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Kōkako feeding chicks

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Kōkako feeding chicks

This North Island kōkako pair are feeding orange berries to their two chicks. The young have pink wattles and brownish wings. They stay in the nest for a month, and after fledging continue to receive food from the adults for up to a year.

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Gerard Hutching, Large forest birds – Kōkako, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/10591/kokako-feeding-chicks (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Gerard Hutching, published 1 March 2009, updated 1 August 2023.

Comments

Frances Houston
21 November 2013
I have listened to the recordings of the Kokako song and I hear this bird every morning just before day break