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New Zealand crowns chubby parrot Bird of the Year - BBC News
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November 16, 2020
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1:09Now PlayingAll eyes on the US election? Well, here's another vote, as bitterly contested, but a lot cuter.
New Zealand has voted the kakapo its bird of the year. It was a tough competition and only a complex election system allowed the big flightless parrot to triumph over its closest rival, the antipodean albatross.
There even were allegations of election rigging when hundreds of votes came from a single IP address.
But in the end, the kakapo won, marking the second time New Zealanders crowned the chubby parrot their number one bird.
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