Threatened kārearea falcon wins New Zealand’s 2025 bird of the year | New Zealand
New Zealand’s pursuit of hunting 200km/s can fly the fastest bird, crowned the bird of the year-a long-lasting annual competition, which has been a parathonary for scandal and hyjinkler.
Kārearea under threat is the only hawk of New Zealand. Small and yellowish with impressive claws and big dark eyes. Kāreare is powerful air hunters, and to grab their hunts, a high -speed dive before a high point of view of other birds, lizards or small mammals – sometimes larger than themselves.
“Kārearea is just a striking bird, Em Emma Blackburn, president of Karearea Falcon Trust, said. “The only remaining endemic rapture and our ecosystem is a really important part.”
According to the Ministry of Protection, about 5,000 to 8,000 Kārearea remained. They live in the forests around the country, and on the ground, they often nest under rocks or falling trees. Blackburn, birds, eggs on the ground feast of cats, hedgehogs and stoats introduced by mammals introduced by mammals, “very vulnerable”, he said.
The loss of habitat through tree recording and the transformation of Tussocked pastures into pastures also probably reduced populations. In the meantime, birds are sometimes flying into power lines, buildings and nets over grapes and trees, Blackburn said.
The protection group forest and the Bird of the Bird of the year were scandalous this year, but the New Zealandalı went to social media to wear their preferred candidates. Each of the 73 contestants had their own campaign manager.
The competition was launched 20 years ago to raise awareness in the case of extinct in the case of extinct due to the promotion of many domestic birds, many of which were threatened to New Zealand, disappearance and pests, human activity and the promotion of decreasing habitats.
The only domestic mammal of New Zealand is bats and sea species, loves spotlight for birds, and is usually rare.
The two -week competition withdrew more than 75,000 accurate votes from 123 countries. Kārearea, who won in 2012, participates as the only bird who won last year and issued a survey twice Hooiho and Kākāpō’a.
New Zealand’s only Alpine parrot, cheeky Kea ranked second, while a small “Goth” black Robin was only a small “Goth” black Robin on the New Zealand’s Chatham Island.
Over the years, the competition was subjected to scandal from 2021 to the crowning of a bat in 2019 to the accusations of the Russian intervention, and claims that the Australians were trying to publish the competition in favor of Shag in 2018.
In 2023, John Oliver, the English-American comedian and Talkshow presenter, carried out a global campaign for the threatened pūtekeke-a puksing bird with an unusual repertoire of the ritualization rituals. Pūtekeeke 2023 winning efforts were awarded.
Nicola TOKI, General Manager of Forest and Bird, said, “There is a serious message behind the memes and turmoil,” he said.
“The first 10 of this year [birds] He is fully matched with statistics -80% puts his head in trouble. ”He added climate change, loss of habitat and predators.
“People fall in love with these birds – and when they know their stories, they care, defend and move.”
