Bellbird (Korimako, Makomako): Card

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The Bellbird is the best known of the New Zealand song birds and is found nowhere else. This predominantly olive green member of the honeyeater family has been famous since Captain Cook's first visit to these shores, its melodious song he described as sounding 'like small bells exquisitely tuned' Korimako and Makomako are just two of the 26 names Maori had for the Bellbird...