The Kakapo Noises
The male kakapo make two distinct noises with the sole purpose of attracting females for mating. These males can continue these noises for hours, nightly for as long as three consequtive months. These sounds can carry four miles! But in a forest, those noises often echo off trees so the females can have difficulty finding the males.
The first type; booming. The kakapo make a low bass sounding noise and repeats it every few seconds only stopping for a minute or two every few hours. The females go to the male with the most impressive boom.
Here is a funny animation of the kakapo birds in mating season with the males competing. Of course this isnt the way it actually happens in the wild.
The first type; booming. The kakapo make a low bass sounding noise and repeats it every few seconds only stopping for a minute or two every few hours. The females go to the male with the most impressive boom.
Here is a funny animation of the kakapo birds in mating season with the males competing. Of course this isnt the way it actually happens in the wild.
This video on the other hand is how males attempt to attract females to their nests, males will do this as it mates as many times as possible.
The other noise a kakapo makes is called skraarking. This is done after booming. The video below is a trailor of the documentary "The Unnatural History of the Kakapo" showing two males who are competeing in the forest with their mating calls, booming, then skraarking.
The full video of "The Unnatural History of the Kakapo" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KagOPIWHec