| Strigops Temporal range: Pleistocene - Recent | |
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| Kakapo (Strigops habroptilus) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Psittaciformes |
| Family: | Strigopidae |
| Genus: | Strigops G.R. Gray, 1845 |
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Strigops is a genus of New Zealand parrots that contains two species, an extant species, the kakapo (Strigops habroptilus) and the fossil species Strigops insulaborealis from the early Pleistocene of New Zealand. [1]
