Meet the 'Hercules parrot' from prehistoric New Zealand – the biggest ever discovered
- Written by Trevor H. Worthy, Associate professor, Flinders University
_Heracles inexpectatus_ on the forest floor, with three small wrens foraging at its feet.Brian Choo, Author providedSay 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...





