A kererū chick leaves the nest well before it reaches adult weight. The parents feed it away from the nest for several weeks after it has fledged – even though they may have renested. The fledgling (left) looks almost full size, but still has a shorter tail than the adult feeding it.
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Photograph by Christina Troup
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