A ten-day old taiko chick photographed in January. A month later the bird was dead, probably killed by a weka — an introduced animal in the context of the Chathams. As well as weka predation, the taiko is threatened at its breeding grounds by feral cattle, sheep, three species of rat, cats, pigs and possums, which between them can trample burrows, destroy the protective bush habitat and eat adults, chicks and eggs.
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Forest and Bird, Issue 281, 1 August 1996, Page 7
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71A ten-day old taiko chick photographed in January. A month later the bird was dead, probably killed by a weka — an introduced animal in the context of the Chathams. As well as weka predation, the taiko is threatened at its breeding grounds by feral cattle, sheep, three species of rat, cats, pigs and possums, which between them can trample burrows, destroy the protective bush habitat and eat adults, chicks and eggs. Forest and Bird, Issue 281, 1 August 1996, Page 7
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