150 kākāriki karaka chicks have hatched this season, potentially doubling the this rare birds population

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image showing 150 kākāriki karaka chicks have hatched this season, potentially doubling the this rare birds population

oh_myglob on July 17th, 2019 at 04:20 UTC »

They look like parrots that just woke up on the wrong side of the bed.

hotpotpoy on July 17th, 2019 at 04:34 UTC »

Loving how much coverage our weird birds are getting

spritesprites on July 17th, 2019 at 08:41 UTC »

oh cool- I live in New Zealand and speak Maori, for anyone that's interested- kakariki means green, and karaka is a tree native to New Zealand (because they are green and live in those trees) that's great news!! :D