Kakapo  (Strigops habroptila)

This subfamily is endemic to New Zealand, and was once widespread within the North, South and Stewart Islands, but is now extinct throughout this former range (2). Between 1980 and 1997 (3), all kakapo remaining on Stewart Island were transported to offshore, predator-free islands in order to protect them from introduced mammalian carnivores. The species now occurs on Codfish and Chalky Islands (3).

Formerly inhabited a wide range of habitat types, including lowland Podocarp forests, upland beech (Nothofagus) forests and subalpine scrublands (3).