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Discover fun facts about New Zealand's famous flightless parrot, the kākāpō—from its sweet honey scent to its clumsy tree-leaping habits—and explore cute plush companions.

Kakapos are a kind of large, green flightless parrot. They live in New Zealand and have become critically endangered due to humans bringing cats near to their habitat. The kakapo is a bird in the family Psittacidae and the genus Kakapo. New Zealanders call it "kakapo", which is the local Maori language. Kaka means "parrot" and po means "night". It is a nocturnal parrot...