{
  "id": 4775810,
  "title": "Kākāpō rising: 90 chicks swell population of the world’s heaviest parrot",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/kakapo-rising-90-chicks-swell-population-of-the-worlds-heaviest-parrot",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-01T02:57:21.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian",
    "slug": "the-guardian",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/01/record-breeding-worlds-heaviest-parrot-nz-endangered-kakapo"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Critically endangered New Zealand bird enjoys record breeding season triggered by mass fruiting of native tree, pushing its numbers to 325 The population of the world’s heaviest parrot, the kākāpō , has surpassed 300 birds for the first time in 75 years, after a record breeding season triggered by the mass fruiting of a native New Zealand tree. Ninety chicks were officially added to the…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}