Record kākāpō breeding season with 95 rare parrot hatchlings: Photo of the week

Mongabay
Apr 10, 2026, 5:31 am218 ptsTop
The kākāpō is a flightless bird endemic to Aotearoa New Zealand, and one of the heaviest parrots in the world. It’s also critically endangered; after the introduction of predators to the islands off New Zealand, the adult kākāpō population plummeted to just 235 today. But this year, following a…

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