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Story: Land birds – overview

Pūkeko

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Pūkeko

The pūkeko arrived in New Zealand within the last 1,000 years, and still has relatives of the same subspecies in Australia. It is a close relative of the takahē.

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New Zealand Herald

Reference: 7 June 2004 (NZH-1002248)

by Greg Bowker

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Kerry-Jayne Wilson, Land birds – overview – Flightless land birds, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/9891/pukeko (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Kerry-Jayne Wilson, published 1 March 2009.