Kakapo
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| phylum | Chordata | The Kakapo, also called owl parrot, is a species of large, flightless, nocturnal, ground dwelling parrot endemic to New Zealand. 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. A certain combination of traits makes it unique among its kind—it is the world's only flightless parrot, the heaviest parrot, nocturnal, herbivorous, visibly sexually dimorphic in body size, has a low basal metabolic rate, no male parental care, and is the only parrot to have a polygynous lek breeding system.
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| clade | Diapsida | |
| Class | Aves | |
| order | Psittaciformes | |
| family | Strigopidae | |
| genus | Strigops | |
| species | S. habroptilus |
