Photo from Wikicommons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nThe Weka causes a lot of issues for the Government of New Zealand.\u00a0 The problem with these birds is the fact that some sub-species are on the Threatened list, however, these same birds are consuming and destroying other populations of threatened animals.\u00a0 This type of behaviour is usually a result of the Weka being introduced to an island it was not normally found on.\u00a0 I guess in the end we created our own problems but now we need to figure them out.<\/p>\n
Weka Fast Fact – <\/strong>Weka’s are important in the forest as they are able to disperse the seeds of many plants that would normally be too large for other birds to handle.\u00a0 I guess you get the good and the bad with this Flightless Bird.<\/p>\nThanks for checking out the Weka and I can’t wait to provide you with all kinds of new and exciting Flightless Bird Facts tomorrow.\u00a0 Enjoy the rest of your day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Today our Flightless Bird adventure takes us all the way south to New Zealand to see if we can catch a glimpse of the Weka. Isn’t that just a fun name to say? Go ahead, say it again….Weka!\u00a0 This particular flightless bird is part of the rail family and can only be found in New Zealand.\u00a0 Luckily there are 4 subspecies so it improves our chances of finding one. The Weka is a large brown bird about the size of a chicken.\u00a0 Although, it doesn’t look like they have wings they have just been greatly reduced.\u00a0 The Weka also has <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3344,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[741,4024],"tags":[348,549,1317,4025,1318,1316,1319],"yoast_head":"\n
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