Meet Hercules, the biggest parrot ever
Cosmos Magazine - Wed 7 Aug 19The list of giant New Zealand birds just got longer.
Heracles the Giant Parrot Stood 3-Feet-Tall
Discover Magazine - Wed 7 Aug 19A reconstruction of the newly-discovered giant parrot Heracles, dwarfing a group of small New Zealand wrens on the forest floor. (Credit: Illustration by Dr Brian Choo, Flinders University) If ...
Polly wants many crackers: fossils reveal first known giant parrot
Nature News - Wed 7 Aug 19Nature, Published online: 06 August 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-02377-yExtinct bird lived in what is now New Zealand and stood roughly 1 metre tall.
Ancient parrot in New Zealand was 1m tall, study says
BBC News - Wed 7 Aug 19The parrot roamed New Zealand 19 million years ago, and may have been flightless and carnivorous.
World’s largest parrot was a metre tall and lived 19 million years ago
Newscientist - Tue 6 Aug 19Palaeontologists working in New Zealand have discovered the first evidence of giant parrots, which they believe weighed 7 kilograms and lived 19 million years ago
Meet Heracles, the metre-tall giant parrot that once called New Zealand home
ABC Science - Tue 6 Aug 19Fossilised drumsticks discovered on New Zealand's South Island belonged to a giant parrot that stood about one metre tall and weighed around 7 kilograms. Dubbed ...
A whopping 'squawkzilla': Meet 'Hercules'—the giant parrot that dwarfs its modern cousins
Phys.org - Tue 6 Aug 19Australasian palaeontologists have discovered the world's largest parrot, standing up to 1m tall with a massive beak able to crack most food sources.
NZ big bird a whopping 'squawkzilla', ScienceDaily - Wed 7 Aug 19Scientists Discover Prehistoric Supersized Parrot
KQED Science - Thu 8 Aug 19The flightless bird weighed 15 pounds, was about 3 feet tall and probably feasted on other parrots.
Ancient, giant, carnivorous parrot roamed New Zealand 19 million years ago
ZME Science - Wed 7 Aug 19This is amazing -- and a bit scary.
Giant, dog-sized parrot was more cannibal than copycat - CNET
CNET Cutting Edge - Wed 7 Aug 19This big bird was more likely to crack a skull than perform party tricks mimicking your favorite curse words.
Scientists Unearth Child-Sized Parrot ‘Hercules’
Geek.com - Wed 7 Aug 19Reconstruction of the giant parrot Hercules, dwarfing a bevy of small New Zealand wrens (via Brian Choo/Flinders University) Gonna shout it from the mountaintops: ...
Fossils of 'Squawkzilla,' 19 million-year-old cannibal parrot, found in New Zealand
FOXNews - Wed 7 Aug 19Fossils of a giant parrot that ate members of its own species have been found in New Zealand. Standing up to 3 feet in height, researchers have dubbed the astronomical avian "Squawkzilla."
This Parrot Stood 3 Feet Tall and Ruled the Roost in New Zealand Forests 19 Million Years Ago
Livescience - Wed 7 Aug 19It was the largest parrot that ever lived, and is the only known giant parrot in the world.
Meet Heracles the 'squawkzilla'
Daily Mail - Wed 7 Aug 19The bird, which is officially known as Heracles inexpectatus, was dug up at a famous fossil site in Central Otago, New Zealand, known as St Bathans.
Scientists Found a Seriously Giant Parrot Fossil in New Zealand
Gizmodo - Tue 6 Aug 19Scientists have uncovered evidence of an enormous parrot in New Zealand (of course). This Polly doesn’t want a cracker. This Polly wants a whole damn loaf of bread.Read more...
Giant parrot unearthed by paleontologists in New Zealand
UPI - Wed 7 Aug 19Paleontologists found the remains of the giant parrot in 19-million-year-old deposits near St. Bathans in Central Otago, New Zealand.
Heracles Inexpectatus - The World's Largest Parrot Has Been Discovered
Science 2.0 - Wed 7 Aug 19Palaeontologists have discovered the world's largest parrot, standing up to 1m tall with a massive beak able to crack most food sources, and given it the name Heracles inexpectatus to reflect ...
Meet the giant parrots that lived 19 million years ago
The Hindu - Wed 7 Aug 19The flightless birds were at least one metre tall, and weighed up to seven kilograms.
NZ big bird a whopping 'squawkzilla'
Eurekalert - Tue 6 Aug 19(Flinders University) Australasian palaeontologists have discovered the world's largest parrot, standing up to 1m tall with a massive beak able to crack most food sources. The new bird has been ...