Kererū / NZ Pigeon
New Zealand bird calls
Kererū / NZ Pigeon
Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae
The only bird left big enough to swallow and spread large native tree seeds. Gets drunk on fermented berries.
Listen — Kererū / NZ Pigeon
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Photo: Charles J. Sharp, “New Zealand pigeon (Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae) Waitakere” · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source. Resized for this site.
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Audio: © Crown Copyright / Department of Conservation (NZ), “Nz pigeon song” · CC BY 4.0 · source. Re-encoded to AAC.