Southwest canterbury

WALT write a information report about a resourse found in the
Canterbury area that is significanse to the maori
THE MOREPORK/RURU

What time do they breed ?

Moreporks breed in spring Moreporks breed in summer as well. Nests are usually placed within cavities of live or dead trees, or within broken logs

Where were these birds found ?

The morepork is the only remaining native bird in New zealand apart from the barn owl Moreporks are widely distributed throughout the native and exotic forests of New Zealand. They are uncommon in the drier eastern regions of the South Island, especially south of Christchurch. They also occur in more open areas where suitable patches of vegetation remain including sparsely-wooded farmland, and within some urban parks and gardens

What do they eat mostly ?

  Large insects and wetas and small mammals as mice and little rats and

littler birds Also moths and Cicadas and lots of bugs that it can find

And any small mammals it can digest properly

Are they endangered ?

The morepork is not endangered still

Today because it is a predator and it's only Fear is humans

And it is rare in towns it's more in the mountains and

How many eggs do they lay ?

The female morepork lays 1-3

Eggs takes about 25 days, and chicks fledge

when about 7 weeks old. Both adults feed

the young. And it takes baby bird takes about

25 days to break open

Where was these birds found?

The morepork

is the only remaining native bird in New

New Zealand part from the barn owl Moreporks are widely distributed throughout the native and exotic forests of New Zealand. They are uncommon in the drier eastern regions of the South Island, especially south of Christchurch. They also occur in more open areas where suitable patches of vegetation remain including sparsely-wooded farmland, and within some urban parks and gardens

YES MOREPORK ARE NATIVE AND ALIVE