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North Island Kokako
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North Island Kōkako
Callaeas wilsoni
The North Island kōkako (Callaeas wilsoni) 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, earning the species the moniker of blue-wattled crow, though they are not corvids. The name "kōkako" comes from its vocalization: the bird's main call has been described as a "slow, rich 'ko-ka-ko-o-o-o', trailing off at the end".
From the article North Island kōkako on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Range & habitat
As of 2010, North Island kōkako were present in Pureora Forest Park, Whirinaki Te Pua-a-Tāne Conservation Park, Mapara Wildlife Reserve, the Hunua Ranges, Ngapukeriki, Kaharoa Forest, the Te Urewera National Park, Puketi Forest, the Waitākere Ranges and Waipoua Forest in Northland. Kōkako can be seen easily on a number of publicly accessible offshore island sanctuaries, including Tiritiri Matangi and Kapiti Island, where the regenerating forest is low enough to provide close views.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 507465.