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Kakapo voted Bird of the Year  -  Nov 6, 2008
Stuff.co.nz,TOP BIRD: The kakapo has won the vote for Bird of the Year, knocking the grey warbler off its perch. The kakapo has won the vote for Bird of the Year,

Ancient kakapo dies despite three-hour op  -  Oct 29, 2008
Stuff.co.nz,By MICHAEL FIELD - Fairfax Media | Thursday, 30 October 2008 An endangered kakapo that may have been nearly 100 years old has died at Auckland Zoo despite a

Poisoned kakapo fighting fit again  -  Oct 23, 2008
Stuff.co.nz,By MICHAEL FIELD - Fairfax Media | Friday, 24 October 2008 A kakapo suffering lead poisoning and on the edge of death has been saved by the Auckland Zoo.

Rare kakapo dies ahead of return to wild  -  Oct 29, 2008
3 News NZ,A kakapo that had successfully been treated for lead poisoning has died a day before it was due to be returned to an island sanctuary. The male kakapo Lee

Article addresses feeder fallout  -  Nov 13, 2008
MaineToday.com,The kakapo, a flightless parrot found only in New Zealand, provides an interesting example. The kakapo is an endangered species whose population declined to

KAKAPO UPDATE  -  Oct 23, 2008
The BirdBrain Journal,The Kakapo is one of the rarest parrot species in the world, with only 91 known to exist. A native of New Zealand, the Kakapo is the only flightless and

Lead-free Lee gets weight back  -  Oct 26, 2008
New Zealand Herald,Photo / Brett Phibbs A kakapo has slowly been nursed back to health at Auckland Zoo after his body weight nearly halved from lead poisoning. The male kakapo

Rare parrot survives lead poisoning  -  Oct 25, 2008
United Press InternationalAUCKLAND, New Zealand, Oct. 25 (UPI) -- A kakapo, a member of one of the rarest bird species on Earth, is to be released into the wild after being treated

Authorities call for rare domestic pigs to be destroyed  -  Oct 26, 2008
3 News NZ,Stewart Island is home to some of New Zealand's rarest native birds, including kiwi and kakapo. Authorities say that while they do not want to play the role

Streaming Election Night Broadcast TV?  -  Oct 29, 2008
Slashdot...kakapo writes "A couple of years ago, we dumped our cable TV, and don't have much luck getting old-fashioned broadcast where we live.

Birds in the News 151  -  Nov 10, 2008
ScienceBlogsThe kakapo has won the vote for New Zealand's Bird of the Year, knocking the grey warbler off its perch. After month-long polling, the kakapo won Forest

Birds in the News 149  -  Oct 27, 2008
ScienceBlogsA kakapo, a member of one of the rarest bird species on Earth, is to be released into the wild after being treated for lead poisoning at a New Zealand zoo.

Kakapo - Night Parrot  -  Sep 8, 2008
TVNZ,One of the oddest of these birds is the giant, flightless parrot, the Kakapo. Nocturnal and corpulent, it has a sad history - responding to a predator-free

Calcium vital for survival of kakapo  -  Sep 12, 2008
The Dominion Post,Researchers hope a dose of calcium will help spice up the sex lives of the endangered kakapo. The rare birds' survival chances have not been helped by their

Business answers conservation call  -  Sep 23, 2008
BirdLife International,The announcement that Rio Tinto Alcan has become BirdLife Species Champion for Kakapo was made today by HIH Princess Takamado (Honorary President of

Geometric model could mean breakthrough in saving endangered kakapo  -  Aug 31, 2008
Massey News,A mathematical model used to assess the nutrient balance of the kakapo diet has the potential to help solve one of the main challenges to saving the

Rare parrot needs the right feed to breed  -  Sep 10, 2008
New Scientist (subscription),Calcium is vital for bone growth, says Raubenheimer, and the kakapo have an "unusually large skeleton". The supplements may have been too protein-rich,

Award-winning film-maker switches to radio  -  Sep 19, 2008
Otago Daily Times,During her time with the company, she has worked on documentaries including To Save the Kakapo, which won a merit award at the Missoula Wildlife Film

Anthology unveils the science of New Zealand  -  Sep 3, 2008
New Zealand Herald,Contrast that with the wonderful conservationist accounts by Richard Henry of the kakapo and by Walter Mantell of the rediscovery of the takahe.

