A massive, clumsy and slightly dim tropical fruit pigeon that anomalously is found in our cool temperate southern beech forests ( and also in the gardens and parks of cities and suburbs, if they have desirable food sources such as our bird-plum tree here).
They were heavily hunted in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries but have made a pretty good comeback in some areas in spite of their low rate of reproduction, particularly down south.
They're much more critically endangered in Northland however; the introduced Australian brush-tailed possum is everywhere a problem for them.
They were heavily hunted in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries but have made a pretty good comeback in some areas in spite of their low rate of reproduction, particularly down south.
They're much more critically endangered in Northland however; the introduced Australian brush-tailed possum is everywhere a problem for them.
Often you are unaware there's one roosting above until the characteristic head-bob or soft, deep and short 'coo' draws your attention.
Or a bit of crashing physical incompetence :-)
We're lucky to have them.
Or a bit of crashing physical incompetence :-)
We're lucky to have them.
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