Monday, September 22, 2014 at 11:46 
Thirty green parrot chicks have successfully ventured into the wild. Photograph: Luis Ortiz-Catedral A recovery program using 78 predator-proof nest sites has doubled the female population of the green parrot, one of the world’s rarest birds
Friday, May 8, 2009 at 7:18 
Romeo visiting Juliet before Juliet's release on May 8 2009Two love-struck green parrots are soon to be united when Norfolk Island National Park and Botanic Garden releases its last captive green parrots into the wild.
The release marks the end of the green parrot captive breeding program, and opens the door to the courtship of 'Juliet', a captive female parrot, and 'Romeo', a wild male parrot.
For the past few years, Romeo has been regularly visiting Juliet and feeding and courting her through the aviary wire. But they have never been able to fly together.
The green parrot is an endangered species found only on Norfolk Island. In 1983, the numbers of green parrots had dwindled to fewer than 30, with only four known pairs of breeding birds. Today there are some 200 green parrots in the wild - a great conservation success story for an endangered species.
