List of Kakapo

Every known Kakapo 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 individuals who have provided assistance to the preservation efforts. In July 2004, three Kakapo diedFact|date=April 2008. Four chicks survived from the 2004 breeding season. One male Kakapo died in the New Zealand winter of 2005, bringing the population to 86Fact|date=April 2008. In April 2008, the Kakapo population grew to 93 [cite web|title=World kakapo population rises by five|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10501192|date=March 31, 2008|work=NZ Herald|accessdate=2008-03-31] with the hatching of seven chicks,cite web|url=http://www.kakaporecovery.org.nz/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=158:all-eggs-hatched&catid=53:ranger-diaries&Itemid=207 |title=Ranger's Diaries: All eggs hatched |publisher=Kakapo Recovery Programme |date=2008-04-08 |accessdate=2008-04-12] then fell to 92 due to the death of Bill.cite web|url=http://www.kakaporecovery.org.nz/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=155:more-chicks&catid=53:ranger-diaries&Itemid=207 |title=Ranger's Diaries: More chicks, but we've lost our friend Bill |publisher=Kakapo Recovery Programme |date=2008-04-01 |accessdate=2008-04-12] An eighth chick had hatched in the 2008 breeding season, but was found dead a few days later.cite web|url=http://www.kakaporecovery.org.nz/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=153:sadness-at-easter&catid=53:ranger-diaries&Itemid=207 |title=Ranger's Diaries: Sadness at Easter |publisher=Kakapo Recovery Programme |date=2008-03-24 |accessdate=2008-04-12] The 2008 chicks have all been nicknamed, but will not be formally named until they have fledged.Until 29.05.2008: 6 chicks of the breeding season 2008 survived, bringing the total Kapapo population to 91.

Living Kakapo

Females (41)

*Alice (First captured: 1981. Mother of: Manu '97; Al, Pearl '02).
*Aparima (Born 2002, Mother: Wendy, Father: Felix. Mother of a 2008 chick.)
*Aranga (Mother: Lisa; Father: Ox; hatched: 1999)
*Bella (First captured: 1982)
*Boomer (Mother: Zephyr; Father: Felix; Hatched: 1999)
*Cyndy (First captured: 1987. Mother of: Horton '02, three chicks in 2008).
*Ellie (Born 1999, Mother: Lisa; Father: Ox).
*Esperance (Born 2003, Mother: Flossie; Father: Bill).
*Flossie (First captured: by 1982. Mother of: Kuia, Gulliver, Sinbad '98; Rakiura, Esperance '01; Yasemin, Pura '05)
*Fuchsia (First captured: 1991. Mother of: Konini '02).
*Hananui (Mother: Lisa; hatched: 2002)
*Hauturu (Mother: Lisa; Father: Ox; hatched: 1999)
*Heather (Hatched: 1981. Mother of: Palmer-san, Robbie '02).
*Hine taumai (Born 2002, Mother: Wendy, Father: Felix).
*Hoki (Born 1992, Mother: Zephyr, Father: Felix, hand-raised; subject of a book by her caretaker).
*Jane (First captured: 1989)
*Jean (First captured: 1981. Mother of: Blake, Kuihi, Te Kingi '02).
*Konini (Mother: Fuchsia; hatched: 2002)
*Kuia (Mother: Flossie; Father: Richard Henry; hatched: 1998)
*Kuihi (Mother: Jean; hatched: 2002)
*Lisa (First captured: by August 1982, laid 3 infertile eggs in 2002, mother of a 2008 chick that died days later. Mother of: Ellie, Hauturu, Aranga in 1999)
*Maggie (First captured: March 1980. The second female captured on Stewart Island)
*Marama (Mother: Margaret-Maree; hatched: 2002)
*Margaret-Maree "Marmar" (First captured: 1986. Mother of: Marama, Mila, Moana '02; Kumi '05).
*Mila (Mother: Margaret-Maree; hatched: 2002)
*Monoa (Mother: Margaret-Maree; hatched: 2002)
*Nora (First captured: 1981. Mother of Zephyr in 1981)
*Pearl (Mother: Alice; hatched: 2002)
*Pounamu (Mother: Sara; hatched: 2005, was attacked that September by male Dot, spent two weeks recovering)
*Pura (Mother: Flossie; hatched: 2005)
*Rakiura (Mother: Flossie; Father: Bill; hatched: 2002. Mother of two 2008 chicks.)
*Ruth (First captured: 1991. She is blind in one eye. Mother of: Doc '02).
*Sandra (Mother of Morehu '99)
*Sara (Mother of: Ariki '02; Pounamu '05).
*Solstice (First captured: 21.06.1997; last bird captured from Stewart Island)
*Sue (First captured: 1983. Mother of: Takatimu '02 and one 2008 chick).
*Suzanne
*Tumeke (Born 2002, Mother: Wendy, Father: Felix)
*Wendy (First captured: by 1982. Mother of: One of the two 1991 hatched chicks; Aparima, Hine Taumai, Tumeke '02).
*Yasmin (Mother: Flossie; hatched: 2005)
*Zephyr (Born 1981, Mother: Nora; Mother of: Hoki '92; Sirroco, Tiwai '97; Trevor '99).

