Photo / Amos Chapple New Zealand's cute pukeko, known for its colour both in plumage and personality ... A new study shows the lanky birds, often spied on our wetlands and roadsides, vaunt ...

BIRD OF WARNING: Pukeko living at the pond beside the entrance at the top of the Bird Walk, like this one, have attacked at least two people this week. SAMANTHA MOTION / Whakatane Beacon Pukeko ...

The swamp-loving pukeko has won Forest & Bird's annual Bird of the Year election. It won 1480 votes in what ended up as a two-bird race with the kakapo, which gained 1068 votes. Forest & Bird's ...

Local hunters were permitted to cull pukeko birds on Motutapu Island. But four takahe birds were shot dead instead. The takahe is twice the size of the pukeko, but they have similar colouring.

New Zealanders have voted ... and the pukeko is New Zealand's Bird of the Year. The wetland bird has won Forest and Bird's annual election by more than 400 votes, receiving 1,480 votes.

A group of noisy and aggressive pukeko birds are being evicted from a city in New Zealand's North Island. Pukekos are New Zealand's second most popular bird, and are also called New Zealand swamp ...

The four flightless birds -- native to New Zealand -- were found on Aug. 17 by conservation staff. “DOC [Department of Conservation] has put a halt to any future operations to cull pukeko near ...