Carlos

Carlos was banded in June 2018 as a fledgling in Arthur's Pass by Mark and Kate. The Villa Maria students wrote the following about the kea they sponsored: We named our kea Carlos because the name means King (of Spain) as well as manly, strong, funny, cute and nice. 10M from Villa Maria (2018) has been learning about Aotearoa's land and it's animals which lead us to talk about kea. To raise this money we did a Jellybean Raffle for a week with $1 per entry. While doing this project we learnt the following about kea. - Kea are extremely intelligent birds. - Kea are endemic to New Zealand and are the world's only alpine parrot. - Kea are very sociable and cheeky birds and often referred to as the "clown of the mountains" - The kea used to be on the New Zealand $10 note from 1967 to 1992 but was replaced by the whio in 1992. We hope you find our bird amazing and help support the 'Kea Sightings Project.'

Sponsor

Villa Maria College