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Kākāpō parrots
On April 10, 2026, Simon Willison posted a short note sharing a podcast clip from his ~1 hour 40 minute conversation with Lenny Rachitsky, highlighting a segment about kākāpō parrots. The kākāpō (*...
On April 10, 2026, Simon Willison posted a short note sharing a podcast clip from his ~1 hour 40 minute conversation with Lenny Rachitsky, highlighting a segment about kākāpō parrots. The kākāpō (Strigops habroptilus) is the world's only flightless parrot, found in New Zealand, where it evolved in the absence of mammalian predators. The species is critically endangered, with a total known population of 236 individuals as of 2026; known individuals are named, tagged, and confined to four small predator-free New Zealand islands. 2026 has been officially recorded as the biggest kākāpō breeding season on record , with the previous record set in 2019 producing 73 fledglings.
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