Kereru pigeons from the New Zealand Zoo. New Zealand frugivorous pigeon
Nine kereru pigeon chicks are growing up at New Zealand's Wellington Zoo.
New Zealand kereru pigeon (Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae) - one of the most beautiful pigeons in the world, common forest bird New Zealand. This large bird with gray-green feathers and a white chest.
It is an important part of the ecosystem, dispersing the seeds of the karaka trees Corynocarpus laevigatuskaraka, taraira Beilschmiedia tarairi, tawa Beilschmiedia tawatawa, brown Miro spruce Prumnopitys ferrugineamiro.
After the moa disappeared pigeon keruru- the only bird capable of holding and swallowing berries in its beak rare trees, making up the unique appearance of New Zealand's forests. Berries are the main part of the diet of these birds.
The length of the kereru is up to 51 cm from beak to tail. Although pigeons live a long time, they reproduce slowly; during the season, the female lays only one egg, which is incubated by both parents. The bright color of the pigeon is the mating plumage for the female, which performs demonstration flights over the territory it protects.
For the first week after hatching, the chick feeds on "milk" from the parents' crop - a protein-rich milk-like secretion mixed with flower nectar. a week later, the chick feeds on berries brought to it and regurgitated. Pigeons from the North Island fledge at 4-5 months, from the South Island - two weeks later. And a week later they leave their parents and begin an independent life.
Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae (Gmelin , )
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New Zealand frugivorous pigeon (lat. Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae) - bird of the family pigeon. Forms a monotypic genus New Zealand frugivorous pigeons(Hemiphaga Bonaparte , 1854 ).
Description
The bird's body length is 46-50 cm. Weight is 650-800 g. The head, neck and chest are green, with a golden sheen. The bottom of the neck, the top of the back and the wing coverts are colored dark color, purple-red. The primaries are bluish-black. The tail is slate black with brown feather tips. The lower part of the body is completely white. The color of the beak is with a reddish base and a yellowish tip. The color of the legs is purple-red. Female with a less intense purple-red color.
Area
Reproduction
Nesting season lasts from November to April. Nests in thicket trees or bushes. The nest is a rough structure made of branches. There is 1 egg in the clutch. The shell color is clean, matte. Egg incubation lasts 28 days. The chicks leave the nest at about 40 days of age.
Meaning in human life
By autumn and winter, these pigeons gain weight and become very fat and are objects of mass shooting.
Subspecies
- H.n. novaeseelandiae(Gmelin, 1789)
- †H.n. spadicea(Latham, 1802) Extinct
- H.n. chathamensis (Rothschild, 1891) inhabits the island Chatham, is currently on the verge of extinction, the number of the subspecies does not exceed 50 individuals.
The Chatham Island subspecies is sometimes considered independent type.
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Notes
Links
- : information on the website IUCN Red List(English)
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