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Kokako is a rare and large New Zealand native song bird. It sings beautifully like an organ’s notes. It belongs to the wattlebirds family. It eats mostly vegetation, foliage, flowers, fruits and insects.

Size

Length 38 cm

Weight 230 g

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The blue penguin is the world’s smallest penguin, and it is the most common native penguin in New Zealand. It eats small fish and squid.

Size

Length 40 cm

Weight 1100 g

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Fantail is friendly and one of the most common of New Zealand native birds. It is also known as piwakawaka. It eats flies, moths, spiders, beetles and fruits.

Size

Length 16 cm

Weight 8g

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The brown kiwi is the most common of kiwi species in New Zealand. It is a native and flightless bird. It eats mostly small invertebrates, worms, spiders, fruits, moths, and crickets.

Size

Length 40 cm

Weight 2.5 kg

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Pukeko is one of New Zealand’s most distinctive native birds. It is also known as swamp hen. It eats insects, spiders, frogs, worms, seeds, leaves and shoots.

Size

Length 51 cm

Weight 1050 g

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Morepork, also known as ruru is a small New Zealand native owl. It eats insects, small mammals and birds which it hunts at night.

Size

Length 29 cm

Weight 175 g

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Kereru is a New Zealand native pigeon, also known as wood pigeon. Kereru eats buds, leaves, flowers and fruits.

Size

Length 50 cm

Weight 630 g

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Weka is also known as wood hen, is a New Zealand native, flightless bird. It is a protected species in New Zealand. Weka mainly eats invertebrates and fruit.

Size

Length 50 to 60 cm

Weight 420 to 1400 g