Kākāpō

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Kākāpō
Conservation status: Taumaha
Ngā Kākāpō kei te toe
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Ngā Kākāpō kei te toe
Scientific classification
Kīngitanga: Kararehe
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Manu
Tikanga: Psittaciformes
Whānau: Psittacidae
Genus: Strigops
Momo: habroptilus
Ingoa pūtaiao
Strigops habroptilus

Ko te Kākāpō, (Strigops habroptilus), he manu whakamīharo. I ēnei wā, ka nohoia tonutia e taua manu he wāhi kōtahitahi nei o Aotearoa. Ko aua wāhi i Maud Island, i Fiordland, i Whenua Hou, i Hauturu. Ko te whakaaro, i tae-ā-parirau mai ōna tūpuna; i te kore kararehe konihi o konei, i ngaro ai te kaha o ōna parirau. Nō te tukunga atu e Tauiwi o te ngeru o ngā kiore, o ērā atu o ngā kararehe konihi, i ngaro kē atu te nuinga o ngā Kākāpō. Nō te tau 1995, e 50 ngā Kākāpō kei te ora tonu. I nāia tonu nei, kua tae ki te 87 te nama o ngā Kākāpō kua rehitatia. Ko ia tonu te manu kotahi o te momo Strigops o te whānau Strigopinae hoki.

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Kākāpō

He nui ngā āhua motuhake o te Kākāpō; ko ēnei ngā tino āhua i wehe ai te manu nei i ngā kākā kē. Tuatahi, he nui rawa atu tana taumaha, (tae noa ki te 4 kg). He rerekē hoki te haruru e tukua atu e te toa; he rerekē i ā ngā kararehe atu o tana takiwā. Ki te hiahia te toa ki te uwha māna, ka kohia tana hā ki tētahi pēki i tana puku, ā, ka whakaputa mai te rururu tahā rahi nei. I te kūpapa o te auau, ka taea te rongo i te hararu nei tae noa ki te 5 kiromita. He mano kē te nui o aua hararutanga e whakaputaina e ia toa, e ia toa, i te pō kotahi, ki te whawhai tētahi ki tētahi. I mua i te whakanohonga, ka waiho i a ia te mahi whakatupu pītaketake. Ka haere tonu ōna hararutanga, kai kite ai ia i tētahi atu uwha māna.



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