Kakapo is the only flightless, strangest and rarest parrot in the world. The scientific name for kakapo is Strigops habroptilus and its weight is about 4 kilograms (8.8 pounds), and its 2 feet is about 60 cm long. Kakapo is the heaviest parrot, and generally found in New Zealand, Rainforest and grasslands and its life span is about 60 years. Kakapo is aware of escaping from the mammalian predators. Nearly 62 birds are lived from the past, but nowadays only six parrots are alive and increasing their breeding and its population. Male kakapo is bigger than the female kakapo birds soft feathers cover up it, in its leafy environment, and its feathers are green in color.
This parrot is an herbivores one, and their diet is roots, seeds, buds, cones, leaves, fruits and flowers. Strigops habroptilus ia a parrot who sleeps in whole days and wander the forest during the night time.
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