Rooks have a distinctive harsh call, which makes them very unpopular with the human inhabitants of Hawke’s Bay. They are also skilled at stripping horticultural crops of their edible parts, elevating them to true pest status.
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Photograph by Peter E. Smith
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Sound file from Department of Conservation
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