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Walter Boles with the Night Parrot

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Walter Boles, Max Thompson and Wayne Longmore with the Night Parrot, Pezoporus occidentalis, specimen they found in 1990.

Photographer:
C Bento/Nature Focus
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© Australian Museum

Last Updated: 4 September 2009

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Leteisha McManus

Verticalsmurf
11.08 PM, 13 August 2010

I was wondering if the Night Parrot was related to the Kakapo considering how similar the colouration of the feathers and the shape of their beaks are. I was also wondering if there are still any studies being done to find out if there are still any Night Parrot populations around.

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