Pukeko are iconic to some and a pest to others, and Fish & Game is promoting the hunting and eating of the cheeky bird. Protected much of the year, pukeko can still be shot by those with a game bird ...

‘Pukeko may be hard to spell but fun to say and nice to hear. It’s much more interesting than ‘purple swamp hen’.’ - Dr Rick Starr. Photo / Thinkstock The pukeko has gone from pest to New Zealand icon ...

This pukeko chick may not be being fed by its real mother. Pukeko are often engaged in what is called multiple breeding or "joint laying". Several females may lay their eggs in the same nest with the ...

What's in a face? In addition to their plumage, Pukeko—large purple swamphens found in New Zealand—convey information about their status through their faces. A new study from The Auk: Ornithological ...

DOC has put an immediate halt to pukeko culling operations near threatened takahe populations after the discovery of four dead takahe on Motutapu Island in the Hauraki Gulf. An examination shows the ...

An inquiry is under way into how a cull of somewhat similar-looking pukeko birds has led to the slaughter of 5% of the wild population of takahē The head of New Zealand’s national deerstalkers’ ...

New Zealanders have voted ... and the pukeko is New Zealand's Bird of the Year. The wetland bird has won Forest and Bird's annual election by more than 400 votes, receiving 1,480 votes. The world's ...