Owl Parrot - Kakapo


Kakapo

Did You Know? This parrot Has Weight of 4 kg. Of Course it can't fly!
The Kakapo (Māori: kākāpō, meaning night parrot)called owl parrot, is a species of large, flightless nocturnal parrot endemic to New Zealand.[3] It has finely blotched yellow-green plumage, a distinct facial disc of sensory,vibrissa-like feathers, a large grey beak, short legs, large feet, and wings and a tail of relatively short length.

The Kakapo is critically endangered; as of February 2012, only 126[5] living individuals are known,[6] most of which have been given names.[7] The common ancestor of the Kakapo and the genus Nestor became isolated from the remaining parrot species when New Zealand broke off from Gondwana, around 82 million years ago. Around 70 million years ago, the kakapo diverged from the genus Nestor.[8][9][10] In the absence of mammalian predators, it lost the ability to fly..! And


 I Thought Ostrich was The Only Bird Except penguin which can't fly :P here we got parrot lolz..!


For More info go to Wikipedia

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