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Kiwi (Large)
Kiwis are endemic to New Zealand and renown for several unique features. They have no wings or tail, they have nostrils at the end of their beak, and they lay the largest eggs of all birds in proportion to their body size.
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Kiwi (Small)
Kiwis are endemic to New Zealand and renown for several unique features. They have no wings or tail, they have nostrils at the end of their beak, and they lay the largest eggs of all birds in proportion to their body size.
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Kereru
The Kereru or NZ Pigeon is found in native lowland forests, city parks and some urban gardens. They play an important ecological role in dispersing seeds for native forest regeneration. Small Pigeon is 23cm.
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Kea
The Kea is the worlds only alpine parrot. Keas are renown for their inquisitive nature and comic antics. Their name derives from their call "Keaaa", delivered mainly in flight.
Small Kea is 15 cm.
Medium Kea is 34cm.
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Morepork
The Morepork (or Ruru, NZ Owl) is found throughout New Zealand. Its characteristic call of "more-pork" can be heard in suburban gardens, reserves and native forests. A nocternal bird, it is commonly seen at dusk. Small Morepork is 19cm
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Pukeko
The Pukeko is essentially a bird of the lowland swamps, but has become widespread throughout New Zealand with the development of farming. It is commonly seen foraging on urban and rural grasslands.
Small Pukeko is 15cm
Medium Pukeko is 34cm
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Takahe
The Takahe is one of the worlds most endangered birds. Formerly widespread throughout New Zealand it was thought to be extinct by 1900. In 1948 however, a small population was re-discovered in the Murchison Mountains in the South Island.
Small Takahe is 16cm
Medium Takahe is 35cm
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Kakapo
The Kakapo is the worlds rarest, heaviest and only flightless parrot. The Maori name Kakapo, means night parrot. Whilst it lives mainly on the ground Kakapo's can climb trees.
Small Kakapo is 19cm.
Medium Kakapo is 35cm.
Large Kakapo
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Royal Albatross
The Royal Albatross is one of the largest flying birds (wingspan over 3 meters) It spends most of its life gliding above the southern oceans.
Chick toy is 13cm.
Medium toy is 31cm.
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Archey's Frog
A critically endangered endemic frog about 4 cm long, restricted to the Coromandel Peninsula and parts of Waikato. They inhabit wet places under rocks and rotting tree trunks and feed on small insects and grubs at night. These frogs are unusual in not having webbed feet and the adult stage develops in the egg (i.e. no free swimming tadpole.) They produce barely audible squeaks.
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Gecko
New Zealand Reptiles
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Penguins
Found only in New Zealand waters, the Hoiho, or Yellow-eyed Penguin is probably the worlds rarest penguin. A sedentary species, it seldom swims far from its breeding ground.
Blue Penguins (or Korora), are the smallest of all penguins, with 5 of the subspecies endemic to New Zealand. They are our most familiar penguin and are commonly seen around rocky coastlines.
Small Penguin is 11cm
Medium Penguin is 29cm.
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