5 Facts about the Kakapo.

5 Facts about the Kakapo Bird.

• Weighing up to 3.6 kilograms, the flightless kakapo is the heaviest parrot in the world. It is also the most endangered.
• The kakapo lives on a diet of roots, leaves and fruit, and although it cannot fly, it is able to climb trees for food. It walks, rather than hops.
• It has glossy yellow-green feathers and distinct facial feathers like those of an owl.
• One factor which seems to trigger a successful breeding season is a "mast" year, when the rimu trees produce large amounts of fruit. The adult birds eat the fruit before it is ripe and just before they are ready to breed.The chicks later eat the seed from the ripened fruit and can increase their weight to up to 2 kilogram in the first 4 months of life.
• Unfortunately a "mast" year will happen only every 3-5 years. Attempts are being made to supplement the feed of kakapo in the wild to try and artificially reproduce the best conditions for a breeding season.

Here is a Photo of a Kakapo, and a link for the information:Click to find out more about Kakapos