New Zealand Birds

11001-70914 Kakapo (Strigops habroptilus) a rare 'canary yellow' colour variant. Caught by the Bradshaw brothers at Cromarty, in Preservation Inlet in 1898 and kept alive by Walter Buller on a diet of boiled potatoes, before it became part of his 'collection'.

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11001-70914 Kakapo (Strigops habroptilus) a rare 'canary yellow' colour variant. Caught by the Bradshaw brothers at Cromarty, in Preservation Inlet in 1898 and kept alive by Walter Buller on a diet of boiled potatoes, before it became part of his 'collection'.

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