The South Island Kōkako

This episode is all about the South Island Kōkako - a New Zealand bird that may or may not still exist! Have a listen to find out where it might be, and what to look/listen for!

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References:

Milne, A., & Stocker, R. (2014). Evidence for the continued existence of the South Island kokako (Callaeas cinerea) drawn from reports collected between January 1990 and June 2012. Notornis, 61, 137-143.

Books / websites used for research:

A mini guide to the identification of New Zealand’s land birds - Andrew Crowe

Birdstories - Geoff Norman

Complete Book of New Zealand Birds - Readers Digest 

Know your New Zealand birds - Murdoch Riley

New Zealand native birds of bush and countryside - Penguin books

The Birds Around Us - Geoff Moon

The Brilliance of Birds - Skye Wishart and Edin Whitehead

https://www.southislandkokako.org/