DOC, Mitre 10 Lead Way Forward for Our Takahe  -  Sep 10, 2008
RedOrbit,For more information visit www.doc.govt.nz amy.milne@stl.co.nz WHAT'S ON Kakapo encounter What: Meet Sirocco, one of the 91 kakapo left in the world,

Animals make it into our lounges  -  Sep 5, 2008
The Dominion Post,She's been bitten by a giant weta, cuddled a kakapo, held a baby New Zealand falcon, and clasped an albatross egg while it hatched.

Meet the locals for Conservation Week  -  Sep 4, 2008
Southland Times,Other events happening in the Southland region include a Kakapo encounter on Ulva Island, planting for Otatara’s Bushy Point Restoration project and the

Beim Kakapo versagt die Atkins-Diät  -  Sep 17, 2008
derStandard.at,Vielleicht, dachten sich Biologen, ist sie aber geeignet, einen der seltensten Vögel der Welt vor dem Aussterben zu bewahren: den Kakapo.

Dieta Atkinsa nie dla kakapo  -  Sep 19, 2008
KopalniaWiedzy,Dieta Atkinsa od lat wzbudza kontrowersje, na pewno nie podpiszą się też pod nią zagrożone wyginięciem papugi kakapo z Nowej Zelandii. Czemu?

Ohrožení papoušci měli špatnou dietu  -  Sep 17, 2008
Český rozhlas,Vysokoproteinová dieta je možná vhodná pro lidi, ale úsilí o záchranu papoušů kakapo příliš nepomohla. Na Novém Zélandu přežívá posledních 91 papoušků

Brian Rudman: Auckland heritage deserves better champion than DoC  -  14 Aug 2008
New Zealand Herald,In isthmus Auckland, it's been the lonely volunteers of the volcanic cones society who have saved our "kakapo" cones from the road builders and developers,

Stoats cleared from Resolution Island  -  Aug 3, 2008
Wildlife Extra,Richard Henry transferred hundreds of threatened birds (mainly kiwi and kakapo) from the mainland to several Fiordland islands, including Resolution Island.

DOC lays waste to Resolution stoats  -  Aug 7, 2008
The Southland Times,Kakapo, little spotted kiwi and other vulnerable birds like saddleback and kokako might be reintroduced to the island, once the department was confident

It’sa love thing  -  Aug 13, 2008
Scoop.co.nz (press release),Gary has recently returned from the war and is dressed in army fatigues ‘like a kakapo’. He wrote a song that was too grim even for Nick Cave and he still

Feathered Bloodhounds?  -  Jul 17, 2008
Science Magazine (subscription)By this logic, the most acute sense of smell in Steiger's menagerie belongs to the kakapo, a rare nocturnal parrot indigenous to New Zealand.

Spotted kiwi have been reintroduced to New Zealand’s Fiordland  -  Aug 13, 2008
Wildlife Extra,In 1900 Richard Henry who was caretaker of Resolution Island - the world's first island sanctuary for birds - wrote "I think that the brown kiwi and kakapo

Kiwi's nose among best  -  Jul 18, 2008
Stuff.co.nz,The researchers found that the kakapo, a nocturnal parrot, has 667 functional olfactory receptor genes and the brown kiwi has about 600, while an Australian

1990 Mazda RX-7 FC3S  -  Aug 5, 2008
Super Street MagazineIt's definitely a stiff ride, but it will take you to from Point A to Point B faster than you can say Kiwi Kakapo. Inside this FC is equally stunning as the

Chalk one up for national poetry week  -  Jul 24, 2008
Auckland stuff.co.nz,...clearly enjoyed helping to write down the verses to his favourite poem, his mother’s composition titled the Kiwi and the Kakapo.

