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	TerraNature \| New Zealand Ecology - Kokako
		The kokako is the most endangered of New Zealand's two remaining endemic wattlebirds, and one of the country's most endeared birds.
		The kokako's loud, melodious song that carries through the forest with stereophonic clarity is one of the marvels of nature.
		Kokako are very mobile on the ground and in trees, using their strong legs to bound from branch to branch.
	www.terranature.org /kokako.htm (790 words)

	Kokako numbers_20.05.02
		The Auckland Regional Council Parks and Heritage Committee recently endorsed the ongoing joint ARC and Department of Conservation management of the Hunua kokako population.
		Committee Chairman Bill Burrill says the 10 kokako chicks produced over the summer are the result of seven years of hard work since the programme was begun in 1994.
		The rare kokako now occurs only in a few mainland forests in the northern North Island and the Hunua population is the only one on the mainland between Northland and South Waikato.
	www.arc.govt.nz /?9E617E24-74AB-40A3-A24E-7A7D9F6A5CA1 (351 words)

	Kokako (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Primary causes of kokako decline were forest clearance by settlers and the introduction of predators such as rats, stoats and possums.
		Kokako are renowned for the clarity and volume of their song which carries far across the forest.
		Kokako are held in captivity at the Pukaha Mount Bruce National Wildlife Centre (Mount Bruce, near Masterton) and at Otorohanga Kiwi House (Waikato).
	www.doc.govt.nz /Conservation/001~Plants-and-Animals/001~Native-Animals/Kokako.asp (900 words)

	Birds of New Zealand - Kokako (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The existence of the South Island Kokako, characterised by orange rather than blue wattles, is somewhat debatable.
		As is regrettably the norm for so many species, the existence of these birds has been threatened by loss of habitat, competition for food and predation by the likes of cats, rats, mustelids, opposums and harrier hawks.
		The Kokako is one of 3 Wattlebirds that are known to have existed in New Zealand, the others being the Saddleback and the Huia.
	www.geocities.com /RainForest/Vines/2728/kokako.html (293 words)

	Welcome to Forest and Bird (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		In one, kokako breeding attempts and their outcomes were closely monitored for four years at Rotoehu in the Bay of Plenty where mammal pests were abundant.
		Kokako numbers actually fell in the first two years of management and it seemed that only a handful of pairs were actually trying to breed.
		The survival of kokako in the North Island to the present day indicates that annual pest control is unnecessary to maintain populations of such a long-lived bird.
	www.forestandbird.org.nz /publications/magazine/1996/november/kokako.asp (2541 words)

	Kokako Project (Rangototo Station) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		With support from these organisations as well as the State Norwich Kokako Recovery Fund, the Otorohanga Zoological Society, the NZ Native Forests Restoration Trust and the Waikato Branch of the Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society, the project commenced on the 1st of August 1995.
		Kokako are mainly vegetarian, their diet varying with the seasons.
		Although kokako often feed on the forest floor, they are usually difficult to see as they spend much of their time hidden in the canopy of tall trees.
	homepages.ihug.co.nz /~nznfrt/projects/kokako.html (955 words)

	Kokako return to Mt Bruce
		Kokako are once again flying free in the Mount Bruce Scenic Reserve, following the first-ever release of pairs to the mainland.
		Two pairs of kokako and a large male named Whakatere, after an ancestor of the donor iwi, Ngati Rereahu, were taken from Mangatutu ecological area in the Pureora Forest Park, a stronghold of the species, and released at the Mount Bruce Scenic Reserve today.
		Kokako became extinct in the lower North Island some 60 years ago, with the last sighting reported by Mt Bruce takahe recovery pioneer Elwyn Welch in the mid-1940s.
	www.biodiversity.govt.nz /news/media/current/17jul03.html (515 words)

	Kokako Christmas present from Boundary Stream
		Two other kokako pairs are also nesting in the mainland island, and staff who checked one of the nests this week have reported the presence of another three kokako chicks.
		North Island kokako were once widespread throughout the North Island but numbers declined dramatically over the 19th and 20th centuries due to a combination of habitat loss and predation of eggs, chicks and adults by introduced mammals.
		February 2004: six non-breeding kokako were released into the forest as the pairs had not bonded in the aviaries.
	www.biodiversity.govt.nz /news/media/current/21dec04.html (894 words)

	Kokako - TheBestLinks.com - Animal, Bird, Chordate, New Zealand, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The Kokako (Callaeas cinerea) is a forest bird which is endemic to New Zealand.
		The North Island Kokako, with blue wattles, is endangered, with less than 400 pairs in existence.
		The South Island Kokako, with orange wattles, is thought to be functionally extinct (i.e.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Kokako.html (213 words)

