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Kākāpō Population Soars to 325

Conservation staff say 90 chicks reached independence, with artificial insemination and targeted feeding helping drive the biggest breeding season on record.

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The 2026 kākāpō breeding season, the biggest on record, has come to an end with a bumper number of kākāpō chicks produced. The youngest chick has just passed 150 days old, a milestone that marks its independence.
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There are now 325 individuals of this species, which had barely 50 of them thirty years ago. The result of a scientific operation that did not leeve on the means.

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The kākāpō population, the nocturnal parrot and flying only by name, has reached 325 copies, the highest level of the last 75 years, writes... The post The population of the world's hardest parrot, Kākāpō, reaches a new record in New Zealand appeared first on Special Arad · the latest news from Arad.

For the first time in 75 years, the world ' s worst parrot, the cacapa, reached more than 300 birds after a record breeding season caused by the mass fertility of the local New Zealand tree. On 1 September, 90 birds were officially added to the population threatened with extinction, bringing the total number to 325 – a record level since the beginning of recovery efforts.

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Stuff broke the news in Wellington, New Zealand on Monday, August 31, 2026.
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