#Kākāpō rising: 90 chicks swell population of the world’s heaviest parrot https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/01/record-breeding-worlds-heaviest-parrot-nz-endangered-kakapo

"Critically endangered #NewZealand bird enjoys record breeding season triggered by mass fruiting of native tree, pushing its numbers to 325... A recovery programme was established in 1995 with a population of just 51 #birds and has battled challenges with genetic diversity, infertility and poor chick hatching rates."