Kākāpō: four facts about the world’s fattest parrot

The owl parrot is facing an existential threat in the form of a fungal infection that has already endangered one-fifth of the total population. Seven of New Zealand’s native kākāpō have died in recent months after contracting the respiratory disease aspergillosis. The nocturnal and flightless parrot ingratiated itself with the world after it attempted to mate with a zoologist’s head during a BBC documentary Subscribe to Guardian News on YouTube ► World’s fattest parrot, the e