Puke or Pukeko?

I read somewhere a while ago that they were introduced from Aussie years ago but have been here long enough to be called native.

Here is the link.

Pukeko - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

They are thought to have come from Oz but are native?

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Originally Posted by R93

They are thought to have come from Oz but are native?

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Yeah haha, if what dundee read is true does that mean magpies and plovers become native too?

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Originally Posted by Toby

Sorry Scribe that link was more to do with the meaning of native and endemic

This leads me to believe they are Native. So Pointer was right and the people who tried to take there head can go take their own head off?

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Pukeko: Wetland birds

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I am clearly missing something here.

DOC clearly lists the Pukeko as a native bird. It is possible for a native bird to be placed on a shooting licence, witness the Paradise Duck.

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Originally Posted by Toby

Yeah haha, if what dundee read is true does that mean magpies and plovers become native too?

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I'm not the encylcopedia Toby,but it seems most Aussies get shot when they arrive here;)

They're a bloody Pasture eating , water trough fouling PEST.

Should be allowed to be SHOT ON SIGHT ...

T

Hah! The never ending pursuit to discredit a beautiful bird's heritage and habits in order to justify shooting the poor things :thumbsup:

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Originally Posted by Tahr

Hah! The never ending pursuit to discredit a beautiful bird's heritage and habits in order to justify shooting the poor things :thumbsup:

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They're not that great get over it

These are for Tahr a beautiful fukn bird just shat in my trough.:D
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Originally Posted by Tahr

Hah! The never ending pursuit to discredit a beautiful bird's heritage and habits in order to justify shooting the poor things :thumbsup:

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right. whatever. I've seen them shitting in my troughs ... and had to clean them out ...

I've seen 15-20 birds in the evening ... turning over the pastures ... ripping the grass out by the roots ...

but you keep believing they're a beautiful bird ...

and its not like we're short of them ...

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These are for Tahr a beautiful fukn bird just shat in my trough.:D
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You need sons and a .22. Oh wait you have them both. :wtfsmilie:

I thought endemic ment arrived here by natural means but didn't evolve here over millions of years etc.

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Pukeko is a native, but not endemic. Just because something is native, doesn't mean we protect it, unless population becomes threatened. This menace is far from threatened...rather thriving, everywhere! Winter is a really bad time to be a pukeko on my farm

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Originally Posted by veitnamcam

I thought endemic ment arrived here by natural means but didn't evolve here over millions of years etc.

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"Endemic" means a species exclusively living in country/land mass of origin. Every 'endemic' species is a 'native', but not every native is endemic