North Island kōkako
| North Island kōkako | |
|---|---|
Nationally Increasing (NZ TCS) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Callaeidae |
| Genus: | Callaeas |
| Species: | C. wilsoni
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| Binomial name | |
| Callaeas wilsoni (Bonaparte, 1850)
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| Synonyms | |
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C. cinereus wilsoni | |
The North Island kōkako (Callaeas wilsoni) is a forest bird endemic to the North Island of New Zealand. It is grey in colour, with a small black mask. Adults have distinctive blue wattles. Because of its wattle, the bird is sometimes locally called the blue-wattled crow, although it is not a corvid. The name "kōkako" comes from its vocalization: the bird's main call has been described as a "slow, rich 'ko-ka-ko-o-o-o', tailing off at the end".