Kōtuku
Appearance
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Momo: | A. alba
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Binomial name | |
Ardea alba | |
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Ko te Kōtuku he manu waimāori o Aotearoa, engari, he manu o tāwāhi hoki. He momo matuku nui, he mā katoa ngā huruhuru. Ko ngā ngutu me ngā waewae he kōwhai. Kia whakaeke te tame, kua puta ngā awe kōtuku, he awe roa i ngā parirau. Hoki rawa ki Ōkārito paopao ai.
Ko te ingoa pūtaiao o te Kōtuku he Egretta alba. Ko te ingoa o tēnei manu i te reo Pākehā he White Heron.
Tohutoro
[takatā | takatā pūtake]- Robertson, C J R. (Etita), 1985. Reader's Digest Complete Book of New Zealand Birds. Poihākena: Reader's Digest.