Chatham Islands Pigeon/Parea
“ In Wharekauri island, one pigeon is always remembered./I te motu o Rehoku/Wharekauri, kotahi te kukupa ka maumahara tonu. ”
– Sukuna
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Genus: Hemiphaga
Species: Hemiphaga chathamensis
Descendant: Topknot pigeon (Lopholaimus antarcticus)
Named by: Lionel Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild, Baron de Rothschild
Year Published: 1891
Size: 800 g (28 oz) in weight and 55 cm (22 in) in length
Lifespan: 15 and 26 years
Activity: Diurnal 🌅
Thermoregulate: Ectotherm, Endotherm
Type:
Reptiles (Archosaurs)
Birds (Pigeons)
Title:
New Zealand Dove
Pantheon: Terran/Gaian 🇺🇳
Time Period: Holocene
Alignment: Good
Threat Level: ★
Diet: Omnivorous 🥩🌿
Elements: Air 🌬️
Inflicts: Stench 💩
Weaknesses: Rock 🪨 (50% immune), Electric ⚡, Ice ❄️
Casualties: n/a
Based On: itself
Conservation Status: Vulnerable (VU) – IUCN Red List
The Chatham Islands pigeon (Hemiphaga chathamensis), also known as the Chatham pigeon or parea (Moriori Kanji: 鳩, ぱれぁ), is a bird endemic to the Chatham Islands in New Zealand.
The Chatham island pigeon is introduced in Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure × Assassin's Creed sequels: Seven Code Talkers, No Way to Seaway, Weather Dragons, Project Daejeon, Two Lights, Worldcraft, Equation, and Rescris.
English ornithologist John Latham wrote about the kererū in his A General Synopsis of Birds in 1783 but did not give it a scientific name. German naturalist Johann Friedrich Gmelin gave it its first formal description in 1789, placing it in genus Columba as Columba novaeseelandiae, with Latham naming it Columba zealandica in his 1790 Index Ornithologicus. The genus Hemiphaga was introduced by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte in 1854 with the kererū (Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae) as the type species for that genus. The name combines the Ancient Greek hēmi meaning "half-" or "small", with the end of the genus name Carpophaga, "fruit eating", as Bonaparte saw the genus as related to both that genus and Megaloprepia (now incorporated into Ptilinopus).
With a wingspan of approximately 75 cm (30 in) and a maximum length of 50 cm (20 in), the kererū is a huge arboreal pigeon that weighs between 550 and 850 g (19 and 30 oz). With a relatively small head, a straight, soft-based bill, and loosely attached feathers, it resembles a common pigeon. The plumage of the sexes is similar. While the nape, upper back, and secondary coverts are copper-shaded purple, the head, neck, and upper breast are dark green with gold-bronze highlights. The lower back, rump, and the remainder of the top surface of the wings lighten to a more grey-green color.
The tail has a delicate border and is dark brown with green accents. The darker portions of its plumage are clearly separated from the white breast. The coverts on the underwings and undertail are mostly light grey. The eyes have a pink orbital ring, the feet are dark red, and the bill is crimson with an orange tip. While juveniles share similar coloring, they are often paler, with duller colors for the beak, eyes, and feet, as well as a shorter tail. The extinct Norfolk Island subspecies had a dark purple tail, white underwing and undertail coverts, a chestnut mantle, and more grey outer wings and rump.
Kereru make occasional soft coo sounds, and their wings make a characteristic "whoosh" during flight. The bird's flight is also distinctive; birds will often ascend slowly before making steep parabolic dives. Because of this behavior, the fruit in the bird's crop may ferment, especially in warm summer months, releasing alcohol that makes the bird drunk. In contrast to many birds that drink by elevating their heads and using gravity to help them do so, the kererū exhibits conventional pigeon behavior, including drinking by suction.