Chalk up to enthusiasm  -  Jul 16, 2008
Aucklander,They are titled Kiwi and Kakapo, published last year in Poetry Pudding , and Tooth, published recently in the anthology Swings + Roundabouts: Poems about

Podceňovaný pta�?í �?ich  -  Jul 17, 2008
Český rozhlas,Něme�?tí vědci tyto geny hledali u vzácných no�?ních papoušků kakapo, kteří žijí na Novém Zélandu. Zjistili, že mají přibližně 670 funk�?ních genů pro �?ichové

Nå luktet den deg også...  -  Aug 4, 2008
Norges Jeger- og Fiskerforbund,Den nattaktive papegøyearten Kakapo viste seg å ha ca. (!) 667 virksomme luktreseptor-gener, men det har ikke redda den fra å bli en trua art i heimlandet

Birds Have Highly Developed Sense of Smell  -  Jul 16, 2008
RedOrbit,Proceedings of the Royal Society B, published 16.07.2008, doi:10.1098/rspb.2008.0607 Image Caption: The nocturnal Kakapo, one of the nine bird species in

Pta�?í nosy nejsou k zahození  -  Jul 22, 2008
Lidovky.cz,Mezi prověřovanými ptáky vedl v bohatství funk�?ních genů pro �?ichové receptory novozélandský papoušek soví zvaný také kakapo.

Ist der Geruchssinn bei Vögeln besser ausgeprägt als bislang gedacht?  -  Jul 21, 2008
ChemieOnline,Abb. 1: Der nachtaktive Kakapo - einer von neun untersuchten Vogelarten - erkennt vermutlich bestimmte Früchte am Geruch. Das Gleiche gilt auch für den

Vögel können besser riechen als gedacht  -  Jul 17, 2008
Hamburger Abendblatt,Auch der nachtaktive Kakapo, eine sehr seltene und vom Aussterben bedrohte neuseeländische Papageien-Art, erkennt vermutlich bestimmte Früchte am Geruch.

Who's a pretty boy then?  -  Apr 24, 2008
Stuff.co.nz,Department of Conservation kakapo technical officer Daryl Eason with one of seven kakapo chicks being hand-reared in Nelson. This ball of fluff,

How to make kakapo fruity  -  Apr 14, 2008
Stuff.co.nz,Forget chocolates or sweet strawberries; unripened fruit could be the key to turning on the endangered kakapo. The large, green, flightless parrot is one of

Kakapo chicks get VIP treatment  -  Apr 13, 2008
Stuff.co.nz,Seven kakapo chicks that hatched just over two weeks ago on Whenua Hou (Codfish Island) are to be transferred to special facilities in Nelson to ensure

Kakapo parrot back from near extinction  -  Apr 1, 2008
Telegraph.co.uk,By Nick Squires in Sydney It is flightless, helpless and looks like a giant budgie, but New Zealand's rare kakapo ground parrot is clawing its way back from

Five an 'awesome' boost to kakapo pop  -  Mar 30, 2008
Stuff.co.nz,BY CLIO FRANCIS - Stuff.co.nz | Monday, 31 March 2008 TOTALLY AWESOME: The births of five baby kakapo on Codfish Island has boosted the endangered birds

Five endangered New Zealand Kakapo parrots hatch  -  Mar 30, 2008
Hindu,The kakapo, which is native to New Zealand, last bred in 2005, when four chicks were produced. Neill said all the kakapo eggs this year had proved fertile _

Breeding success sees Kakapo numbers rise  -  Mar 30, 2008
New Zealand Herald,Kakapo recovery team leader Emma Neill said today boosting the population from 86 was "awesome, especially considering these birds only breed every few

Endangered Kakapo hatch on island  -  Mar 31, 2008
TVNZ,Five Kakapo chicks recently hatched on Codfish Island, near Stewart Island. The world's Kakapo population now stands at 91 with two more eggs still to hatch

Encounters with kakapo to be held  -  Apr 13, 2008
Otago Daily Times,By HAMISH McNEILLY MEMBERS of the public will have a chance to see the world’s rarest parrot when Sirocco the kakapo is temporarily transferred to Ulva

Unripened fruit force kakapo off island  -  Apr 13, 2008
Newstalk ZB,Seven endangered kakapo chicks are being taken off Codfish Island in Southland to be raised by hand because their main food source has not ripened.

