Kakapo Conservation – Biology Issue Report The Kakapo (Strigops habroptilus), a flightless parrot native exclusively to New Zealand is currently listed on the International Union of Conservation of Nature’s Red List under ‘Critically Endangered’. This listing has really highlighted the problem of the declining population of the kakapo, and can only emphasise the fact that something needs to be done to save this struggling species. In this report I am going to investigate and discuss solutions to
ame and describe your conservation issue. Why is it a issue? The issue is the possums are killing our environment by scratching bark of trees and killing endangered animals that are native to new zealand, such as our kiwi, and a lot of trees have been getting wrecked such as our totara,rimu, and the kowhai tree and plenty more habitats of native birds such as Kea , tui, kaka. This is a issue because if we don't solve this and kill the possums we will have native birds that will be extinct and
The concept of flight is typically thought to be synonymous with birds, so much so that it would be a surprise to most people to learn that there are currently about 11 known families of extant birds that do not have the ability to fly (McCall). Of these 11 families, there are about 98 species that are either still living or have gone extinct in the past few decades (McCall). Another surprising fact regarding flightless birds is that flightlessness as a trait did not appear suddenly among any flying