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90 Chicks Push Kākāpō Population to Record 325

New Zealand's flightless kākāpō just had its biggest breeding season in decades, adding 90 chicks and pushing the critically endangered parrot past 300 birds for the first time in 75 years.

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Free-Flight Training Helps Confiscated Parrots Thrive in the Wild

A Texas A&M study in Bird Conservation International shows confiscated yellow-crowned Amazon parrots trained to fly free before release stayed close to their Colombian release site with strong survival.

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New Zealand Parakeet Pair Produces 55 Chicks, 10% of Wild Population

Nacho and Trixie, a breeding pair of critically endangered orange-fronted parakeets at the Isaac Conservation and Wildlife Trust, have hatched 55 chicks in two years — a tenth of the entire species.