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South Island kōkako
Species of bird / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The South Island kōkako (Callaeas cinereus) is a forest bird endemic to the South Island and Stewart Island of New Zealand. Unlike its close relative, the North Island kōkako (C. wilsoni), it has largely orange wattles, with only a small patch of blue at the base, and was also known as the orange-wattled crow (though it was not a corvid). The last accepted sighting in 2007 was the first considered genuine since 1967, although there have been several other unauthenticated reports - (and see note about search campaign below).[3] Following the 2007 reports, the Department of Conservation reclassified the species from extinct to data deficient.
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South Island kōkako | |
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North Island kōkako (front) and South Island kōkako (rear) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Callaeidae |
Genus: | Callaeas |
Species: | C. cinereus |
Binomial name | |
Callaeas cinereus (Gmelin, JF, 1788) | |
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Estimated maximum distribution Estimated distribution around time of European settlement | |
Synonyms | |
C. cinerea cinerea |
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