About this minute
- Title
- 54 Nature - Kea Parrot at Bristol Zoo
- Recordist
- Oliver Campbell
- Location
- Bristol Zoo
- Collections
- Bristol Collection 1
- Related resource guides
- Watery Words, Nature Sounds , Bristol Zoo
Bristol 1 #54
That was the sound of the kea parrot, recorded at Bristol Zoo. Keas are originally from New Zealand, where they live in the mountains. Because they eat both plants and meat, they were hunted by farmers who were worried that they would attack their sheep. Now they are an endangered species in the wild. When…