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New Zealand Endemic Birds
Pukaha Mount Bruce Wildlife Centre DOC's work with kōkako
Kokako
South Island kōkako has orange or yellow wattles
The North Island kōkako
has blue wattles
A dark bluish-grey bird with a long tail and short wings, it has a pair of brightly coloured, fleshy "wattles“
The kōkako belongs to the endemic New Zealand wattlebirds
Mokoia Island DOC's work with Tui
Tui
These attractive birds can often be heard singing their beautiful melodies long before they are spotted
The white throat feathers are currently known as throat tufts, or pois
The Tui is a shining metallic green with bluish purple reflections on the shoulders, upper tail coverts and lower breast, the hind neck ornamented with filamentous plumes.
The New Zealand Tui - A Native Honeyeater With A Unique Voice
Mokoia Island DOC's work with Saddleback
Saddleback
All saddlebacks are extinct on the South island, and live either in captivity or on islands.
The bird's main feature is a conspicuous chestnut-coloured saddle on its back
The Saddleback takes its English name from the band of colour running across the adult bird’s back. It has a chestnut-coloured saddle on its back and on the tip of its tail. It has a black bill, black legs, and orange, "fleshy" wattles either side of its throat.
The saddleback or tīeke belongs to New Zealand's unique wattlebird family
Wild About NZ Birds DOC's work with Bellbird
Males are olive green, with a purplish head and black outer wing and tail feathers
Females are dull olive-brown, with a slight blue sheen on the head and a pale yellow cheek stripe.
Bellbirds are unique to New Zealand, occurring on the three main islands, many offshore islands and also the Auckland
Islands.
Bellbirds or korimako are beautiful singers
Bellbird
Kiwi Bird Life DOC's work with Kiwi
Largely nocturnal, it burrows in the ground, is the only bird known to have nostrils at the end of its very long bill and literally sniffs out food.
The kiwi is a curious bird, it cannot fly, has loose, hair-like feathers and long whiskers
All kiwi are threatened with
extinction,
The kiwi is New Zealand's national icon and unofficial national emblem
Brown Kiwi
NZ Birds DOC's work with Kereru
Both the male and female Kereru are similar in looks. The head, throat and chest of Kereru are a beautiful metallic, green and
bronze iridescence. The breast and belly of the bird are white. The eyes, eye rings, beak and feet are a dark crimson.
The noisy beat of its wings is a distinctive sound in our forests
There are two sub-species of native pigeon, the New Zealand pigeon known to the Maori as Kereru, or in
Northland as kuku or kukupa, and the Chatham
Island pigeon or parea
New Zealand's native pigeon, also known as kererū, kūkū and kūkupa and wood pigeon.
NZ Pigeon
