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The New Zealand pigeon or kererū (Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae) is a species of pigeon endemic to New Zealand. Māori call it kererū in most of the country but kūkupa and kūkū in some parts of the North Island, particularly in Northland. Commonly called wood pigeon, they are distinct from the common wood pigeon (Columba palumbus) of the Northern Hemisphere, which is a member of a different genus.

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  • New Zealand Pigeon
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  • The New Zealand pigeon or kererū (Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae) is a species of pigeon endemic to New Zealand. Māori call it kererū in most of the country but kūkupa and kūkū in some parts of the North Island, particularly in Northland. Commonly called wood pigeon, they are distinct from the common wood pigeon (Columba palumbus) of the Northern Hemisphere, which is a member of a different genus.
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  • Near Threatened
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  • New Zealand Pigeon
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  • Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae
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  • Kererū, Kūkupa, Kūkū and Wood Pigeon
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  • The New Zealand pigeon or kererū (Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae) is a species of pigeon endemic to New Zealand. Māori call it kererū in most of the country but kūkupa and kūkū in some parts of the North Island, particularly in Northland. Commonly called wood pigeon, they are distinct from the common wood pigeon (Columba palumbus) of the Northern Hemisphere, which is a member of a different genus. The New Zealand pigeon belongs to the family Columbidae, and the subfamily Ptilinopinae, which is found throughout Southeast Asia, Papua New Guinea, and New Zealand. The members of this subfamily feed largely on fruits, mainly drupes. New Zealand pigeons are members of the pigeon genus Hemiphaga (Bonaparte, 1854), which is endemic to the New Zealand archipelago and Norfolk Island. However recently a Hemiphaga bone was found on Raoul Island. The Chatham pigeon or Chatham Island pigeon (Hemiphaga chathamensis) is traditionally considered a subspecies of the kererū, but is here treated as a separate species.
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