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night parrot
Kakapo Ka`ka*po", n. (Zo["o]l.) A singular nocturnal parrot (Strigops habroptilus), native of New Zealand. It lives in holes during the day, but is active at night. It resembles an owl in its colors and general appearance. It has large wings, but can fly only a short distance. Called also owl parrot, night parrot, and night kaka.

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- The night parrot (Pezoporus occidentalis) is a small parrot endemic to the continent of Australia. It has also been known as porcupine parrot, nocturnal...
- reported that he had sighted and photographed the night parrot, an endangered Australian bird. Live night parrots had not been definitively do****ented since...
- ground-dwelling parrots in the world, the others being the closely related night parrot (Pezoporus occidentalis), the Antipodes parakeet (Cyanoramphus unicolor)...
- The "Dead Parrot Sketch", alternatively and originally known as the "Pet Shop Sketch" or "Parrot Sketch", is a sketch from Monty Python's Flying Circus...
- The New Zealand parrot family, Strigopidae, consists of at least three genera of parrots – Nestor, Strigops, the fossil Nelepsittacus, and probably the...
- Hanging parrots and fig parrots are normally kept as aviary birds and not as pets. Some species as pygmy parrots and kākāpōs, night parrots, and about...
- habroptila), sometimes known as the owl parrot or moss chicken, is a species of large, nocturnal, ground-dwelling parrot of the superfamily Strigopoidea. It...
- Pezoporus is a genus of parrot endemic to Australia. It contains two species: the night parrot (P. occidentalis) and the ground parrot (P. wallicus) which...
- Mitsubishi MU-2 aircraft Solitaire (bird), a bird group in the thrush family Night parrot, Pezoporus occidentalis, or solitaire, an endangered bird of Australia...
- superfamilies: the Psittacoidea ("true" parrots), the Cacatuoidea (****atoos), and the Strigopoidea (New Zealand parrots). Parrots have a generally pantropical distribution...