Males (44)

*Al (Mother: Alice; hatched: 2002)
*Arab (First captured: 1980)
*Ariki (Mother: Sara; hatched: 2002)
*Barnard (First captured: by 1982)
*Basil
*Ben
*Blades
*Blake (Mother: Jean; hatched: 2002)
*Bonus
*Boss
*Dobbie (Hatched: 1991)
*Doc (Mother: Ruth; hatched: 2002)
*Felix (First captured: 1989. Father of Hoki, Tiwai, Sirocco, Manu, Boomer, Morehu, Trevor, Hine Taumani, Aparima, Tumeke)
*Gulliver (Mother: Flossie; Father: Richard Henry; hatched: 1998)
*Gumboots (First captured: 1988)
*Horton (Mother: Cyndy; hatched: 2002)
*Jimmy
*Joe
*Kumi (Mother: Magaret-Maree; hatched 2005)
*Lee
*Lionel (First captured: 1981)
*Luke
*Manu (Mother: Alice; Father: Felix; hatched: 1997)
*Merty
*Merv
*Morehu (Mother: Sandra, hatched: 1999, he is living on Anchor Island)
*Nog
*Ox (Father of: Aranga, Elli, Hauturu '99)
*Palmer-san (Mother: Heather; hatched: 2002)
*Piripi
*Ralph (First captured: 1987)
*Richard Henry (Last bird from South Island. First captured: 12.03.1975 Fiordland National Park/Gulliver Valley/Esperance River. Father of: Gulliver, Kuia, Sinbad '98)
*Robbie (Mother: Heather; hatched: 2002)
*Sass (First captured: 1987)
*Sinbad (Mother: Flossie; Father: Richard Henry; hatched: 1998)
*Sirroco (Mother: Zephyr; Father: Felix; hatched: 1997 Hand-raised. Infertile(?). He lives at the moment on Ulva Island.)
*Smoko (First captured: 1991)
*Stumpy (Hatched: 1991)
*Takitimu (Mother: Sue; hatched: 2002)
*Te Kingi (Mother: Jean; hatched: 2002)
*Tiwai (Mother: Zephyr; Father: Felix; hatched: 1997)
*Trevor (Mother: Zephyr; Father: Felix; Hatched: 1999)
*Waynebo
*Whiskas (First captured: 1989)

Recently deceased

Females

*John-Girl (Died: September, 1991. Mother of one of the two 1991 born Kakapos)
*Aroha (Mother: Sue; hatched: 2002; died: July 2004)
*Aurora (Mother: Zephyr; hatched: 2002; died: July 2004)
*Vollie (Mother: Ruth; hatched: 2002; died: July 2004)

Males

*Gerry (Died: 1991)
*Pegasus (Died: 1993)
*Rob (Died: February 1994)
*Ken (First captured: 1988; died: July 1998)
*Gunner (died: winter 2005)
*Bill (died: March 2008, first captured 1982,Fact|date=April 2008 father of Rakiura)

References

External links

* [http://www.kakapo.org.nz/ Kakapo Recovery Programme]