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Kōkako, blue-wattled crow (Callaeas wilsoni) in karo — Erin Forsyth | Art painting, Art, Painting
a bird sitting on top of a branch with leaves and berries around its neck in front of a white background
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Kōkako, blue-wattled crow (Callaeas wilsoni) in karo — Erin Forsyth

Both male and female kōkako have distinct blue wattles or pink/lilac in their juvenile form. Their distinct song (which includes the longest duet of any songbird worldwide) is more likely to be heard than the bird is to be seen. They prefer old growth native forests with tawa (Beilschmiedia tawa) or taraire (Beilschmiedia taraire) in the canopy layer but are also known to eat karo (Pittosporum crassifolium) pictured here. Of the North and South Island kōkako only the North is thought…
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