The kakapo, officially the world’s heaviest parrot, won New Zealand’s Bird of the Year vote after a weeks-long campaign that rivaled human political contests in intensity.

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Additionally, every living kakapo is named and monitored, so researchers always know each bird’s location. The bottom line is that kakapos are adorable and they’re a lot of fun to watch, but ...

Forest & Bird, a independent conservation organization in New Zealand, has been holding elections for Bird of the Year for 15 years. This year, the competition received over 55,500 votes.

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A plump, waddling parrot has soared past its competition to claim victory in New Zealand’s Bird of the Year contest, a tense race marked by attempted voter interference during a divisive month ...

New Zealand's Bird of the Year competition has excluded fat parrot kākāpō from from this year's ballot due to the two-time winner's popularity.