A New Zealand pigeon which has mainly greenish metallic plumage with white underparts and a purplish-crimson bill and feet.
〈新西兰〉新西兰鸠
Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae, family Columbidae. Alternative name: New Zealand pigeon
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We did see a tui and a kereru in Cornwall Park today.
A kereru whooshed overhead this morning and a korimako was chiming from the branches of a nearby tree.
The venue was gorgeous, my tent was right on the edge of the bush, with kereru, korimako and tui in the bushes, and ruru at night.
Have I mentioned that my favourite New Zealand bird is the kereru, the native wood pigeon?
In these forests the future now belongs to the kereru, the kiwi and the kaka.
The New Zealand pigeon is thriving as a result of this initiative and the North Island robin, introduced in 1997, has already produced young.
Possums can munch half a pound of foliage a day and prey on the eggs and chicks of endangered birds like the kokako, kereru, and kiwi.
There were trees over hanging the pool, and as we lay back we were entertained by a kereru and a tui in the branches.
It has a very high diversity and good numbers of native birds, including tui, bellbird, weka, yellow-breasted tit, robin, rifleman, brown creeper, fantail, kereru, grey warbler, and silvereye.