#Kūkupa
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jonocarpenter.bsky.social
Very chill
Kūkupa with storm clouds behind
January 3, 2026 at 5:41 AM
levparikian.bsky.social
Not so much of the ‘finely crafted’ to be fair
New Zealand's Kukupa (Hemiphaga novaeseelandia) enjoys a reputation for over indulging on fermenting berries, rendering it somewhat incapable of flight. It is the bon viveur of the avian world. Kukupa Sauvignon Blanc is a deliciously crisp, aromatic white which overflows with gooseberry, guava and citrus favours. Please drink with more moderation than its namesake displays. kukupa
May 24, 2025 at 4:06 PM
whatbirds.bsky.social
Answer: Kererū, Kūkupa, or New Zealand Pigeon/Wood Pigeon (Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae) 🌏
Kererū - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
May 24, 2026 at 9:05 PM
whatbirds.bsky.social
New addition! 🌏 Kererū (Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae) #NewZealandBirds #AustralasianBirds | #Kererū #Kūkupa #NewZealandPigeon #WoodPigeon #HemiphagaNovaeseelandiae | #NewZealandPigeons #WoodPigeons #DoveFamily #Columbidae 📷: Photo by Manubird🦜 #MyBirdcards | #birdsoftheworld #birds
🌏 Kererū (Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae) The Kererū, also known as Kūkupa, New Zealand Pigeon or Wood Pigeon is a large, plump bird with a small head. Its head, back, and wings are covered in iridescent green and bronze-purple feathers, contrasted by a bright white breast. Found throughout New Zealand, it lives in forests, parks, and gardens. Kererū are generally solitary or in pairs, but they can be seen in flocks when food is plentiful. They are slow, deliberate flyers, but their wings make a distinctive "whoosh" sound. 2.5 Flash (Edited) Two subspecies are recognised. Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) 📷: Photo by Manubird via Pixabay https://pixabay.com/photos/pigeon-new-zealand-7712820/ KYPQ
August 19, 2025 at 3:33 PM
owenlamb.bsky.social
#bloomscrolling #flowers #nature #gardening #photography #landscape #horticulture #urbanjungle
The kōwhai is a native tree of New Zealand and is an unofficial national flower.
Native birds such as the tui, bellbird, kākā and New Zealand pigeon/kererū/kūkū/kūkupa all benefit from kōwhai.
Kowhai blooms Kowhai blooms.
September 26, 2026 at 12:11 AM
jonocarpenter.bsky.social
Hello, fren
Kūkupa in a manuka, framed by pūriri keaves
January 3, 2026 at 5:13 AM
badfishnz.bsky.social
Chonky birbs, Rarotonga edition
What presumably are the cousins of NZ kererū / kūkupa having a snack in a palm tree outside my window
September 25, 2026 at 9:49 PM
hakeafan.bsky.social
Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae (#1)
(Kererū, kukupa, kuku, wood pigeon, native pigeon, kokopa)
Dunedin Botanic Gardens
New Zealand
May 2025
#HemiphagaNovaeseelandiae #Kererū #birds #NZbirds #NewZealandBirds #wildNZ #NaturePhotography #birdwatching #birding #NZWildlife #Nature #Aves
May 30, 2025 at 5:06 AM
jackcraw.bsky.social
Just beat a fat kukupa to this. Spring appears springish in Whangarei
Just beat a fat kukupa to this. Spring appears springish in Whangarei
August 9, 2025 at 11:09 PM
jonocarpenter.bsky.social
Enhance!
Kūkupa
January 3, 2026 at 6:05 AM
hakeafan.bsky.social
Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae
(Kererū, kukupa, kuku, wood pigeon, native pigeon, kokopa)
Manapouri, South Island,
New Zealand.
May 2025
#HemiphagaNovaeseelandiae #Kererū #birds #NZbirds #NewZealandBirds #wildNZ #NaturePhotography #birdwatching #birding #NZWildlife #Nature #Aves
May 24, 2025 at 6:25 AM
hakeafan.bsky.social
Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae (#2)
(Kererū, kukupa, kuku, wood pigeon, native pigeon, kokopa)
Dunedin Botanic Gardens
New Zealand
May 2025
#HemiphagaNovaeseelandiae #Kererū #birds #NZbirds #NewZealandBirds #wildNZ #NaturePhotography #birdwatching #birding #NZWildlife #Nature #Aves
May 30, 2025 at 5:13 AM
anothermike100.bsky.social
The picture on the label doesn't look much like a Kūkupa but they got the over indulgence bit right. 🪶
Kererū (Kūkupa) New Zealand wood pigeon eating a red guava. Getting its mouth around the fruit like a snake swallowing an egg.
