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

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 pred...

World’s fattest parrots have mating frenzy

With an adult population of only 236, the kākāpō—the world’s largest parrot—was teetering on the brink extinction. But this year, they have been mating at a record pace, a...

KДЃkДЃriki karaka parents produce 55 chicks in breeding programme

The pair are part of the captive breeding programme at The Isaac Conservation and Wildlife Trust (ICWT) in Christchurch.

'Super parents' become super breeders

Photo: DOC A pair of Christchurch parakeets have earned the title of "super parents" of the bird world after bringing more than 50 chicks into the world and contributing to...

Kiwi bird steps into Parliament to celebrate Capital Kiwi project growth

After years of predator control on over more than 23,000 hectares, Capital Kiwi returned kiwi to Wellington.

No beak = weak? Not for this New Zealand parrot that’s the alpha male of his flock

For many birds, survival depends heavily on their beaks. Beaks are used for eating, hygiene and even fighting, so a broken or deformed beak can often be a death sentence. But for o...

A clifftop rescue adds to kДЃkДЃpЕЌ chick numbers

A long-awaited mystery is solved and adds a healthy chick to breeding season tally.

KЕЌkako goneburger?

The North Island kЕЌkako is one of Aotearoa’s most elegantly beautiful birds, and while rare, they still exist in the wild as well as in sanctuaries. I’ve seen them on Tiritiri, ne...

Our Changing World: Looking to a wild future for kДЃkДЃpЕЌ

As kДЃkДЃpЕЌ numbers grow, what are the challenges to them becoming truly wild birds?

Six Funny Bird Names

I have compiled below a list of funny bird names, each accompanied by a short explanation, mixing facts with my own thoughts inspired by each bird. Frigatebird The male frigatebird...

New Zealand’s rarest bird is making a comeback

There were only three to four breeding pairs of tara iti in 1983. Now there are 11.

‘Coming home’: kiwi enter parliament for first time as New Zealand marks conservation win

Politicians, children and Māori groups gathered in the Wellington banquet hall to see in the flesh the success of efforts to protect country’s national birdWhen five kiwi were pres...

TakahД“ seniors to spend retirement at Zealandia

A pair of senior takahД“ are set to make Wellington wildlife sanctuary Zealandia their new home.

Kiwi birds have lost 99% of their population. New Zealanders are fighting for their return

The symbolic bird is coming back to the heart of New Zealand a century after it was sent offshore.

Watch out, kiwi about! Tracking our national bird in the wild near Wellington

On April 28 the Capital Kiwi Project will release the 250th kiwi into the wild, following a special pōwhiri at Parliament. It’s a major milestone in what began as a bold dream to b...

Cauca Guan. What a corker!

 Cauca GuanCauca Guans (Penelope perspicax) were common as we drove and walked along the road through the Otún Quimbaya Fauna and Flora Sanctuary in Colombia last November. Their l...

Parrot uses his broken beak to become a dominant male

An injured kea with just half a beak has used what's left as a weapon that gives him dominance over a captive colony of the birds

Why rare little spotted kiwi are heading to a new Fiordland home

A tourism company’s decade-long predator trapping programme will allow rare little spotted kiwi to be reintroduced to a Fiordland island.

Disabled kea achieves social dominance with one-of-a-kind ‘jousting’ technique

This story was originally published on RNZ. A disabled kea has achieved social dominance with an innovative fighting technique. Though he lacks the top half of his beak, Bruce keep...

Watch: Disabled parrot takes up jousting to stay king of the keas

A disabled kea – a native New Zealand parrot – has invented a bizarre jousting technique that helped turn him into the undefeated alpha male of his group. While parrots are known f...

Wild weather keeps Palmerston North's Wildbase Hospital busy with displaced seabirds

The birds at Wildbase Hospital are named after where they were found, like PДЃtea the albatross.

Capuchinbirds

The peace of the vast Guyanan jungle is abruptly broken with the dawn chorus of male Capuchinbirds, one of the most bizarre birds in South America. The singing male bows forward, t...

Bird stuck on Air NZ plane’s flight deck forces cancellation of flight to Hong Kong

A small feathered stowaway was the cause of the cancellation of a long haul flight on Thursday.

Parakeet couple gives a lifeline to rare population