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Sir Walter Lawry Buller - A history of the Birds of New Zealand (1887-88)

Watercolour by John Gerrard Keulemans

The Kākāpō

And that's just a few things that make Kākāpō so special!

The Kākāpō can only be found in New Zealand and every year countless people from around the world - dozens of hard working volunteers - give their time and energy trying to save the Kākāpō from the brink of extinction.

Most of the Kākāpō Recovery takes place on remote, predator-free islands off southern New Zealand.

The name kākāpō is Māori, from kākā ("parrot") + pō ("night"); the name is both singular and plural. "Kākāpō" is increasingly written in New Zealand English with the macrons that indicate long vowels.

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