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Kea - Mountain Parrot

Television, 1993

 Kea - Mountain Parrot

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 Synopsis

This documentary tells the story of the inimitable kea. The 'Clown of the Alps' is heralded as the world’s smartest bird (its intelligence rivals a monkey’s). Kea are infamous on South Island ski fields and tramping tracks for their insatiable (and deconstructive) inquisitiveness. Curiosity almost killed the kea when it was daubed a sheep killer, and tens of thousands were killed for a bounty. Here extraordinary night footage reveals the ‘avian wolf’ in action. The award-winning film makes a compelling case for the charismatic kea as a national icon.

 Credits

 Rod Morris
 Glenda Norris
 Michael Stedman
 Paul Donovan
 
 

 Collections

Included in the Nature Collection - Oct 2009

 
 

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