Stats

Lifespan

60-90 yrs

Size

Large

Diet

Herbivore

Activity

Nocturnal

Social

Solitary

Biome

Temperate rainforest

Range

New Zealand

Movement

Walking

Breeding

Egg-laying

Defense

Camouflage

Status

Critically Endangered

About

This flightless, nocturnal parrot lives on the forest floors of New Zealand. It emits a low-frequency booming sound that can travel up to five kilometers away.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   egg

   A few round white eggs are incubated deep in a tree cavity, the female rarely leaving until they hatch.
2. 2.
   hatchling

   A featherless hatchling is fed regurgitated food by both parents inside a tree cavity.
3. 3.
   juvenile

   A feathered juvenile fledges with duller plumage than the adults, learning to crack seeds and to call.
4. 4.
   adult

   Fully grown with bright adult plumage.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Aves

Order

Psittaciformes

Family

Strigopidae

Genus

Strigops

Species

Strigops habroptilus