List of Kakapo
Encyclopedia
Every known living Kakapo
, except some young chicks, has been given a name by Kakapo Recovery Programme officials. Many of the older birds were given English language
names, but more recent chicks have been given Māori
names. Some Kakapo, such as Richard Henry and Arab, are named after people who have provided assistance to the preservation efforts.
. Four chicks survived from the 2005 breeding season. The male Gunner died of aflatoxicosis during the New Zealand winter of 2005, bringing the population back to 86. In April 2008, the population grew to 93 with the hatching of seven chicks, then fell to 92 due to the death of adult Bill. One of the seven 2008 chicks died soon after hatching, bringing the total down to 91, and on 28 October 2008 male Lee died, bringing the population down to 90. Four of the 2008 chicks have been named, but the remaining two chicks are awaiting official names from Murihiku iwi. Male Rangi was re-discovered in February 2009 after spending 21 years living on Codfish Island. In 2009 there was another good breeding season, with 33 chicks (20 male and 13 female) bringing the population up to 124. A number of older birds died during 2010, followed by the significant loss of the only remaining Fiordland Kakapo, Richard Henry, announced during January 2011. His Fiordland genes survive through his three progeny.
Kakapo
The Kakapo , Strigops habroptila , also called owl parrot, is a species of large, flightless nocturnal parrot endemic to New Zealand...
, except some young chicks, has been given a name by Kakapo Recovery Programme officials. Many of the older birds were given English language
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
names, but more recent chicks have been given Māori
Maori language
Māori or te reo Māori , commonly te reo , is the language of the indigenous population of New Zealand, the Māori. It has the status of an official language in New Zealand...
names. Some Kakapo, such as Richard Henry and Arab, are named after people who have provided assistance to the preservation efforts.
Recent population changes
After a good breeding year in 2002, the population remained at 86 until 2004, when three two-year-old female Kakapo died from infections by the soil bacterium erysipelasErysipelas
Erysipelas is an acute streptococcus bacterial infection of the deep epidermis with lymphatic spread.-Risk factors:...
. Four chicks survived from the 2005 breeding season. The male Gunner died of aflatoxicosis during the New Zealand winter of 2005, bringing the population back to 86. In April 2008, the population grew to 93 with the hatching of seven chicks, then fell to 92 due to the death of adult Bill. One of the seven 2008 chicks died soon after hatching, bringing the total down to 91, and on 28 October 2008 male Lee died, bringing the population down to 90. Four of the 2008 chicks have been named, but the remaining two chicks are awaiting official names from Murihiku iwi. Male Rangi was re-discovered in February 2009 after spending 21 years living on Codfish Island. In 2009 there was another good breeding season, with 33 chicks (20 male and 13 female) bringing the population up to 124. A number of older birds died during 2010, followed by the significant loss of the only remaining Fiordland Kakapo, Richard Henry, announced during January 2011. His Fiordland genes survive through his three progeny.
Females (54)
- Alice (First captured: 1981. Mother of: Manu '97; Al, Pearl '02)
- Aparima (Hatched 2002, Mother: Wendy, Father: Waynebo. Mother of JEM '08)
- Aranga (Hatched: 1999; Mother: Lisa, Father: Waynebo)
- Awarua (Hatched 2009, Mother: Kuihi, Father: Barnard)
- Bella (First captured: 1982; Mother of Tiaka, Hillary, Roha '09)
- Boomer (Hatched: 1999; Mother: Zephyr, Father: Felix)
- Cyndy (First captured: 1987. Mother of Horton '02; Weheruatanga-o-te-po, Elwin, Jester '08; Ngatapa, Queenie '09)
- Ellie (Hatched: 1999; Mother: Lisa, Father: Ox)
- Esperance (Hatched: 2002; Mother: Flossie, Father: Bill; Mother of Huhana '09)
- Evohe (Hatched: 2009; Mum: Zephyr, Dad: Felix)
- Flossie (First captured: by 1982; Mother of Heather '81; Kuia, Gulliver, Sinbad '98; Rakiura, Esperance '02; Yasmine, Pura '05; Wiremu, Scratch '09)
- Fuchsia (First captured: 1991; Mother of Konini '02; Bluster-Murphy '09)
- Hananui (Hatched: 2002; Mother: Lisa, Father: Blades; Mother of Wharetutu, Wolf '09)
- Hauturu (Hatched: 1999; Mother: Lisa, Father: Ox)
- Heather (Hatched: 1981; Mother Flossie; Mother of Palmer-san, Robbie '02; Guapo, Awhero '09)
- Hinemoa (Hatched: 2009; Mother: Sue, Father: Basil)
- Hine taumai (Hatched: 2002; Mother: Wendy, Father: Waynebo)
- Hoki (Hatched 1992; Mother: Zephyr, Father: Felix, hand-raised; subject of a book by her caretaker).