The kererū is primarily frugivorous, preferring fruit from native trees, but also eating leaves, flowers and buds. The kererū feeds on many species with tropical affinities, including the Lauraceae and Arecaceae, which abound in the essentially subtropical forests of northern New Zealand. They also feed on podocarp species such as miro (Prumnopitys ferruginea) and kahikatea (Dacrycarpus dacrydioides). Other fruit sought after by kererū include those of tawa (Beilschmiedia tawa), taraire (Beilschmiedia tarairi), pūriri (Vitex lucens), pigeonwood (Hedycarya arborea), as well as tītoki (Alectryon excelsus), nīkau (Rhopalostylis sapida), karaka (Corynocarpus laevigatus), Coprosma, and introduced species such as elder (Sambucus nigra), privet (Ligustrum species) and plums. Because of its diverse diet and widespread distribution, the kererū plays an important ecological role, and is vital to the health of podocarp-broadleaf forest.
Prior to the 1960s, Kererū were widely distributed, but they are now threatened by hunting, habitat degradation, imported mammalian species, and low reproductive success. The kererū population has been impacted by the introduction of the Australian common brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) and many rat species, mostly the black rat (Rattus rattus), but also the Polynesian rat (Rattus exulans) and brown rat (Rattus norvegicus). In addition to preying on kererū eggs and nestlings, possums and rats drastically cut down on the amount of fruit available for kererū; stoats, cats, foxes, wild dogs, and tanuki kill both adults and young. Direct human hunting was likely the primary cause of the local subspecies' demise on Norfolk Island, where it was last observed in 1900.
As they digest their food, Kererū frequently sun themselves after eating. Hatchlings are also fed crop milk by Kererū.
Although their behavior toward humans varies, pigeons have adapted well to living close to people and generally tolerate their presence. They may even seek out humans for food and can be quite amiable if they are used to human interaction.
The species is largely restricted to the southern forests of Chatham Island (particularly those around the Tuku River). A few have been seen elsewhere on Chatham Island and also further afield on Pitt and South East Islands. They were common in the 1870s but habitat destruction and predation by mammalian invasive species reduced the population to only 40 birds by 1990. Since then, predator control and stock fencing in and around the Tuku valley have resulted in improved breeding success which has led to rapid population growth.
Movement Pattern: Not a Migrant
Individual Type: Solo
Population Trend: Decreasing
Population: u
Locomotion: Airborne
Habitat: Taiga; Montane Grasslands and Shrublands; Temperate Coniferous Forests; Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests; Temperate Deciduous Forests; Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands; Subtropical Coniferous Forests; Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests; Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests; Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands; Salt Flats; Stone Forest; Tropical Coniferous Forests; Tropical Moist Broadleaf Forests; Tropical Dry Broadleaf Forests; Tropical Grasslands; Tropical Savannas and Shrublands; Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub; Mushroom Forests; Mushroom Fields; Deserts and Xeric Shrublands; Badlands; Flooded Grasslands and Savannas; Swamp; Bayous/Billabongs; Riparian; Wetland; Mangrove Forest; Cold Bamboo Forests; Tropical Bamboo Forests; Air-breathing Coral Reefs; Graveyard Vale; Mountain; Sky; Volcano; Lava Trench; Basalt Delta; Warm Ghost Town; Cold Ghost Town; Ruined Skyscraper.
Earth:
Extant (Resident): New Zealand
Berbania: worldwide
Reinachos: worldwide
Sawintir: worldwide
Doves and pigeons raised indoors are wonderful pets. They are easy to care for, have a good disposition, and adore both their own kind and people. They are gregarious, intelligent, and reserved. They make low maintenance pets because they don't bite, pluck, or chew; treating them with any fresh seed kind.
Ryomen Sukuna, who had been banished by the Japanese government, remained on North Island during the Kamakura period. He used his dark power to resurrect a dead pigeon that he had trodden on. Then he became a member of this life. But Sukuna was astonished to see Maoris who were mistaken for Patupaiarehe, a clan of sun-sensitive elves in this country.
The pigeon itself is the introduced species to Wales, England, Hokkaido, Kuril , and Faroe Islands by the British government.
