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.

Because of their appearance, many people mistake kakapos for another bird called the kea, but the kea is different and can fly. The kakapo is native to New Zealand.

Meet the kakapo—a chunky, moss-green parrot that looks like it waddled out of a fantasy novel and forgot how to fly. This New Zealand native carries one of the bird world's most tragic and oddly ...

Before humans arrived in New Zealand, parrots called kākāpō freely roamed across the islands. They are the world’s only living flightless parrots, and they’re a bit smaller than the average chicken.

A "weird puking bird" with a bizarre mating dance has won New Zealand's annual avian beauty contest, triumphing after British comedian John Oliver launched an unlikely global campaign.

The puteketeke, a bird that pukes, grunts, growls and has bizarre mating rituals, won New Zealand’s bird of the century title in a competition where American-British comedian John Oliver's ...

Native Maori took a leading role in efforts to revive the iconic kakapo. “People came together because they knew the bird was bigger than anything else.” ...

New Zealand's kākāpō population has reached 252, the highest in almost 50 years. Conversationalists also point to artificial insemination success.

A rare, smelly and yellow-eyed penguin species has been crowned New Zealand ’s bird of the year for the second time in less than a decade. The hoiho, which translates as “noise shouter” in ...

The population of New Zealand's endangered flightless parrot kakapo has increased by 25 per cent in the past year, bringing the number up to 252 birds.

Because of their appearance, many people mistake kakapos for another bird called the kea, but the kea is different and can fly. The kakapo is native to New Zealand.