"Kākāpō occupied all forests and adjacent habitats, on the NZ mainland prior to human settlement ca. 0.8 ka. (...)
Our study demonstrates the value of late-Quaternary (ca. 50 ka to present) fossils for conservation biology and reveals how contemporary data alone can underestimate the habitat breadth of previously more widespread species."
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277379125001076
#kakapo

Happy World Parrot Day, Sirocco Kākāpō! 💚🤎💚🦜

Photographer - Maddy Whittaker

#Kākāpō #NewZealand #Birds #Parrots #EndangeredBirds #FlightlessBirds

Eeeee, #Kakapo chicks are coming !
https://bsky.app/profile/digs.bsky.social/post/3lpnf3zmv5s23

Podcast-Empfehlung: "Weird Animals"

Tereza und Robin sprechen sehr unterhaltsam über ganz besondere Tiere. Dabei geht es u.a. über das faulste Tier der Welt oder wie queer die Tierwelt doch tatsächlich ist.

Mir gefällt besonders die Folge, die sich um den Kakapo dreht. Wer was zum herzhafter Lachen sucht, könnte sich ja mal die Folge zum Nacktmull anhören.

#ardaudiothek #podcastempfehlung #weirdanimals #kakapo #axolotl #nacktmull #igel #kuh #queeranimals #queer

Kakapo

Estos loritos realmente quiero que sobrevivan, son tan lindos y también no puedo imaginar un mundo sin ellos y las demás especies en peligro de extinción

Doble color complementario ^^

#kakapo #markerart

@yoginho also even at tze most generous definition of IUCN they are extinct as 3 indoviduals are not sufficient gene pool for a species.

• #Kakapo cinservation already has that problem.with 200+ individuals!

@Jem_of_Oz otherwise #Kakapo is cure...

I foster a kakapo in NZ and it's his birthday today. Look at this beautiful boy!

#Birds #AotearoaNZ #Aotearoa #NewZealand #Kakapo #bird

Those in NZ: you can see #kakapo and #takahe on last night's Fiordland episode of Endangered Species Aotearoa on TVNZ. Streaming on TVNZ+ #conservation #birds

Un revenant !
Good #kakapo news :)
https://bsky.app/profile/digs.bsky.social/post/3ljz46foons24

243
#Kakapo
https://social.bitwig.community/@defaultmediatransmitter/114097637099141429

I just got the sad news that our adopted #kakapo, Kumi, has been found dead. This means there are now 243 kakapo left in the wild. The people at Kakapo Recovery are doing important work, and I encourage everyone who can afford it to consider supporting them by adopting a kakapo.

https://www.doc.govt.nz/our-work/kakapo-recovery/get-involved/adopt-a-kakapo/

Un bon résumé en français de pourquoi je *kiffe* les kakapos :
https://www.rts.ch/info/sciences-tech/11151414-le-kakapo-un-tresor-de-levolution.html
#kakapo

Fortpflanzungsfaulheit #schönerWort #Neuseeland #Kakapo

Vielleicht ist der neuseeländische (leider aussterbende) #Kakapo mein Spirit Animal: Fliegen kann er nicht, wird handlungsunfähig, sobald er angegriffen wird, und für die Balz stellt er sich meist zu blöd an. (was seinem Aussterben nicht grad entgebgenkommt.)
Meine #wandklex Kakapos sind heute im Original im #klexadventskalender!
auf https://www.wandklex.art/product/14-12-kakapo-illustration-handgemalt-gerahmt-in-minirahmen-474502
#artShop #watercolor #parrots #artforsale #art #CreativeToots

SMH

https://news.mongabay.com/2024/09/worlds-biggest-deforestation-project-gets-underway-in-papua-for-sugarcane/

#enviroment #pollution #ClimateCrisis #deforestation #DefundDeforestation #sugarcane #Sugarcane_State #sugar #papuanewguinea #newzealand #kakapo #kākāpo

Genome Sequencing Shows Kākāpō Evolved Two Plumage Colors To Evade Predators

"Genomic sequencing of almost all living kākāpō reveals they evolved two different plumage colors to avoid the sharp eyes of their avian predators."

by @grrlscientist via #medium

#kakapo🦜 #plumage #colors #evolution #birds🪶 #ornithology🦉 #conservation #SciComm🧪 https://medium.com/grrlscientist/genome-sequencing-shows-k%C4%81k%C4%81p%C5%8D-evolved-two-plumage-colors-to-evade-predators-e913351a64a7

Genome Sequencing Shows Kākāpō Evolved Two Plumage Colors To Evade Predators

"Genomic sequencing of almost all living kākāpō reveals they evolved two different plumage colors to avoid the sharp eyes of their avian predators."

by @GrrlScientist via #medium

#kakapo🦜 #plumage #colors #evolution #birds🪶 #ornithology🦉 #conservation #SciComm🧪 https://medium.com/grrlscientist/genome-sequencing-shows-k%C4%81k%C4%81p%C5%8D-evolved-two-plumage-colors-to-evade-predators-e913351a64a7

Genome Sequencing Shows Kākāpō Evolved Two Plumage Colors To Evade Predators

"Genomic sequencing of almost all living kākāpō reveals they evolved two different plumage colors to avoid the sharp eyes of their avian predators."

by @grrlscientist via @medium

#kakapo #plumage #colors #evolution #birds #ornithology #conservation #SciComm https://medium.com/grrlscientist/genome-sequencing-shows-k%C4%81k%C4%81p%C5%8D-evolved-two-plumage-colors-to-evade-predators-e913351a64a7

Yesterday, we adopted the kākāpō Nora.

There are only 244 kākāpō alive today. Via a symbolic adoption, we can support the work of the kākāpō recovery program and help this critically endangered species.

Which kākāpō would you like to adopt?

https://www.doc.govt.nz/our-work/kakapo-recovery/get-involved/adopt-a-kakapo/

#kakapo #bird #parrot #conservation