Auckland.Scoop » Karure Black Robin Wins 2026 Bird Of The Year
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Mon, 21 September 2026
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- Die Zeit (Germany)04:17
- South China Morning Post05:07
A record number of New Zealanders turned out at the polls this month, not for national elections but to vote for their Bird of the Year – the critically endangered black robin. The diminutive native lives on the remote Chatham Islands, 800km (500 miles) off the South Island’s east coast. In 1980, only five of the birds remained, including a single breeding female. Now there are about 350. The black robin topped the pecking order ahead of the famed flightless parrot, the kakapo, and the native...
- keyt.com11:12
By Adam Pourahmadi, CNN (CNN) — Small, shy and clad head-to-claw in black, New Zealand’s karure, or black robin, has been crowned the country’s 2026
- sunlive.co.nz20:00
Black robin wins Bird of the Year for first time