# Strigops

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Genus of birds

Strigops Temporal range: Pleistocene–Recent Kākāpō (Strigops habroptilus) Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Psittaciformes Family: Strigopidae Genus: Strigops G.R. Gray, 1845 Species Strigops habroptilus Gray, 1845 †Strigops insulaborealis Worthy et al., 2026[1]

***Strigops*** is a genus of [New Zealand parrots](/source/New_Zealand_parrot) that contains two species, an extant species, the [kākāpō](/source/K%C4%81k%C4%81p%C5%8D) (*Strigops habroptilus*) and the fossil species *[Strigops insulaborealis](/source/Strigops_insulaborealis)* from the early [Pleistocene](/source/Pleistocene) of New Zealand.[1]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-MoaEggshellCave_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-MoaEggshellCave_1-1) Worthy, T. H.; Scofield, R. P.; Suresh, S.; Barker, S. J.; Wilson, C. J. N.; Williams, P. W.; Baker, J. A. (2026). "The first Early Pleistocene (*ca* 1 Ma) fossil terrestrial vertebrate fauna from a cave in New Zealand reveals substantial avifaunal turnover in the last million years". *[Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology](/source/Alcheringa%3A_An_Australasian_Journal_of_Palaeontology)*. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1080/03115518.2025.2605684](https://doi.org/10.1080%2F03115518.2025.2605684).

Taxon identifiers Strigops Wikidata: Q10821959 Wikispecies: Strigops BOLD: 3316 EoL: 45517889 GBIF: 2479235 iNaturalist: 19013 IRMNG: 1296816 ITIS: 177602 NCBI: 35547 NZOR: 8b202d5a-cd67-4e08-be74-ebd5ef208e12 Open Tree of Life: 512918 Paleobiology Database: 334630

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