Photo: WWF-New Zealand
The Kereru
New Zealand's 2019 Bird of the Year
A native green and bronze wood pigeon with a taste for fermented fruit has been declared New Zealand's Bird of the Year for 2019. The Kereru is found in both North and South Islands. The bird has developed a reputation as the drunkest bird in the country. It is known to fall from trees after eating rotting fruit left lying on the ground. During summer when fruit is abundant drunk Kereru are sometimes taken to wildlife centres to sober up. There are 168 bird species in New Zealand and a third are threatened with extinction, but the Kereru is doing well.
Photo: Bell / Alamy
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