	Kokako - Callaeas cinerea: More Information - ARKive
		There are two subspecies of kokako; the North Island kokako (Callaeas cinerea wilsoni) has blue wattles on the throat, whereas the South Island kokako (Callaeas cinerea cinerea) has orange wattles.
		As the last remaining subspecies of the wattlebird family to be found in New Zealand, the North Island kokako used to inhabit the whole of the North Island, but populations are now in small and fragmented areas of North Island and Great Barrier Island.
		Kokakos are poor fliers, but their powerful legs allow them to leap, run and jump through trees in search of fruits, leaves and insects (4).
	www.arkive.org /species/GES/birds/Callaeas_cinerea/more_info.html (1068 words)

	Recent reports of South Island Kokako - New Zealand Nature Co
		A presumed Kokako with pale-coloured wattles was seen shortly after it responded vocally to playback of recorded North Island Kokako juvenile song at Glenroy River terrace, in November 1996.
		Sign of Kokako (calls, response to playback, and ‘wing-braking’) was recorded at this general location (but nowhere else in the valley) by the ‘Kokako 2000’ team in December 2000.
		By chance, during ‘Kokako 2000’, a confidential report of Kokako in the Haast, Lake Moeraki area was received, and presumed sign of Kokako was found on a preliminary investigation.
	www.nznature.co.nz /nwatch1.htm (864 words)

	Kokako Recovery Group (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Only a few males from each population remain, and every new chick is a step towards the eventual re-establishment of these populations and the preservation of their unique genetic backgrounds.
		Kokako are a powerful symbol for the conservation of New Zealand's lush sub-tropical forests.
		Sadly kokako, and the forests in which they occur, are constantly under attack from alien creatures.
	www.kokakorecovery.org.nz (318 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Five kokako were taken from Mangatutu ecological area in the Pureora Forest Park, a stronghold of the species, and released into Mount Bruce on July 17, 2003.
		Once wide-spread in the lower North Island, kokako became extinct from this range some sixty years ago, with the last sighting reported by Mt Bruce takahe recovery pioneer Elwyn Welch in the mid-1940s.
		“To restore kokako to its original geographic range, new populations have to be established in areas from which they have vanished.
	www.talkwildlife.citymax.com /page/page/983287.htm (440 words)

	Helen Clark opens Kokako Lodge_31.10.02 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The upgrade of the Lodge, to be run by the Kokako Lodge Trust, is a result of partnerships between the Auckland Regional Council (owners of the Lodge), Rotary, the Manukau Community Foundation and the AIMHI (Achievement in Multicultural High Schools) project.
		Kokako Lodge Trust chairman Ralph Witten says the Lodge's location, adjacent to the Hunua Falls, means it can offer high and low rope courses, abseiling, kayaking, archery, bush craft and walks in the 14,700 hectares of adjoining parkland.
		Kokako Lodge will also be available for use by community groups and other schools.
	www.aucklandbotanicgardens.co.nz /index.cfm?3C462536-E018-6898-F705-B1EC0468D5D0 (338 words)

	New Zealand Birds Gift Shop - Forest Birds (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The South Island Kokako (orange wattles) is thought to be extinct.
		Kokako are thought to be able to live to over 20 years old.
		The Kokako is thought to live to over 20 years old.
	www.toysdirect.co.nz /NZB_List.asp?ID=32 (1460 words)

	About Town: A Glimpse of the Great Unfolding
		Kokako belong to an endemic family of New Zealand birds called Callaeidae, which includes the Saddleback and the now extinct Huia.
		Kokako are seriously endangered, with only about 1400 individuals remaining in isolated populations in the northern forests of the North Island and some offshore sanctuaries.
		If all of the groups that I written about, the Monarchs, the Kokako, Tyrannosaurus and Crocodiles, could be represented on a tree of life, say the largest pohutukawa tree in the world, they would be the smallest sprig in the upper reaches of an outer bough.
	aboutown.blogspot.com /2005/11/glimpse-of-great-unfolding_113206325912777039.html (3309 words)

	kiwiwinter: Kokako
		The Kokako birds are quite unusual in that they sing a duet, with the male singing one half of the song and the female another part.
		Laura played some of the song back and after a while a pair of Kokako came to investigate and entertained us with their singing.
		Kokako is very likely to be a Maori name for the bird.
	kiwiwinter.blogspot.com /2004/07/kokako.html (432 words)

	Personal info for Hori1
		We are committee of Maori landowners of the Kokako Forest situated between Whatawhata (western boundary of Hamilton City) and Whaingaroa (Raglan) West Coast.
		Kokako Ngahere is a native bush mass covering area of 45000ha, there are 12 Maori Owned land blocks with and estimated 3000 landowners.
		The Kokako Ngahere is as significant resource to our hapu today as it was in the days of our tupuna long before us.
	www.kaitiaki.org.nz /virgule/person/Hori1 (235 words)

