Kōkako share a huhu grub. Photo: Matthew Winter

North Island kōkako

December 2019

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There are only a handful of natural remnant kōkako populations left, confined to a few scattered forests in the northern half of the North Island – the Waikato, Bay of Plenty, Te Urewera, South Auckland and Northland. Conservation statusEndemic species classified as ‘recovering’. FeaturesNorth Island kōkako are roughly half the size of a kererū. They […]
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