May 25, 2025 at 9:15 PM
paulbruere.bsky.social
Kererū sat for me today
A kererū or kūkupa facing away so only head and wings visible, posing on a branch, framed by foliage
July 24, 2026 at 7:47 AM
te-reo-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
Kererū / kūkū / kūkupa: New Zealand pigeon. The kererū is a large bird with irridescent green and bronze feathers on its head and a smart white vest. The noisy beat of its wings is a distinctive sound in our forests.
Kererū, New Zealand pigeon bird.
January 13, 2026 at 6:06 PM
laurenr61.bsky.social
Kūkupa, the chonky wood pigeon that flies like a drunken bomber.
Regular visitors to the puka tree that shades my writing hut.
November 19, 2024 at 6:17 PM
gillianfoxcroft.bsky.social
I now aim to open a pub called the kaylied kukupa.....
May 25, 2025 at 5:09 AM
acidcorbyn.bsky.social
Look at this glorious bird
A particularly large kererū, also known as the kūkupa or more prosaically the New Zealand pigeon or wood pigeon (Hemiphaga novoseelandiae), perched at the top of the upright trunk of a dead punga tree in the canopy of native forest in the Waitākere Ranges, Aotearoa New Zealand. It’s a drizzly day in the rainforest, and the kererū has fluffed up its feathers and pulled down its head, making it seem even stouter than individuals of this species typically appear when perched. The pigeon is seen mostly from the rear and right side, showing its richly iridescent green, brown and red-colored wings and “shoulders”. A small sliver of its white bib can be seen above the curve of its folded right wing. Its head is turned to the right, showing a red-orange beak and a glossy blood-red eye with its black pupil fixed directly on the photographer.
June 3, 2025 at 1:53 AM
acidcorbyn.bsky.social
Konini Road leading up to Scenic Drive is alive with kererū / kūkūpa doing spectacular display climbs and dives 🥰
September 19, 2023 at 4:15 AM
zaichishka.bsky.social
I'm less familiar with the kererū's alias, kūkupa, and I totally wouldn't have recognised it from the e-fit on this label 😁 but I would have bought it for the label nonetheless!
levparikian.bsky.social Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · May 24
Wine makers: we have combined traditional winemaking methods with the latest oenological science to produce this finely balanced, award-winning wine with notes of grapefruit, guava and mangosteen, offset by subtle hints of wheatgrass, chervil and rosem—

Me: BIRD ON LABEL I’LL HAVE SIX
A bottle of wine with a colourful cartoon bird on the label.
May 25, 2025 at 8:35 PM
jonocarpenter.bsky.social
Today we enjoyed seeing
The longest curved timber rail bridge in the southern hemisphere
1880 brick and glazed pipe culverts
Early 20th century telephone poles made from railway hardware
A big fat kukupa
The inside of my lungs after taking a face full of tobacco weed or privet pollen on the way back
A lovely brick culvert
August 19, 2024 at 7:30 AM
annadinnz.bsky.social
This kukupa/kererū has become a regular visitor in our garden of late. Question is, will they hang around to be counted in the #nzgardenbirdsurvey or will they be like the kōtare and show up either side of the counting?
June 17, 2025 at 10:35 PM
jennykaynz.bsky.social
New Zealand wood pigeon (Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae) is known as kererū (indigenous name) to NZers, or in Northland as kūkū or kūkupa (alternative indigenous names).
www.doc.govt.nz/nature/nativ...
New Zealand pigeon / kererū / kūkū / kūkupa
The kererū is a large bird with iridescent green and bronze feathers on its head and a smart white vest. The noisy beat of its wings is a distinctive sound in our forests.
www.doc.govt.nz
June 15, 2026 at 1:49 PM
jonocarpenter.bsky.social
Our kitchen window opens to the deck, and the canopy of an awesome pūriri. This guy was going to town on the berries when i made the coffee this morning.
A red eyed, green, brown and white coloured bird, a Kūkupa (Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae) staring out from the branches of a glossy green-leafed pūriri tree (Vitex lucens). Ripening yellow-green berries are visible.
January 1, 2026 at 8:47 PM
henribus.eurosky.social
I agree entirely! Except they’re called kūkupa!
January 14, 2024 at 8:18 PM