Aucklanders on lookout for rare parrot
June 21, 2007 — Filed in: Conservation
Have you seen this bird? The rare native kaka has been sighted in Waitakere city and the Auckland branch of the Ornithological Society is keen to find out more about its whereabouts and behaviour.
Kaka are often seen around the greater region in winter, sometimes staying around mainland forests and gardens until early spring.
The large, olive brown endemic parrots, listed as an endangered species, breed off-shore on the Little and Great Barrier islands.
Young single males are chased away by adult birds during autumn and migrate to the mainland in search of food and forest territories.