- Huhana (Hatched 2009; Mother: Esperance, Father: Whiskas)
- Jane (First captured: 1989)
- Jean (First captured: 1981; Mother of Blake, Kuihi, Te Kingi '02)
- JEM (Hatched: 2008; Mother: Aparima, Father: Jimmy)
- Jemma (Hatched: 2009; Mother: Pearl, Father: Stumpy (by artificial insemination)
- Konini (Hatched: 2002; Mother: Fuchsia, Father: Waynebo)
- Kuia (Hatched: 1998; Mother: Flossie, Father: Richard Henry)
- Kuihi (Hatched: 2002; Mother: Jean, Father: Sass; Mother of Awarua, Waihopai, Hokonui '09)
- Lisa (First captured: by August 1982; Rediscovered 1999 on a nest, after hiding for 13 years on Little Barrier Island; Mother of Ellie, Hauturu, Aranga '99; Hananui '02; Tiwhiri, Hurihrui, Purity '09)
- Maggie (First captured: March 1980; The second female captured on Stewart Island)
- Marama (Hatched: 2002; Mother: Margaret-Maree, Father: Nog)
- Margaret-Maree (First captured: 1986; Mother of Marama, Mila, Moana '02; Kumi '05; Millie, Moss '09)
- Mila (Hatched: 2002; Mother: Margaret-Maree, Father: Nog)
- Millie (Hatched 2009; Mother: Margaret-maree, Father: Merty)
- Nora (First captured: 1980; Mother of Zephyr '81)
- Pearl (Hatched: 2002; Mother: Alice, Father: Waynebo; Mother of Juanma, Jemma '09)
- Pounamu (Hatched: 2005; Mother: Sara, Father: Waynebo)
- Pura (Hatched: 2005; Mother: Flossie, Father: Bill)
- Quennie (Hatched: 2009, Mother: Cyndy, Father: Ox)
- Ra (Hatched 2009; Mother: Solstice, Father: Smoko (by artificial insemination)
- Rakiura (Hatched: 2002; Mother: Flossie, Father: Bill; Mother of Toititi '08; Tamahou, Tiaho, Te Atapo '09.)
- Roha (Hatched 2009; Mother: Bella, Father: Blades)
- Ruth (First captured: 1991; She is blind in one eye. Mother of Doc '02)
- Sandra (Mother of Morehu '99)
- Solstice (First captured: 21.06.1997; last bird captured from Stewart Island; Mother of Ra '09)
- Sue (First captured: 1983; Mother of Takatimu '02; Rooster '08; George, Hinemoa '09)
- Suzanne
- Tiaka (Hatched: 2009; Mother: Bella, Father: Blades)
- Tiwhiri (Hatched: 2009; Mother: Lisa, Father: Basil)
- Toitiiti (Hatched: 2008; Mother: Rakiura, Father: Ox)
- Tumeke (Hatched 2002; Mother: Wendy, Father: Waynebo)
- Weheruatanga o te po (Hatched: 2008; Mother: Cyndy, Father: Ox)
- Wendy (First captured: by 1982; Mother of Dobbie '91; Aparima, Hine Taumai, Tumeke '02)
- Wharetutu (Hatched 2009; Mother: Hananui, Father: Merty)
- Yasmine (Hatched: 2005; Mother: Flossie, Father: Bill)
- Zephyr (Hatched 1981; Mother: Nora, Father: Rangi; Mother of Hoki '92; Sirocco, Tiwai '97; Trevor, Boomer '99; Maestro, Evohe '09)
Males (64)
- Al (Hatched: 2002; Mother: Alice, Father: Waynebo; )
- Arab (First captured: 1980)
- Ariki (Hatched: 2002; Mother: Sara, Father Waynebo;)
- Awhero (Hatched 2009, Mother: Heather, Father: Blades)
- Barnard (First captured: by 1982; Father of Awarua, Waihopai, Hokonui '09)
- Basil (Father of Doc, Takitimu '02; Rooster '08; Hinemoa, George, Tiwhiri, Purity, Hurihuri '09)
- Ben
- Blades (Father of Hananui '02; Awhero, Tiaka, Hillary, Roha, Jack, Guapo '09)
- Blake (Hatched: 2002; Mother: Jean, Father: Sass; )
- Bluster-Murphy (Hatched 2009, Mother: Fuchsia, Father: Smoko)
- Bonus
- Boss
- Dobbie (Hatched: 1991; Mother: Wendy, Father: Bill)
- Doc (Hatched: 2002; Mother: Ruth, Father: Basil;)
- Elwin (Hatched: 2008; Mother: Cyndy, Father: Ox)
- Felix (First captured: 1989. Father of Hoki, Tiwai, Sirocco, Manu '97; Boomer, Morehu, Trevor '99; Maestro, Evohe '09)
- George (Hatched 2009, Mother: Sue, Father: Basil)
- Guapo (Hatched 2009, Mother: Heather, Father: Blades)
- Gulliver (Hatched: 1998; Mother: Flossie; Father: Richard Henry;)
- Gumboots (First captured: 1988)
