"However, this morning towards the end of her lesson, she was spooked by sudden rain and flew off in the direction of Motat (Museum of Transport and Technology)."
Auckland Zoo has requested that bystanders who spot the missing South American parrot contact them directly.
It is not the first time this year a bird has absconded from the zoo.
In April a red-tailed black cockatoo was spooked by a group of seagulls fled into some trees.
His keepers stayed with him until it was dark and he'd fallen asleep. They were back before light broke the next day, but he'd gone.
Two North Shore women later coaxed the bird into a suitable cage and it was returned to the zoo.
In 2004, an elephant named Burma enjoyed a brief taste of freedom after she dropped a large log on to an electric fence of her Auckland Zoo enclosure.
Burma's escape disrupted morning rush-hour traffic, with police and fire service personnel closing nearby roads and on-ramps to the northwestern motorway as a precaution.
After 25 minutes on the loose outside zoo's confines the elephant was brought back under control and walked back to her enclosure.