	New Zealand Journal of Ecology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Kokako fed mainly from branches and twigs of canopy and upper-understorey plants.
		Kokako ate leaves, including those of epiphytes, most often in winter and least often in summer.
		Kokako fed mainly between the crown foliage of canopy trees and 3 m from the ground, where shrub hardwoods and much of the foliage of tree hardwoods and epiphytes predominated.
	www.nzes.org.nz /nzje/abstract.php?volume_issue=j10&first_page=117 (278 words)

	kokako song research
		Kokako songs are regularly used in radio and television advertisements to represent the sound of a healthy forest.
		Aside from their beauty, kokako songs are remarkable for the way they're usually performed: the male and female of a pair combine their voices.
		A current research program focuses on this question, with the kokako as its study subject In addition to working out the basic structure and variation in kokako song, the project is looking at three potential functions of duetting: mate guarding, pair-bond maintenance, and territorial defense.
	www.kokakorecovery.org.nz /kokako/research/song.html (528 words)

	KOKAKO - 1966 Encyclopaedia of New Zealand
		Commonly called the native crow, the kokako does not belong to the crow family, but is, instead, a member of a family of birds peculiar to New Zealand, the Callaeidae, or wattle birds.
		There are two races of kokako, Callaeas cinerea wilsoni, the blue-wattled kokako, which occurs in the North Island, and Callaeas cinerea cinerea, the orange-wattled kokako inhabiting the South Island and Stewart Island.
		Kokako are about intermediate in size between a European flbird and an Australian magpie, have a predominantly dark-bluish-grey plumage tinged with brown, a jet-fl face, and a short, blunt, fl bill which is strongly arched.
	www.teara.govt.nz /1966/K/Kokako/en?print=true (483 words)

	The Search for the South Island Kokako - New Zealand Nature Co
		The South Island Kokako was once one of the most distinctive of New Zealand birds, with a call that has variously been described as haunting and unforgettable.
		The ‘Kokako 2000’ original search, sponsored by the Maruia Nature Catalogue and Ecologic Foundation, generated more evidence that the birds continue to cling on in remote forests of New Zealand, although their numbers are clearly very low.
		As a first step, the ‘Kokako 2000’ team met with the Department of Conservation, which is responsible for New Zealand’s native plants and animals, to present its findings.
	www.nznature.co.nz /nwatch.htm (709 words)

	news_archive_dec_2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Five kokako were taken from Mangatutu ecological area in the Pureora Forest Park, a stronghold of the species, and released at the Mount Bruce Scenic Reserve on 17th July 2003.
		Ian Flux, DOC Scientist who banded the chicks, said that, even though kokako are a remarkably hardy and resilient bird, he is particularly impressed that they bred so soon after being moved from Mangatutu Forest.
		Kokako were reintroduced to the forest earlier this year.
	mtbruce.doc.govt.nz /news_archive_dec_2003.htm (985 words)

	TerraNature \| New Zealand Ecology - Wattlebirds
		Three unique wattlebirds, the kokako, saddleback and huia are part of the ancient Callaeidae family.
		The North Island kokako is highly endangered, holding on as the only wattlebird on the New Zealand mainland.
		The South Island kokako has not been seen for three decades and is assumed to be extinct.
	www.terranature.org /wattlebirds.htm (330 words)

	Te Urewera National Park, Otamatuna, New Zealand birding (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Otamatuna is the first of these core breeding areas to be developed in the northern Ureweras and where the headquarters of the project is to be found, a small group of huts perched precariously on a ridge.
		Otamatuna is the site of a long-term programme of Kokako monitoring that commenced in 1992 and is part of the Kokako Recovery Programme which aims to improve the status of the North Island Kokako to 1000 pairs by the year 2020.
		Kokako who were not at all shy in responding to tapes and descended from the canopy to check us out.
	www.nzbirds.com /TeUrewera.html (955 words)

	The grey ghost by Bruce Ansley \| New Zealand Listener
		The kokako's North Island relative, so rare that in the late 70s protestors took to treetops in Pureora Forest to save a prime habitat from logging, has been cosseted with its own recovery plan.
		About the same time last month as DOC ornithologists were drafting its death notice, Rhys Buckingham and two of his band of kokako hunters were listening to calls from three South Island kokako in craggy West Coast country.
		He heard the kokako's call, its full organ song, and he was a goner.
	www.listener.co.nz /printable,2556.sm (1138 words)

	Kokako - educational resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Kokako [an error occurred while processing this directive] IUCN Profile of the Kokako
		Extinction: South Island Kokako UWSP GEOG358 [Heywood]: South Island Kokako (Callaeas cinerea cinerea).
		GG Temp: Native Bird Recovery Programmes: Programs may involve various birds such as the kokako, kakariki, kiwi, stitch bird, mohua, kakapo, bellbird, tui, and others.
	animals.mongabay.com /iucn/JK/Kokako.html (198 words)

	Tiritiri Matangi Island - Kokako
		Belonging to the Wattlebird family, an ancient group of birds, the North Island Kokako have bright blue wattles at the base of the bill.
		The Kokako is notable for its haunting, mournful organ or flute like calls, prolific at dawn.
		The kokako are not currently on public display at either of the zoo's but will be in the foreseeable future.
	www.tiritirimatangi.org.nz /Fauna/Kokako.htm (454 words)

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