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Kereru, The Pigeon (Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae)
Image of and essay about this New Zealand bird.
www.nzbirds.com/birds/kereru.html

New Zealand pigeon – Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae – Information – ARKive
… New Zealand pigeon (Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae … Bird Protection Society (January, 2008) http://www.forestandbird.org.nz/dawnchorus/kereru.asp; McEwen, W.M. (1978) The food of the New Zealand pigeon (Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae …
www.arkive.org/new-zealand-pigeon/hemiphaga-novaeseelandiae/info.html

NESTING SUCCESS OF NEW ZEALAND PIGEONS ( HEMIPHAGA NOVAESEELANDIAE …
… of which had endemic rat species, lost no native land birds following the arrival of ship rats (Innes, 1990; Atkinson, 1985). The New Zealand pigeon ( Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae Gmelin …
www.newzealandecology.org/nzje/free_issues/NZJEcol20_1_45.pdf

KererÅ« – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The kererū or New Zealand Pigeon (Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae) is a bird endemic to New Zealand. The Māori name is Kererū in the South Island and much of the North Island. Other Māori names for the bird are kūkupa (in parts of the North Island) and kūkū (Northland). New Zealand Pigeons are commonly, incorrectly called wood pigeons, they are not the same as the Wood Pigeon (Columba palumbus) which is a member of a different genus.
Description · Diet · Breeding · Distribution and … · Subspecies
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand_Pigeon

New Zealand pigeon – Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae – Information – ARKive …
… about the New Zealand pigeon (Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae … coloured pigeon is now the only remaining native bird with a bill big enough to disperse the fruit of New Zealand’s…
www.arkive.org/new-zealand-pigeon/hemiphaga-novaeseelandiae/biology.html

Tiritiri Matangi Island – New Zealand Pigeon – Kereru
Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae novaeseelandiae Kereru: The kereru is the largest pigeon in New Zealand. … A. 2000 The Field Guide to the Birds of New Zealand. …
www.tiritirimatangi.org.nz/Fauna/PigeonNZ.htm

Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae – New Zealand Pigeon specimen(s) in the ZMA
Specimen(s) of New Zealand Pigeon (Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae) in the Zoological … our regret, the characters of this bird appear to agree with those of nominate novaeseelandiae and …
ip30.eti.uva.nl/zma3d/detail.php?id=207&sort=taxon&type=all

New Zealand Pigeon
The New Zealand Native Wood Pigeon (Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae) or Kereru is a large bird at 18 inches (51 cm), It is the largest bird in New Zealand.
aviary.owls.com/wood_pigeon/wood_pigeon.html

Seed retention times in the New Zealand pigeon (Hemiphaga …
Wotton 2002), but most fleshy-fruited species are bird-dispersed. The New Zealand pigeon, kererū (Hemiphaga novaezeelandiae novaeseelandiae Gmelin, Columbidae) is a large (c. 650 g;
www.newzealandecology.org/nzje/new_issues/NZJEcol32_1_1.pdf

Hemiphaga – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
KererÅ« or New Zealand Pigeon (Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae). Parea or Chatham Island Pigeon (Hemiphaga chathamensis). … 365-383. ^ Clements, J. (2007). The Clements Checklist of the Birds of …
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemiphaga