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Happy World Parrot Day, Sirocco Kākāpō! 💚🤎💚🦜

Photographer - Maddy Whittaker

#Kākāpō #NewZealand #Birds #Parrots #EndangeredBirds #FlightlessBirds

From New Zealand, meet Sirocco Kākāpō, a large, heavy-bodied, ground-dwelling, flightless parrot. Mostly green, he has close-set black eyes, heavy brown "mutton chops," and looks like a little old man. Here, he faces forward with a quizzical expression.

The Kākāpō is critically endangered, with the small population monitored carefully.

Photographer - Maddy Whittaker

Wildlife in Care Photography:
Ostriches are #flightlessbirds and the heaviest in the world.

#Ostriches can run 72 kilometres an hour, maintaining this pace for up to 30 minutes.

#jlwerstroh #janetwerstroh #zoo #wildlife #conservation #animals #familyfun #Calgaryattraction #Albertatourism #wildlifesanctuary #wildlife #calgaryzoo #wildlifephotography #jlwalbertaphotography #calgary #alberta #canada #calgaryphotographer

For all the Big Bird lovers and all the scientists here, a talk coming out of a zoologist's dissertation research: "What, if Anything, Is Big Bird?"

Zoologist Mike Dickison talks about the PhD research he's been doing on a flightless bird -- the "Big Bird" of the title.
https://www.pechakucha.com/presentations/what-if-anything-is-big-bird
#zoology #SesameStreet #FlightlessBirds

1) Picture of Big Bird under a "Sesame Street" sign
2) map of the NYC area

For all the Big Bird lovers and all the scientists here, a talk coming out of a zoologist's dissertation research: "What, if Anything, Is Big Bird?"
https://www.pechakucha.com/presentations/what-if-anything-is-big-bird

#zoology #SesameStreet #FlightlessBirds

New Zealand’s endangered flightless birds are retreating to 'moa graveyards' – and it could save them from extinction | Discover Wildlife
https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/birds/new-zealand-flightless-birds-retreating-to-moa-graveyards

#Extinction
#NewZealand
#FlightlessBirds
#Birds
#Moa
#MoaGraveyards

Ghosts of species past: shedding new light on the demise of NZ’s #moa can help other flightless birds https://theconversation.com/ghosts-of-species-past-shedding-new-light-on-the-demise-of-nzs-moa-can-help-other-flightless-birds-228362

Ecological dynamics of moa extinctions reveal convergent refugia that today harbour flightless #birds https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-024-02449-x

Scientists reconstructed patterns of extinction for 6 moa species... all collapsed and converged on the cold, isolated mountains... These happen to be the same sites where the last of #NewZealand’s #FlightlessBirds can be found today.

reconstruction of a large extinct fightless bird next to a small green parrot in mountainous landscape

https://punnypeak.com/geese-puns/ "
" "Why did the geese refuse to fly South for the winter? Because they were too ""chill""! #geeselife #flockingaround #birdjokes #sillygoose #featheredfriends #winterwoes #canadagoose #funnyanimals #punnyhumor #flightlessbirds"

The hidden rule for flight feathers and how it could reveal which #dinosaurs could fly
https://phys.org/news/2024-02-hidden-flight-feathers-reveal-dinosaurs.html

Functional constraints on the number and shape of flight feathers https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2306639121

"in addition to asymmetrical feathers, all the flighted #birds had between nine and 11 primary #feathers. In #FlightlessBirds, the number varies widely— #penguins have more than 40, while #emus have none. It's a deceptively simple rule that's seemingly gone unnoticed by #scientists."

Looking for a nifty #colouringBook that will teach you about #NewZealand #FlightlessBirds and bad flyers? Look no further!
https://www.amazon.com/Bad-Flyers-Zealand-Colouring-Book/dp/0473671980

A book cover showing two kiwi and some ferns that have some watercolour applied for contrast and colour.

Our curious and cheeky weka look a bit like kiwis but hang out in the garden in the early morning and late afternoon. This one was walking around our chairs and checking that the beer bottle tops were not food #KawauKritter #Kawau #NZBirds #FlightlessBirds

#FlightlessBirds

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