Kea are highly endangered alpine parrots native to New Zealand and often found in the mountains. Research suggests that their choice of habitat may have been influenced by the threat of human activity ...

A Kea (Nestor Notabilis) pecks at a car tyre in North Canterbury on the South Island of New Zealand ...

Birds of a feather flock together — far away from society. Researchers have found reason to believe that the kea — a large, endangered parrot species — once lived among humans before moving away from ...

With global warming decreasing the size of New Zealand's alpine zone, a University of Otago study found out what this means for our altitude-loving kea. The study, published in Molecular Ecology, ...

A climber found the bird stuck in the tank after hearing its calls echo overnight in Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park.

Scientists studying kea, New Zealand’s alpine parrot, revealed that the famously mischievous birds could understand probabilities, an impressive mental feat. The pair of researchers put six birds ...

Sir David Attenborough narrates a documentary about the Kea, the world's only alpine parrot. Playful and destructive, it attacks cars, starts landslides and terrorises New Zealand ski resorts but ...

The Kea has taken the coveted title of 'Bird of the Year' 2017. / Forest and Bird The "cheeky" green parrot that can be seen in the forest and alpine regions of the South Island has been crowned Bird ...

With global warming decreasing the size of New Zealand's alpine zone, a new study found out what this means for our altitude-loving kea. With global warming decreasing the size of New Zealand's alpine ...