Thursday, June 29, 2017

NEW ZEALAND PIGEON

Photographed at Shakespear Regional Park, June 2017
1187                 NEW ZEALAND PIGEON            Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae      

NEW ZEALAND                    21

Known as kereru or kukupa, a common endemic across all New Zealand. 51 cm. Found in native forest, especially in lowland areas, scrub, forest patches among farmland, ruralnand city gardens and parks.



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