (Puffinus huttoni) which they capture breaking their nests.
 In Winter, these parrots can feed on the carcasses of animals specially sheep farmed in the hill country which sometimes they attack.
The Kea lives in the forests and alpine regions of the South Island of New Zealand.
It can measure 48 cm and weight up to a kilogram!
Do you know how a group of Kea is called? A circus
BBC Documentary 
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Kea Parrot
All the parrot species in New Zealand can´t be found anywhere else (endemic)

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