Which parrot cannot fly?

The Kakapo is the only parrot species in the world that cannot fly. Endemic to New-Zealand, it has bright yellow-green plumage with a prominent facial disc of soft feathers. Weighing between 4 and 9 pounds, it is the world’s heaviest parrot. It has a strong, sweet smell which enables its predators to easily locate it.

Breeding slower than any other bird, kakapos mate once every four to five years. They are also the only flightless bird to have a lek breeding system in which the males openly compete for the females’ attention. Males battle one another in an array of wings, beaks, claws and loud screeches. Calls out to the female can also be heard at night echoing throughout the ferned forest. 

These low grunts or “booming” calls last 6–8 hours every night for more than four months. Females choose their mate and lay 1–4 eggs over the span of a few days. After thirty days the eggs hatch and chicks become independent around 10 to 12 weeks of age.

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