Dubbed "the weirdest bird in the world," New Zealand's kakapo parrot was once thought to be extinct.
- The kakapo is the only flightless parrot in the world.
- They may be one of the longest living, if not the longest living, birds on the planet.
- After an intensive, 50-year conservation effort, the population has risen to 220.
Conservation efforts to save a rare bird recently made the news. Dubbed "the weirdest bird in the world," New Zealand's kakapo parrot was once thought to be extinct. But intensive conservation efforts stretching back to the 1970s have helped grow the species from in the low 50s in the 1990s to nearly 220, today.
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