The World's Fattest Parrot, Kākāpō, Named New Zealand's Bird Of The Year For 2020

‘Mighty moss chicken’ brought back from brink of extinction is the first two-time winner. With an owl-like face, pot belly and duck-waddling gait, the kākāpō is one of the most distinctive birds roaming the Earth. The feathery creature has now been named New Zealand’s Bird of the Year for an unprecedented second time.

It can't fly and it hides during the day but a critically endangered large parrot is back in the limelight having been named New Zealand's bird of the year for an unprecedented second time. The green and fawn kākāpō - the world's heaviest, longest-living parrot - first won in 2008. After conservation efforts, the population of this large parrot has risen from 50 during the 1990s to 213 now.