kokako

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

n.


Maori name for the Blue-wattledCrow. See under Crow and Wattle-bird.

1882. T. H. Potts, `Out in the Open,' p. 194:

«The Orange-wattled Crow, or wattled bird, kokako of theMaoris, Glaucopis cinerea, Gml., still seems to be an almostunknown bird as to its nesting habits. . . . The kokako lovinga moist temperature will probably soon forsake its ancientplaces of resort.»