Kereru krushes it: Our round-up of the high jinks and low shenanigans during this year's Bird of the Year.

摘要

With a heavy swoosh and a fatty flutter, the kereru has glided to glory for the first time in Forest & Bird's annual Bird of the Year competition.The kereru, also known as kukupa and New Zealand wood pigeon, powered ahead early in the voting to claim the the title for 2018. It maintained a formidable headwind to the finish with 5833 votes, despite strong challenges from teams kakapo and kakl.