Parrot
Voice of the Kākāpō 8: Success
19 Mar 2020
The 2019 kākāpō chicks are becoming independent and birds sent to be scanned for aspergillosis are getting clean bills of health, in part 8 of Voice of the Kākāpō. Audio
Saving Kākāpō with fertility boosting rimu fruit
13 Nov 2019
When it comes to hopelessly flawed reproductive strategies, Kākāpō top the list. In addition to fertility problems they only breed every 2-5 years, coinciding with mass fruiting of rimu trees… Audio
Kākāpō - night parrot
21 Dec 2018
The kākāpō is one of the world's rarest birds, and in the first episode of the Kākāpō Files we learn about the giant flightless parrot's 'love triangle.' Audio