Kakapo

species of non-flying New Zealand parrot
Taxon taxon Q179959
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Summary

Kakapo is a taxon[1]. Kakapo ranks in the top 0.049% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (17,686 views/month, #96 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Position held: Bird of the Year[3]
  • Taxon rank: species[4]
  • IUCN conservation status: Critically Endangered[5]
  • Parent taxon: Strigops[6]
  • Endemic to: New Zealand[7]
  • Taxon name: Strigops habroptila[8]
  • Commons category: Strigops habroptila[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Strigops habroptila[10]
  • Commons gallery: Strigops habroptila[11]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[13]
  • Short name: S. habroptila[14]
  • Taxon common name: Kakapo[15], kākāpō[16], kakapo soví[17], kakkpapagoi (kakapo)[18], Какапо, совиный попугай[19], フクロウオウム[20], Uglepapegøje[21], kakapó[22], kakapo sovovitý[23], Strigops kakapo[24], Cacapo[25], Owl Parrot[26], pelėdinė papūga[27], السَّدَّافُ[28]
  • Life expectancy: 59 years[29]
  • Means of locomotion: bipedalism[30]

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Identifiers

Kakapo's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 73446[31]. Kakapo's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 2489341[32]. Kakapo's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 45517890[33]. Kakapo's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2479237[34]. Kakapo's ITIS TSN is recorded as 714021[35].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Kakapo include Kakapo Nunatak[36], a nunatak[37].

Why It Matters

Kakapo has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] Kakapo is known by 83 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

Entities named for Kakapo include Kakapo Nunatak[36], a nunatak[37].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . rnz.co.nz. rnz.co.nz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . New Zealand Threat Classification System Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [32] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [35] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [34] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [29] ↑ . twitter.com. twitter.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [37] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [38] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8w ago · Debessis · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Position held → Bird of the Year, Bird of the Year
    Life expectancy → {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+59'}
    Nztcs conservation status → nationally critical
    Described by source → Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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