[IELTS Reading] – The kākāpō

Complete the notes. Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER from the text in each gap.

New Zealand’s kākāpō

A type of parrot:

• diet consists of fern fronds, various parts of a tree and (7)
  
  

• nests are created in (8) where eggs are laid.

Arrival of Polynesian settlers:

• the (9) of the käkāpō were used to make clothes.

Arrival of European colonisers:

• (10) were an animal which they introduced that ate the kākāpō’s food sources.

Protecting kākāpō:

• Richard Henry, a conservationist, tried to protect the käkāpō.
  
  
• a definite sighting of female kākāpō on Rakiura Island was reported in the year (11)
  
  
• the Recovery Plan included an increase in (12)
  
  
• a current goal of the Recovery Plan is to maintain the involvement of (13) in kākāpō protection.