Kōkako
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Kōkako[1] /ˈkɔːkəkoʊ/[2] are two species of forest bird in the genus Callaeas which are endemic to New Zealand, the endangered North Island kōkako (Callaeas wilsoni)[3] and the presumed extinct South Island kōkako (Callaeas cinereus).[4][5][6] They are both slate-grey with wattles and have black masks.[7] They belong to a family containing five species of New Zealand wattlebirds,[3] the other three being two species of tieke (saddleback) and the extinct huia.[5][7] Previously widespread, kōkako populations throughout New Zealand have been decimated by the predations of mammalian invasive species such as possums, stoats, cats and rats, and their range has contracted significantly.[5][6][8] In the past this bird was called the New Zealand crow. It is not closely related to the crow, but looks like one from a distance.[9]
Kōkako | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Callaeidae |
Genus: | Callaeas Forster, JR, 1788 |
Type species | |
Glaucopis cinerea Gmelin, JF, 1788 | |
Species | |