#kakaporecovery

[myrling-art]

please... Save the Kakapo

You know about the Kakapo, right?

Even if you don’t recognize the name, you might have seen this big, chubby meme-birb on the interwebs somewhere at some point...

They are good birbs.

...But they’re also nearly extinct. Right now, there are less than 150 adults left.

They’re so few that every one of them has a name.

Some GOOD news: 2019 has been the BEST breeding season for the Kakapo in history! Lots of baby Kakapos! Bebes everywhere! Things are finally looking up for the world’s only flightless owl parrot.

The REALLY bad news: They have recently been hit with an outbreak of a disease... “Aspergillosis” has so far killed 6 adults and 4 chicks. One of them was the female Hoki. She was born in 1992 and was the sister of Sirocco, a bird that Stephen Fry got to meet in person (see the GIF above).

This is bad, because the Kakapo Recovery Project already relies HEAVILY on donations. And now they have to deal with this as well...

If you have ANYTHING to spare, you can leave a donation on the link below.

Donate to the Kakapo Recovery Project: https://t.co/rNQCteli5q

If you pick the button named “Aspergillosis fund”, the money goes to flights, blood tests, diagnostics & treatment, etc, etc...

Please, PLEASE share this post... I don’t want yet another species to disappear because people didn’t know that they could have prevented it... :(

For updates, you can follow Dr Andrew Digby on Twitter: Link: https://twitter.com/takapodigs/status/1136176875468754944

[wildwhimsywoolies]

I just realized I haven’t done a group shot in a while. I spent a lot of time on these guys so I made sure to take one this time. Which one is your favourite?🐫🦛🐬🦏🐢 🌱 Thank you so much to everyone who adopted something from my endangered species update and for supporting wildlife conservation and the @zsledgeofexistence programme! It really means a lot!💗 I’ll be spending the next little while on custom sloth orders. There are lots of fun ones! . . . . . #endangeredspecies #endangeredanimals #edgespecies #needlefelting #needlefelt #bactriancamel #camels #tapir #malayantapir #kakapo #kakaporecovery #pangolin #savethepangolin #sengi #elephantshrew #goldenrumpedsengi #pygmyhippo #sumatranrhino #maryriverturtle #slowloris #javanslowloris #baiji #yangtzeriverdolphin #dolphin🐬 #fiberartnow #fiberartistsofinstagram #wildlifeconservation #biodiversity #animalartwork #wildwhimsywoolies https://www.instagram.com/p/BxvVTv9gfGB/?igshid=1dq8ohwiai1pr

[beached-records-blog]

A brilliant album, and something of a sonic palate cleanser #merzbow #kakapo #noise #beachedrecords #oakenpalacerecords #newzealand #parrot #kakaporecovery #kakaporecoveryprogram #drone #experimentalmusic #limitededition #vinyl #limitededitionvinyl #bandcamp #recordlabel #palatecleanser #green #japanese #normanrecords #albumoftheweek #buyalbumsnotsubscriptions #makenoisenotwar https://www.instagram.com/p/B-2IISrBYcp/?igshid=11yis3i2yt88k

[mysocialmate-blog]

Exciting opportunity, guys! This weekend only the incredible @kakapo_recovery team is hosting viewings of this years hand-reared kākāpō chucks in Invercargill from Saturday to Monday (event details can be found on their FB page). With only 147 kākāpō left in the world, and a record breaking 74 chicks born this season (kākāpō don’t breed every year) this is a very big deal and an incredible opportunity to meet the future of this quirky species ️ thanks to the tireless hard work of @kakapo_recovery hopefully we’ll see these night parrots flourish back in our forests one day! I was lucky enough… Exciting opportunity, guys! This weekend only the incredible @kakapo_recovery team is hosting viewings of this years hand-reared kākāpō chucks in Invercargill from Saturday to Monday (event details can be found on their FB page). With only 147 kākāpō left in the world, and a record breaking 74 chicks born this season (kākāpō don’t breed every year) this is a very big deal and an incredible opportunity to meet the future of this quirky species ️ thanks to the tireless hard work of @kakapo_recovery hopefully we’ll see these night parrots flourish back in our forests one day! I was lucky enough to spend some time with last seasons chicks in 2016 and I can heartily attest to their cuteness. Because New Zealand’s kākāpō live on offshore islands, this is one of the only chances you would get to see them up close. I can’t wait to greet the new chicks and I’ll be down on Saturday, hope to see you guys there! #kakaporecovery #birdnerd #fluffballs Exciting opportunity, guys! This weekend only the incredible @kakapo_recovery team is hosting viewings of this years hand-reared kākāpō chucks in Invercargill from Saturday to Monday (event details can be found on their FB page). With only 147 kākāpō left in the world, and a record breaking 74 chicks born this season (kākāpō don’t breed every year) this is a very big deal and an incredible opportunity to meet the future of this quirky species ️ thanks to the tireless hard work of @kakapo_recovery hopefully we’ll see these night parrots flourish back in our forests one day! I was lucky enough…

[barbaraheidenreich]

Want to hear a good animal story? Check out Zoo Radio a new podcast brought to you by the folks at the Santa Barbara Zoo. Here is my appearance talking about one of my favorite animal training experiences. https://www.zooradio.org/sex-single-parrot/ #zooanimals #zooanimaltraining #zooradio #zoopodcast #zoonews #animalconservation #kakapo #kakaporecovery @santabarbarazoo

[timjeffsart]

***WIP #1: Kakapo*** What...there's a flightless nocturnal parrot that grows to the size of a Turkey? Yes there is, and it lives in New Zealand and is called a Kakapo! Nature continues to surprise me at every turn! Once the 3rd most common bird in New Zealand sadly with the introduction of predators during the colonization of the islands, over time this exquisite bird has now become critically endangered with only 154 living individuals. Drawn with a combination of Tombow USA 1500 colored pencils and Irojiten. #tombowusa #kakapo #kakaporecovery #newzealand #bird #birds #parrot #parrotsofinstagram #parrots #coloredpencil #drawing #sketchbook #sketches #sketch_daily #sketching #draw #nature #wildlife #endangeredspecies #endangered #conservation #illustration #natureart #wildlifeart #feathers #instalike #instadaily #instart #instago #animalkingdom

[histsciart]

Kākāpō (Strigops habroptilus) 

This bird is a species of nocturnal, ground-dwelling, flightless parrots native to New Zealand. These birds are critically endangered, but thanks to strong conservation efforts promoting reproduction and invasive predator eradication, these parrots are making a comeback!

This illustration comes from The Zoology of the Voyage of the H.M.S. Erebus & Terror, Vol. 1 (1844-1875), edited by John Richardson and John Edward Gray, and it was contributed for digitization in Biodiversity Heritage Library (@biodivlibrary) by MBLWHOI Library. You can view the original illustration here.

[alicetams]

I'm drawing a kakapo today! Hoping to release him as a limited print and raise some money for #kakaporecovery - there are less than 130 left in the world, we need to look after these guys. (at Backyard Market)

[barbaraheidenreich]

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That time I got to train a kakapo chick to load into a crate. #myjobdoesntsuck #kakapo #kakaporecovery #endangeredparrot #rareparrot #parrotconservation #nocturnalparrot #flightlessparrot (at Codfish Island)