Fact File-NZ Birds

New Zealand Birds:

For each bird write 2 sentences about something you have learnt about this bird.

	Ruru: They sleep in the day and hunt at night. They fly silently, looking and listening for prey They fly silently, looking and listening for pray
	Piwakawaka  Pīwakawaka are small, but they have long tail feathers.     We also call these birds fantails. Can you see why.
	Kea Kea are parrots   Kea have four toes on each foot. Two toes point forwards, and two toes point backwards. 6 Sometimes kea hang upside down to look in windows
	Kereru Kererū are big and heavy. They swoop through the trees looking for berries, Kererū are big and heavy. Sometimes kererū get confused by reflections and they crash into windows!
New Zealand Birds: For each bird write 2 sentences about something you have learnt about this bird.
	Kiwi     Kiwi can’t fly at all. They have wings, but their wings are too short       Kiwi feathers look like hair.
	Karearea Kārearea are fierce hunters. They have powerful claws. Sometimes they catch prey  They hunt mostly birds, even big, fat birds like kererū.        Kārearea can fly as fast as a car
	Takahe  Takahē have wings, but they can’t fly. They live on the ground              for takahē. They are hunted by animals like stoats. There are not many takahē left. They are endangered
	Tui Tūī are clever birds, too. They can copy sounds, like the songs of other birds,  the ringtones of phones, and even the words that people say   Adult tūī have a tuft of white feathers on their throats