New Zealand’s forest parrot the Kaka: What do Kaka feed on?
<p>New Zealand’s endemic Kaka parrot depends most on the native puriri tree for it’s nourishment in the northern half of the country.</p>
<p>Analysis of hundreds of Kaka sighting reports sent in by Kaka enthusiasts and the public, has shown that Kaka are seen and reported in puriri trees more often than in any other single type of tree — native or exotic.</p>
<p>This applies to sightings of North Island Kaka (Nestor meridionalis septentrionalis), in the top half of the North Island, as reported by observers to the KakawatchNZ network.</p>
<p>Puriri trees are mostly found from North Cape to the Waikato in lowland and coastal rainforests on fertile alluvial and volcanic soils. They are one of a few New Zealand trees that produce fruit and flowers together for long periods, and are bird pollinated with seeds bird dispersed.</p>
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