Kākāpō
Ko te Kākāpō he manu ngahere nō Aotearoa. He manu haerepō, tau ki te whenua, kaore e rere. Ko ngā huruhuru he kāriki kōtiwhatiwha o te tuarā, he kārikikaho o te poho. He manu whakamīharo te manu nei. 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 puninga Strigops o te whānau Strigopinae hoki.
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He Kākāpō, ko Felix te ingoa | |
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Tribe: | Strigopini
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Puninga: | Strigops Gray, 1845
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Momo: | S. habroptilus
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Strigops habroptilus Gray, 1845
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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 uha 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, kia kite ai ia i tētahi atu uha māna.