Pūkeko
Appearance
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Momo: | P. porphyrio
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Porphyrio porphyrio |
Ko te Pūkeko he manu o ngā repo o Aotearoa. He moho nui noho i te repo. He pango te tuarā, he poroporo te mata me te poho, he māwhero ngā waewae me ngā ngutu.
Ki ētahi, he ingoa reo Māori anō o te manu nei, arā, he Pākura. Ko te ingoa o tēnei manu i te reo Pākehā he Pūkeko anō, engari ki ngā Pākehā o tāwāhi he Purple Swamphen kē. Ko te ingoa pūtaiao he Porphyrio porphyrio melanotus.
Hoto ki waho
[takatā | takatā pūtake]- He whakaahua, he konae mō te Pūkeko kei te Wikimedia Commons.
Tohutoro
[takatā | takatā pūtake]- BirdLife International (2004). Porphyrio porphyrio. 2006 IUCN Rārangi whero o ngā momo mōrea. IUCN 2006. He mea kite i te 11 Haratua 2006.
- Robertson, C J R. (Etita), 1985. Reader's Digest Complete Book of New Zealand Birds. Poihākena: Reader's Digest.