World Kākāpō victorious: World’s fattest parrot wins New Zealand Bird of the Year 2020 November 16, 2020 Wyatte Grantham-Philips, USA TODAY Comments Off on Kākāpō victorious: World’s fattest parrot wins New Zealand Bird of the Year 2020 With an owl-like face, pot belly and duck-waddling gait, the green-feathered kākāpō is a nocturnal parrot that cannot fly.