Little Spotted Kiwi /Pukupuku
Little Spotted Kiwi
Original Oil Painting
by
Peter Jean Caley
Little Spotted Kiwi
Original oil painting
by
Peter Jean Caley
painted 2006
Little Spotted Kiwi used to roam the
South Island forests,now only found on
Island sanctuaries and Karori Wildlife
Sanctuary
Little Spotted Kiwi/Kiwi Pukupuku chicks,two weeks old,
hatched in a incubator from breeding pair at Mt Bruce Native
Bird Reserve 1972,where A.G.Caley was a curator.
Great Spotted Kiwi
or
Roa
Young Mountain Blue Duck/ Whio
and Brown Teal /Pateke
bred at Mt
Bruce in 1970"s.Endangered NZ birds
Great Spotted Kiwi / Roa
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Transfer to South Island
Little Spotted Kiwi /Pukupuku were transferred
from
Kapiti Island to an Island in Fiordland the Deep
South of the
South Island on the 2nd of August
2008,over 100 years since these birds have been seen
in their homeland.