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    • Kererū chick being fed in nest in a tree.
    Rights: Image courtesy of Nga Manu Images Published 8 July 2010 Size: 200 KB Referencing Hub media

    Kererū are one of few birds to produce crop milk, a protein-rich milky secretion from the walls of the parents' crops.

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      Kererū – our native pigeon

      The kererū (Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae), also called kūkū, kūkupa, wood pigeon or simply New Zealand pigeon, is endemic and one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s most valuable assets when it comes to ...

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      Native bird adaptations

      New Zealand separated from Gondwana around 65 million years ago. Due to the geographical isolation and a lack of ground-dwelling predators, our birds evolved unique characteristics. Flight was ...

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