Tag: kakapo

Feathers ruffled as charismatic parrot banned from avian beauty contest

by Ryland JAMES Agence France Presse Wellington, New Zealand (AFP) — The world’s fattest parrot can’t fly, and now it can’t run either. Voting began on Monday in New Zealand’s always-controversial Bird of the Year contest, with angry twitchers spitting feathers at a decision to ban the twice-winning kakapo. The beguiling owl parrot — which resembles a verdant feathered bowling ball — already won the contest in 2008 and 2020, and came runner up in […]