Activity T5: Which Bird is the Kokako?

Tiritiri Matangi Activity	Teacher Manual P 30 Science Level 4 Making Sense of the Living World Created 21/09/2001	AO3 - Students can investigate and classify closely related living things on the basis of easily observable features. SLO - Students will be able to classify kokako by their appearance. © Heurisko Ltd www.learnz.org.nz/2001

Read Kokako facts and Kokako pics. Insert the correct word describing North Island kokako. Kokako have _________________________ feathers. The feathers around their eyes are __________________ . Their blue wattles are located __________________. Another species belonging to the wattle bird family found on Tiritiri Matangi are the _____________________. Kokako use their distinctive call to __________________ and _____________. Use the clues above to sketch and correctly colour a north island kokako. North Island Kokako The beak, legs and feet of the kokako have a number of uses as it feeds and moves through the forest. Describe these in 3 or 4 sentences.