Thursday, January 1, 2009 at 7:40 
DEATH BY CHOCOLATE: A kea's binge session on dark chocolate proved deadly for the bird - and it is not the only animal to drop dead after eating chocolate. Image by Steve & Jem CopleyIf you thought you had a problem with chocolate, just be glad you are not a parrot.
Nestor notabilis - Kea | in Poisoning Monday, October 13, 2008 at 11:00 
Flo Gaud and Stu Thorne measure the beak of a kea as part of a Department of Conservation monitoring programme around Treble Cone skifield. Kea around Treble Cone skifield, near Wanaka, have been the subject of a recent Department of Conservation study into the habits of the inquisitive and endangered native alpine parrot.
Nestor notabilis - Kea | in Conservation, Research Friday, September 26, 2008 at 11:00 
Kea (Nestor notabilis)High country farmers are being urged not to break the law to stop a protected bird preying on their livestock.
Nestor notabilis - Kea | in Conservation, Cull Wednesday, July 30, 2008 at 10:00 
Kea Photo Anita363Seven kea have died at Fox Glacier after eating 1080 poison, wiping out almost half a group of the endangered and protected parrot being monitored by the Conservation Department.
Nestor notabilis - Kea | in Conservation, Poisoning Tuesday, July 29, 2008 at 15:00 
One of a gang of juvenile kea romping about on the mountain side around the Broken River Skifield. Photo: Jon SullivanOne of the world's most intelligent birds is also one of its most endangered. New Zealand's kea parrot used to be a common sight in the island nation. But the kea is a voracious hunter, and has actually been known to prey upon sheep, which resulted in more than 100 years of government-sponsored bounties that nearly wiped out the species. Now, only 1,000 to 5,000 birds remain, mostly in remote mountain regions, where their food sources are being destroyed out by human development.
Nestor notabilis - Kea | in Conservation, Disease, Introduced predators 
