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Male kākāpō build shallow track-and-bowl display sites and produce low booming calls that carry through the forest during their rare breeding seasons.

The night parrot's subwoofer

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The world's only flightless parrot does not court with aerial display. A male excavates a bowl, clears approach tracks and inflates his body to send resonant booms across the dark. Kākāpō breeding follows irregular mast years, so conservationists must listen to a love song whose stage, timing and audience are all unusually fragile.

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Erkek kākāpōlar sığ çanaklar ve onlara uzanan patikalar hazırlar; seyrek üreme mevsimlerinde ormanın içinde taşınan pes, gümbürtülü çağrılar çıkarır.

Gece papağanının bas hoparlörü

Dünyanın uçamayan tek papağanı kur gösterisini havada yapmaz. Erkek, bir çanak kazar, ona uzanan yolları temizler ve bedenini şişirerek karanlığa titreşimli gümbürtüler yollar. Kākāpōların üremesi düzensiz bolluk yıllarına bağlıdır; bu yüzden korumacılar sahnesi, zamanı ve dinleyicisi aynı anda kırılgan olan bir aşk şarkısını izler.

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Male kākāpō build shallow track-and-bowl display sites and produce low booming calls that carry through the forest during their rare breeding seasons.

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