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Kakapo
Strigops habroptilus
[New Zealand]
It is very difficult to see the world's only flightless parrot. All remaining individuals were captured from 1980–1992 from two isolated & declining populations and taken to 4 well-guarded offshore islets in hopes that semi-natural breeding would save the species from extinction. The plan is working but only researchers, and volunteers who get on a list that will require them to work during a 2–week stay at some random future time, actually see this huge booming parrot.
Strigops habroptilus
[New Zealand]
It is very difficult to see the world's only flightless parrot. All remaining individuals were captured from 1980–1992 from two isolated & declining populations and taken to 4 well-guarded offshore islets in hopes that semi-natural breeding would save the species from extinction. The plan is working but only researchers, and volunteers who get on a list that will require them to work during a 2–week stay at some random future time, actually see this huge booming parrot.