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North Island Kokako (Callaeas wilsoni)

North Island Kokako (Callaeas wilsoni)
North Island Kokako (Callaeas wilsoni)

About North Island Kokako (Callaeas wilsoni)

  • Kingdom: Animals
  • Phylum: Chordates
  • Class: Birds
  • Order: Perching Birds
  • Family: New Zealand Wattlebirds

The North Island kōkako is a forest bird endemic to the North Island of New Zealand. It is grey in colour, with a small black mask. Adults have distinctive blue wattles. Because of its wattle, the bird is sometimes locally called the blue-wattled crow, although it is not a corvid. The name "kōkako" comes from its vocalization. The song of the North Island kōkako has an almost human-like quality and can sound like its own name.

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  • 2012-01-26
    Tiri Tiri Matangi, New Zealand
    Image from 2012-01-26