The North Island kokako is the only member of the ancient New Zealand wattle bird family still surviving on the mainland. Of its relatives, the huia is extinct, the South Island kokako is presumed extinct and the saddleback survives only on predator-free islands.
DON MERTON/DOC
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Forest and Bird, Volume 23, Issue 2, 1 May 1992, Page 28
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45The North Island kokako is the only member of the ancient New Zealand wattle bird family still surviving on the mainland. Of its relatives, the huia is extinct, the South Island kokako is presumed extinct and the saddleback survives only on predator-free islands. DON MERTON/DOC Forest and Bird, Volume 23, Issue 2, 1 May 1992, Page 28
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