New Zealand Wattlebirds (Callaeidae)
North Island Kokako (Callaeas wilsoni) - HBW 14, p. 240
French: Glaucope de Wilson
German: Graulappenvogel
Spanish: Kokako
Other common names: Wattled/Blue-wattled/North Island Crow, Wattlebird
Taxonomy: Glaucopis wilsoni Bonaparte, 1850, North Island, New Zealand.
Often treated as conspecific with extinct C. cinereus, but differs in wattle colour (mainly orange in C. cinereus) and morphometrics, minor differences in plumage, also differences in behaviour and possibly vocalizations; recent genetic studies suggest that the two are better treated as separate species. Monotypic.
Distribution: Scattered localities on North I (including three small offshore islands), in New Zealand.
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Bird preening in a predator proof facility Locality Mount Bruce, Wellington Region, North Island, New Zealand (ssp Monotypic species )
Doug and Denise Norris 30 October 2011 4 days ago ADDED LAST WEEK 42 sec 4 -
Adult bird feeding on spittlebugs which were under the leaves of the native fuschia tree Kotukutuku (Fuchsia excorticata). The b Locality Te Urewera National Park, North Island, New Zealand (Monotypic species)
David Bradley 7 November 2010 2 years ago 58 sec 3.6 -
An adult browsing in foliage along side of a path Locality Tiritiri Matangi Island, Hauraki Gulf, Auckland Region, North Island, New Zealand (Monotypic species)
Brooke Clibbon 7 November 2005 6 years ago 39 sec 3.4 -
Bird feeding in a predator proof facility Locality Mount Bruce, Wellington Region, North Island, New Zealand (ssp Monotypic species)
Doug and Denise Norris 30 September 2009 5 days ago ADDED LAST WEEK 1 min 40 sec 3.3
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North Island Kokako, an endemic bird of New Zealand.
Locality Tiritiri Matangi Island, Hauraki Gulf, Auckland Region, North Island, New Zealand
Glenda Rees 21 May 2010 1 year ago 4.3 -
One bird perching in a tree
Locality Tiritiri Matangi Island, Hauraki Gulf, Auckland Region, North Island, New Zealand
Tomas Grim 12 November 2008 1 year ago 3.5 -
Singing
Locality Tiritiri Matangi Island, Hauraki Gulf, Auckland Region, North Island, New Zealand
Rémi Bigonneau 25 March 2010 1 year ago 3.4 -
An adult bird perched in a bush
Locality Tiritiri Matangi Island, Hauraki Gulf, Auckland Region, North Island, New Zealand
Philip Griffin 2 January 2009 3 years ago 3.3 -
feeding on the foliage
Locality Tiritiri Matangi Island, Hauraki Gulf, Auckland Region, North Island, New Zealand
Rémi Bigonneau 22 March 2010 1 year ago 3.1 -
A black masked, grey kokako with its blue wattles
Locality Mount Bruce, Wellington Region, North Island, New Zealand
Patricia Ang 18 August 2012 33 weeks ago 3
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Dawn chorus Locality Te Urewera National Park, North Island, New Zealand
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Sandra Valderrama 17 May 2009 3 years ago 3.8 -
Call during the day. Locality Tiritiri Matangi Island, Hauraki Gulf, Auckland Region, North Island, New Zealand
herve jacob 7 December 2011 1 year ago 3.5
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