Kakapo Recovery Programme
New Zealand
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The kakapo is the rarest parrot in the world. It’s flightless, it’s the world’s heaviest parrot, it's possibly the oldest living bird and it has a subsonic mating boom that can travel several kilometres. The Kakapo Recovery Team has ten staff, all employed by the Department of Conservation. They are responsible for the day-to-day management of kakapo. Six of the staff maintain a continual presence on the kakapo islands in a revolving roster. Four other staff have specialist skills and shuttle between the islands and their offices in Invercargill and Nelson. The Kakapo Recovery Team is advised by the Kakapo Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee, which is a group of independent experts in the various fields of species conservation.
