Meet the 'Hercules parrot' from prehistoric New Zealand – the biggest ever discovered
- Written by Trevor H. Worthy, Associate professor, Flinders University

Say hello to Heracles inexpectatus, a parrot the size of a human child. But don’t worry, you won’t meet one face to face. Our new discovery, published today, lived around 20 million years ago in what is now New Zealand...
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