Kakapo chicks hatch on Whenua Hou/Codfish Island  -  Mar 30, 2008
Scoop.co.nz (press release),The eagerly-awaited arrival of some of New Zealand’s most precious babies has started, with the hatching of five kakapo chicks in the last two weeks.

Bumper harvests get endangered parrots laying  -  Apr 3, 2008
New Scientist (subscription),For the kakapo, New Zealand's giant flightless parrot, the answer may be key to its survival. Only 86 remain in the wild and the birds only breed every

Cockatoos Make Life Long Pets  -  Apr 21, 2008
NTV,...and some of the largest parrots including the Hyacinth Macaw (the longest parrot) and the flightless Kakapo (the heaviest parrot), are true parrots.

Five chicks for endangered parrot  -  Mar 31, 2008
The Press AssociationThe critically endangered Kakapo, the world's largest flightless parrot, has edged further back from extinction with five new chicks hatched in recent weeks

Endangered birds moved from island  -  Apr 13, 2008
Radio New Zealand,Kakapo chicks born just over a fortnight ago are being moved to a hand-rearing facility in Nelson to increase their chances of survival.

Talkers: A tainted honor code; a bull gets sent to jail  -  Mar 31, 2008
Kansas City Star,The kakapo is a nocturnal parrot with finely blotched yellow-green plumage. Colonization that began several hundred years ago introduced predators that

Vets help injured, endangered wildlife survive  -  Apr 23, 2008
Scoop.co.nz (press release),...“We were responsible for diagnosing the disease that killed three kakapo in 2003, for increasing the breeding rates of the black stilt following our

Rare Parrot Chicks Born in New Zealand  -  Mar 31, 2008
Guardian,The kakapo is an owl-like nocturnal parrot with finely blotched yellow-green plumage, a large gray beak, short legs, large feet, and relatively short wings

Much to learn from moa bones found at Ruataniwha  -  Apr 10, 2008
Timaru Herald,They discovered bones of other birds such as saddlebacks and kakapo as well as the native bat which no longer survive there. The moa browsed in the high

Seven chicks boost population of rare parrot to 92  -  Apr 14, 2008
TopNews,Wellington - The population of New Zealand's kakapo - the world's rarest parrot and critically endangered - has increased by seven after the first chicks

Rapid rise for Te Anau teen  -  22 Feb 2008
The Southland Times,...as well as extra training sessions, which include the infamous Blackmount hill climb and Kakapo Rd. "Ashley Whitehead reckons he's been all around the

Kakapo Encounter 2008: Rare Chance to See A Kakapo  -  Feb 17, 2008
Wildlife Extra,Today, there are 86 known kakapo remaining on Earth (and this number has come up from a decade ago!). Once prevalent throughout New Zealand, kakapo now

Cutting edge technology used to film endangered birds in NZ  -  Feb 7, 2008
Scoop.co.nz,...‘Code of the Kakapo’, a co-production between ELWIN Productions in Dunedin and Huntaway Homestead Films in Queenstown, is an intimate look at one of the

An island paradise  -  Jan 29, 2008
Marlborough Express,The deep booms of kakapo Sirocco no longer echo across his former Maud Island home, but the daredevil parrot's antics live on for those lucky enough to

Brian Rudman: Live in the capital and you'll take the honours  -  Jan 27, 2008
New Zealand Herald,...warn you this time last year that if you'd set your heart on an Order of the Kakapo, Second Class, then pack your bags and move to Wellington pronto.

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