- Hillary (Hatched 2009; Mother: Bella, Father: Blades)
- Hokonui (Hatched 2009, Mum: Kuihi, father: Barnard)
- Horton (Hatched: 2002; Mother: Cyndy, Father: Bill)
- Hurihuri (Hatched 2009, Mother: Lisa, Father: Basil)
- Jack (Hatched 2009, Mother: Aranga, Father: Blades)
- Jester (Hatched: 2008. Mother: Cyndy, Father: Ox)
- Jimmy (2008 Father of JEM)
- Joe
- Juanma (Hatched 2009, Mother: Pearl, Father: Stumpy (by artificial insemination))
- Kumi (Hatched 2005; Mother: Margaret-Maree, Father: Sass)
- Lionel (First captured: 1981)
- Luke
- Maestro (Hatched 2009; Mother: Zephyr, Father: Felix)
- Manu (Hatched: 1997; Mother: Alice, Father: Felix; Father to Paddy '09)
- Merty (Father of: Moss, Millie, Wolf, Wharetutu '09)
- Merv
- Morehu (Hatched: 1999; Mother: Sandra, Father: Felix)
- Moss (Hatched 2009; Mother: Magaret-Maree, Father: Merty)
- Ngatapa (Hatched 2009; Mother: Cyndy, Father: Ox)
- Nog (Father of Mila, Monoa, Marama '02)
- Ox (Father of Aranga, Elli, Hauturu '99; Toititi, Elwin, Wheruatanga-o-te-po, Jester '08; Ngatapa, Queenie '09)
- Paddy (Hatched 2009; Mother: Sara, Father: Manu)
- Palmersan (Hatched: 2002; Mother: Heather, Father: Sass )
- Piripi
- Ralph (First captured: 1987. Encounter with Douglas AdamsDouglas AdamsDouglas Noel Adams was an English writer and dramatist. He is best known as the author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which started life in 1978 as a BBC radio comedy before developing into a "trilogy" of five books that sold over 15 million copies in his lifetime, a television...
and Mark CarwardineMark CarwardineMark Carwardine is a zoologist who achieved widespread recognition for his Last Chance to See conservation expeditions with Douglas Adams, first aired on BBC Radio 4 in 1990. Since then he has become a leading and outspoken conservationist, and a prolific broadcaster, columnist and...
described in Last Chance to SeeLast Chance to SeeLast Chance to See is a 1989 BBC radio documentary series and its accompanying book, written and presented by Douglas Adams and Mark Carwardine. In the series, Adams and Carwardine travel to various locations in the hope of encountering species on the brink of extinction...
) - Rangi (First Captured 1987. Rediscovered February 2009, after hiding for 21 years on Codfish Island; Father of Zephyr)
- Robbie (Hatched: 2002; Mother: Heather, Father: Sass)
- Rooster (Hatched: 2008; Mother: Sue, Father: Basil)
- Scratch (Hatched 2009, Mother: Flossie, Father: Whiskas)
- Sinbad (Hatched: 1998; Mother: Flossie, Father: Richard Henry)
- Sirocco (Hatched: 1997; Mother: Zephyr, Father: Felix; Unlikely to be used to breed. Encounter with Stephen FryStephen FryStephen John Fry is an English actor, screenwriter, author, playwright, journalist, poet, comedian, television presenter and film director, and a director of Norwich City Football Club. He first came to attention in the 1981 Cambridge Footlights Revue presentation "The Cellar Tapes", which also...
and Mark CarwardineMark CarwardineMark Carwardine is a zoologist who achieved widespread recognition for his Last Chance to See conservation expeditions with Douglas Adams, first aired on BBC Radio 4 in 1990. Since then he has become a leading and outspoken conservationist, and a prolific broadcaster, columnist and...
described in Last Chance to SeeLast Chance to See (TV series)Last Chance to See is a wildlife documentary first broadcast on BBC Two in the United Kingdom during September and October 2009. The series is a follow-up of the radio series, also called Last Chance to See in which Douglas Adams and Mark Carwardine set out to find endangered animals...
