Conservationists are expecting a lot of breeding action from threatened kakapo over the next month. The nocturnal, flightless parrots reproduce in tune with rimu, which have a mast season of extra ...

The nocturnal, flightless parrots reproduce in tune with rimu - this year having a mast season of extra growth, which happens every three or four years. The Department of Conservation says of 83 ...

New Zealand's critically endangered flightless parrot, the kakapo, started breeding last week for the first time in four ...

WELLINGTON, Jan. 6 (Xinhua) -- New Zealand's critically endangered kakapo is entering its first breeding season in four years, raising hopes for what could be the largest hatching on record.

The world’s heaviest parrot cannot fly. It does not breed every year. It only lives in one country. The Strigops habroptilus, ...

(Quote box) "There were just 86 kakapo when I first started working as a kakapo ranger in 2002. That number was scary. Having a breeding season with 55 chicks feels like a very positive step." ...

Kakapo numbers could top a century with what looks set to be a bumper breeding season on Whenua Hou (Codfish Island), the Conservation Department said. Already boasting the laying of one fertile ...

The population of New Zealand's kakapo, an endangered flightless parrot, has increased 25% in the last year to 252 birds following a good breeding season and success with artificial insemination, the ...