The haunting song of the kokako may still be heard in a few remote forests at dawn, but no longer in the South Island. The dawn chorus of native birds, described by Joseph Banks in 1770, can never be restored for several such species are now extinct.
GEOFF MOON
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Forest and Bird, Issue 303, 1 February 2002, Page 19
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49The haunting song of the kokako may still be heard in a few remote forests at dawn, but no longer in the South Island. The dawn chorus of native birds, described by Joseph Banks in 1770, can never be restored for several such species are now extinct. GEOFF MOON Forest and Bird, Issue 303, 1 February 2002, Page 19
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