Stolzenburg tells NPR「s Renee Montagne that because its only predators were in the sky, the kakapo had no need to fly and, therefore, couldn」t.

Stolzenburg告诉NPR(美国公共电台)记者ReneeMontagne，由于鸮鹦鹉的掠食者都在天上，因此鸮鹦鹉不需要飞行，也就不能飞行了。

One of the world「s rarest birds, New Zealand」s kakapo, is now not quite so rare thanks to the arrival of 34 kakapo chicks.

世界稀有鸟类之一，新西兰鹦鹉，因为34只小鹦鹉仔的出生而不是特别稀有了。

Conservationists have taken the drastic measure of removing all surviving kakapo to predator-free islands, so far averting the extinction of this remarkable bird.

自然资源保护者采取激烈的方法将所有生存的鸮鹉迁到没有天敌的岛屿上，才避免了这种奇异鸟类的灭绝。

A kakapo parrot, Sirocco, will be the ideal ambassador for conservation because he would focus attention on the plight of endangered species, said Key.

这只鹦鹉名叫塞洛克，属于濒危的枭鹦鹉物种。 约翰·基表示，赛洛克能够让人们关注濒危物种，因而是物种保护最理想的宣传大使。

Really the kakapo has a very similar life history to that iconic extinct bird the Dodo.

枭鹦与绝种的渡渡鸟的生命历史十分相似。

So scientists staged an emergency rescue and moved most of the remaining kakapo to Codfish Island, which had been cleared of all predators.

因此科学家们布置了紧急营救行动，把大部分幸存的卡克布转移到了Codfish岛。这个岛已经彻底清除了所有的肉食动物。

As the world's only flightless parrot, the kakapo is a truly unique bird which is threatened by introduced species in its native home of New Zealand.

鸮鹉是世界上唯一不会飞的鹦鹉，也是唯一一种受新西兰本土引入物种威胁的鸟类。

Conservationists were disheartened by their first efforts to find the parrots - old kakapo haunts were empty, and only a handful of birds were located.

自然资源保护主义者第一次寻找这种鹦鹉的行动很令人沮丧- - -原来卡克布经常出没的区域都已经空空蕩蕩，只有少数几只鸮鹦鹉还栖息在那里。

It was the mother lode of the remaining kakapo population, and it provided conservationists with another opportunity to rehabilitate the species.

这是残存的卡克布种群的母群落，这也给自然资源保护主义者们另外一次恢复卡克布种群的机会。