) - Smoko (First captured: 1991; Father of Bluster, Ra (by artificial insemination) '09)
- Stumpy (Hatched: 1991; Mother: John-girl, Father: Pegasus; Father of Jemma (by artificial insemination), Juanma (by artificial insemination) '09)
- Takitimu (Hatched: 2002; Mother: Sue, Father: Basil)
- Tamahou (Hatched: 2009; Mother: Rakiura, Father: Whiskas)
- Te Atapo (Hatched: 2009, Mother: Rakiura, Father: Whiskas)
- Te Kingi (Hatched: 2002; Mother: Jean, Father: Sass)
- Tiaho (Hatched: 2009, Mother: Rakiura, Father: Whiskas)
- Tiwai (Hatched: 1997; Mother: Zephyr, Father: Felix)
- Trevor (Hatched: 1999; Mother: Zephyr,; Father: Felix)
- Waihopai (Hatched 2009, Mother: Kuihi, Father: Barnard)
- Waynebo (Father of Ariki, Konini, Pearl, Al, Tumeke, HineTaumai, Aparima '02; Pounamu '05)
- Wiremu (Hatched 2009, Mother: Flossie, Father: Whiskas)
- Wolf (Hatched: 2009; Mother: Hananui, Father: Merty)
Females
- Monoa (Hatched: 2002; Mother: Margaret-Maree, Father: Nog. Died: September 2011)
- Purity (Hatched: 2009; Mother: Lisa, Father: Basil. Died: September 2011)
- Sarah (Died: May 2010; Mother of Ariki '02; Pounamu '05; Paddy '09)
- John-Girl (Died: September 1991. Mother of Stumpy '91)
- Aroha (Mother: Sue; hatched: 2002; died: July 2004)
- Aurora (Mother: Zephyr; hatched: 2002; died: July 2004)
- Vollie (Mother: Ruth; hatched: 2002; died: July 2004)
- Mike missing on Little Barrier Island
Males
- Gerry (Died: 1991)
- Pegasus (Died: 1993; Father of Stumpy '91)
- Rob (Died: February 1994)
- Ken (First captured: 1988; died: July 1998)
- Gunner (died: winter 2005)
- Bill (died: March 2008, first captured 1982, father of Dobbie, Esperance, Rakiura, Pura, Yasmine, Horton)
- Mokopuna (died: April 2008, 2008 Chick #7)
- Lee (died: October 28, 2008)
- Sass (died: February 2010) Fathered 6 chicks - 'Robbie', 'Palmersan', 'Te Kingi', 'Blake', 'Kumi' and 'Kuihi'. He also had 3 grand-chicks through Kuihi - 'Awarua', 'Waihopai' and 'Hokonui'
- Snark Missing on Little Barrier Island
- Gunter Missing on Codfish Island
- Pierre Missing on Codfish Island
- Tramp Missing on Codfish Island (Infos via Radio New Zealand)
- Richard Henry (found dead: 24 December 2010) The last bird from the South Island, he was captured by Don MertonDon MertonDonald Merton, QSM was a New Zealand conservationist best known for saving the black robin from extinction. He also discovered the lek breeding system of the kakapo....
, John Cheyne and Mandy dog on 12.03.1975 in Fiordland National Park/Gulliver Valley/Esperance River. Named after Richard Treacy HenryRichard Treacy HenryRichard Treacy Henry was a New Zealand conservationist and reserve manager who became an expert on the natural history of flightless birds in New Zealand, especially the Kakapo. Born in County Kildare, Ireland, his family migrated to Australia in 1851 where he grew up...
, he fathered Gulliver, Kuia, Sinbad '98. - Whiskas (died: January 2011, First captured: 1989; Father of Tamahou, Tiaho, Te Atapo, Wiremu, Huhana, Scratch '09)