Rare New Zealand Kakapo parrot sees boost in numbers after record number of chicks hatch
Kakapo parrot chicks are seen in this undated social media photo obtained April 18, 2019, in an undisclosed location in New Zealand.
More than 70 chicks have been born, according to New Zealand’s Department of Conservation . Though not all are expected to make it to adulthood, the current 147 adult population is expected to see a dramatic increase. “It’s been going on for a long time...we had our first mating before Christmas, the first chick hatched on the 30 January, the earliest a chick had ever hatched,” Andrew Digby, a science advisor on DOC’s Kakapo Recovery Program, told Radio New Zealand’s ‘Kakapo Files’ podcast this week.
The birds are vulnerable to predators and were decimated by cats and stoats introduced by European settlers in the 19th century.
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