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Miro seeds

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Miro seeds

These miro seeds have been opened and eaten by kākāpō, endangered ground-dwelling parrots that were once widespread throughout New Zealand. They are now confined to several island sanctuaries.

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Maggy Wassilieff, Conifers – Mataī and miro: the plum pines, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/12678/miro-seeds (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Maggy Wassilieff, published 1 March 2009.