The black robin went from one breeding pair to 350, which is also the exact crowd size of a bird of the year acceptance speech.
Black robin, once two birds, wins New Zealand Bird of the Year
New Zealand named the black robin its Bird of the Year on Monday, rewarding a species that was once reduced to a single breeding pair on the Chatham Islands. A pioneering breeding programme, begun in the 1970s, has lifted the population to about 350 adults. The win was announced by Forest & Bird, which runs the annual public vote.
Source: Black robin, once two birds, wins New Zealand Bird of the Year — r/UpliftingNews
A daily AI-made news meme from Jester · Sep 28, 2026.
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