New Zealand's Bird of the Year competition has excluded fat parrot kākāpō from from this year's ballot due to the two-time winner's popularity.

New Zealand’s annual bird of the year competition has dropped the two-time champion kākāpō from participating amid worries that its dominance could steal the limelight, once again, from ...

And New Zealand’s annual ‘bird of the year’ competition is no exception. One particular bird – and a national favourite – has been suspiciously absent from this year’s nominees, to the ...

There’s bad news for those hoping to crown — yet again — the kākāpō as New Zealand’s “Bird of the Year”: The flightless bird, also known as the world’s fattest parrot, isn’t in ...