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What was wrong with the previous photo of an individual bird which Kahuroa replaced? its a good photograph which gives one a good impression of what the bird looks like and even if its not above the taxo box it might as well be included on the page somewhere Kotare 04:24, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

Restored. Sorry about that. I guess as a Kāhu-roa I don't like seeing a pic of one of my rellies in captivity. Anyway, hopefully all the other pix I have provided for otherwise picture-less NZ birds will make up for the occasional lapse in judgement. Kahuroa 07:07, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
No worries dude, haha. Yeah I've seen some of the other work you've been doing.. Black stilt and Whitehead pic's amongst others- articles on NZ birds are seriously in need of attention on wikipedia and your work really adds to these articles.. a picture is worth a thousand words after all- keep it up! Cheers, Kotare 07:36, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
Hey man, cheers. Basically those pix were a side effect from my starting bird articles on the Māori wikipedia - I like to have pix - especially on the MW. Next is trees etc... And (why do I always think up new work for myself) - range maps for as many as is possible of the birds and trees. Kahuroa 08:11, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] As an alternative to the image here

Or if it is worth having two, I have uploaded another one to Wikimedia Commons:

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:NZ_Falcon_2007_03_04.jpg —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Karora (talk • contribs) 08:19, 4 March 2007 (UTC).

Nice pic - awesome in fact. Cheers. I took the liberty of making a cropped version and I have added it to the page. Hope you don't mind... Kahuroa 08:43, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
No problem. That's why I uploaded it :-) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 202.78.240.7 (talk) 21:13, 4 March 2007 (UTC).


Not sure about the 3rd paragraph saying that it's a hobby. New Zealabnd falcons are completely different from other falcons in many ways, and the only specific similarity I can see between it and the hobby is that they are both quite small. Also, it should be said that other falcons also kill with the tomal tooth on the beak - but New Zealand falcons are special because they have two tomal teeth (perhaps because they used to prey on an extinct type of parrot, remains of which have been found on nest sites). If no one has problems with this I think it should be added in. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.42.124.158 (talk) 12:39, 11 April 2008 (UTC)