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Kōkako /ˈkɔːkəkoʊ/ are two
species of
forest bird in the
genus Callaeas which are
endemic to New Zealand, the
endangered North Island kōkako (Callaeas...
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South Island kōkako (Callaeas cinereus) is a
forest bird
endemic to the
South Island and
Stewart Island of New Zealand.
Unlike its
close relative,...
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North Island kōkako (Callaeas wilsoni) is an
endangered forest bird
which is
endemic to the
North Island of New Zealand. It is grey in colour, with...
- Māori name for the
mushroom is werewere-
kōkako,
because its
colour is
similar to the blue
wattle of the
kōkako bird. The
species was
first described as...
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Kōkako was a Māori
rangatira (chieftain) of the
Tainui tribal confederation in the
Waikato region of New Zealand. He
probably lived in the late sixteenth...
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included extinct birds:
laughing owl,
South Island snipe, ****a,
South Island kōkako, and bush wren.
Currently voters use the
Forest & Bird
website to rank their...
- ****a,
became extinct early in the 20th century,
while the
South Island kōkako is
critically endangered and may be extinct.
Although sometimes known as...
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Zealand nine
species of moa were
important browsers, as are the kererū and
kokako today.
Today the
plants of New
Zealand retain the
defensive adaptations...
- Hoturoa,
captain of the
Tainui canoe. Tūheitia had come into
conflict with
Kōkako, a
chieftain from
Marokopa on the west
coast of the Waikato,
after the latter...
- Melanocharitidae: berry****s and
longbills Callaeidae: New
Zealand wattlebirds kokako,
saddleback and †****a Notiomystidae:
stitchbird Corvides Paramythiidae:...
