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Rare parrots lay a record

March 20, 2002 — Filed in: Parrot News

By Alex Kirby, BBC News Online environment correspondent

Kakapo (Strigops habroptilus) chicks

Two months ago the world could boast just 62 kakapo, the world’s rarest parrot.

Today that number has risen by a third, to 84 birds, thanks to a bumper brood of chicks.

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