01 Sep 2009 — Five rare kākāpō chicks – the last from the 2009 breeding season – have been released from their temporary outdoor pens, and are now roaming free on an island sanctuary in New Zealand’s deep south.
The only survivors of their kind – a large flightless nocturnal bird that is the world’s rarest parrot – the chicks are members of a select family group of just 124 kākāpō.