What’s this? A bird on a Tuesday, have the gods gone mad? Well, as long-time subscribers may know, it is Australia Day, and that means we need to take a moment to acknowledge New Zealand’s Bird of the Year. And this year they selected the Kakapo (Strigops habroptilus). Now, this is a little break inContinue reading “Bird 172 – Kakapo (II)”
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Bird 18 – Kakapo
Let’s keep the theme of strangely flightless Pacific Island birds going this week with the New Zealand Kakapo. Look at him doing the camouflage there! First up, the name ‘kakapo’ translates from the Maori as night parrot. But don’t confuse them with the Australian Night Parrot (even though they look rather similar)*. These little guysContinue reading “Bird 18 – Kakapo”
Bird of the Week 