WALT summarise the main points in the text.
Use information from the text to complete this summary chart.
Information about New Zealand birds: We worked as a group to complete this chart.
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Kereru
Hikurangi
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Karearea
Josiah
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Kea
Jessy
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Tui
Atawhaitia
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Ruru
Rawiri
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Kiwi
Joeche
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What they look like.
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Kererū are big and heavy.
They have a blue green head and neck. They have a white puku. kereru have a red beke.
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Karearea are big brown birds.
They have powerful claws.z
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Tui have blue, green and brown feathers.
They have a white tuft on their throat.
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Dark Brown
Ruru has big eyes that help them see in the dark.
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They have short brown feathers.
Their feathers look like hair.
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How they move.
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They swoop through the trees.
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Kārearea can fly as fast as a car
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They can fly.
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They fly silently, looking and listening for prey.
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They can walk
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What they eat.
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They eat berries, fruit, flowers, and leaves to eat.
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They hunt mostly birds, even big, fat birds like kererū. They also catch lizards, big insects like grasshoppers, and small animals like rabbits.
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They eat kowhai flowers from the kowhai tree.
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Ruru mostly eat big insects like wētā and beetles. They also eat mice and small birds.
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They eat crckets and weta.
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What they do.
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They are always looking for food to eat.
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They prey birds.
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They can copy sounds,like the songs of other birds.
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They sleep in the day and hunt at night.
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They are nocturnal; they sleep in the day and hunt in the night.
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Other interesting facts
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Sometimes kererū eat too much, and they get too heavy to fly properly.
Sometimes kererū get confused by reflections and they crash into windows!
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Kārearea are fierce hunters. They have powerful claws.
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Adult tui have a tuft of white feathers on their throats.
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Ruru are owls. They are nocturnal.
Ruru have big eyes that help them
see in the dark.
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