The kakerori changes colour as it matures. For their first two years of life they are bright orange. In their third year, birds become mottled orange and grey. From the fourth year they have a dark-grey back and paler-grey underside (see page 31).
ROD HAY
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Forest and Bird, Issue 294, 1 November 1999, Page 29
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45The kakerori changes colour as it matures. For their first two years of life they are bright orange. In their third year, birds become mottled orange and grey. From the fourth year they have a dark-grey back and paler-grey underside (see page 31). ROD HAY Forest and Bird, Issue 294, 1 November 1999, Page 29
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