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Maori: Kererū o Wharekauri, Parea
Moriori: Parea
Thai: นกพิราบ
Euskara: Haitz-uso
Dine Bizaad: Hasbídí dootłʼizhígíí
Eastern Min: Băh-gák
Yue: 白鴿
Zhongwen: 原鸽
Tiếng Việt: Gầm ghì đá
Nihon: カワラバト
Korean: 바위비둘기
Mongolian: Хөхвөр тагтаа
Buryat: Гулабхаа
Bashkir: Күк күгәрсен
Kazakh: Кєк кептер
Kyrgyz: Көк көгүчкөн
Azerbaijani: Çöl göyərçini
Türkçe: Kaya güvercini
Türkmençe: Gök kepderi
Uzbek: Koʻk kaptar
Chechen: Кхокха
Qaraqalpaqsha: Ko'k kepter
Chuvash: Ахаль кăвакарчăн
Tatar: Күгәрчен
Arabic: حمام جبلي
Maltese: Tudun tal-ġebel
Hebrew: יונת סלע
Georgian: გარეული მტრედი
Tamil: மாடப்புறா
Malayalam: മാടപ്രാവ്
Hill Mari: Кӓдӹ
Komi-Permyak: Дуді
Magyar: Szirti galamb
Eesti: Kaljutuvi
Suomi: Kalliokyyhky
Davvisámegiella: Bákteduvvá
Armenian: Թխակապույտ Աղավնի
Shqip: Pëllumbi i egër i shkëmbit
Greek: Περιστέρι (Peristéri), αγριοπεριστέρι (agrioperistéri)
Bengali: জালালি কবুতর (Jālāli kabutara), পায়রা (Pāẏarā)
Hindi: मद पुर (Mada pura)
Marathi: कबुतर (Kabutara)
Punjabi: جنگلی کبوتر / ਜੰਗਲੀ ਕਬੂਤਰ (Jagalī kabūtara)
Nepali: जंगली परेवा (Jaṅgalī parēvā)
Farsi: کبوتر چاهی (kabütar chahi)
Kurdish: Kewê hêşin
Ossetic: Бæлон
Romani čhib: Baresko-golumbo
Bulgarian: Скален гълъб
Russian: Сизый голубь (Sizyy golub')
Belarusian (Taraškievica): Шызы голуб
Belarusian (Normal): Шызы голуб
Ukrainian: Сизий голуб
Polski: Гољӑб скалнў (Gołąb skalny)
Slovak: Holub skalný
Slovenian: Skalni golob
Serbian/Croatian: Голуб пећинар (Golub pećinar)
Czech: Holub skalní
Bosnian: Golub pećinar
Lower Sorbian: Źiwy gołub
Upper Sorbian: Dźiwi hołb
Macedonian: Див гулаб
Lithuanian: Uolinis karvelis
Samogitian: Balondis
Latvian: Klinšu balodis
Breton: Dube
Cymraeg: Colomen y Graig
Cornish: Colom carrek
Manx Gaelic: Calmane creggey
Gaeilge: Colm aille
Gàidhlig: Calman Creige
Latin: Columba
Română: Porumbel de stâncă
Sardinian: Columbu agreste
Italian: Piccione selvatico
Corsian: Pitricaghjolu
Emiliàn e rumagnòl: Pizån
Venetian: Colonp
Friulian: Colomp salvadi
Piemontèis: Colomb sarva
Lombard: Piviun
Sicilian: Palumma
Normand: Pigeon d'falaise
Rumantsch: Columba selvadia
Occitan: Colomb
Catalan: Colom roquer
French: Pigeon biset
Spanish: Paloma bravía
Asturian: Palomba
Aragonese: Palomo roquero
Galician: Pomba das rochas
Português: Pombo-das-rochas
Kreyòl Ayisyen: Pijon
Esperanto: Rokkolombo
Luxembourgish: Felddauf
Limburgish: Wèl douf
Nedersaksies/Low Saxon: Stadsduve
Deutsch: Felsentaube
Nederlands: Rotsduif
Afrikaans: Wilde Posduif
Zeelandic: Stadsduuve
Frysk: Stedsdo
Ænglisc: Wildu culfre
English: Rock dove, rock pigeon, or common pigeon
Scots: Doo
Dansk: Klippedue
Svenska: Klippd Uva
Føroyskt: Bládúgva
Norsk: Klippedue
Norsk nynorsk: Klippedue
Icelandic: Bjargdúfa
Avañe'ẽ: Pykasu óga
Runa Simi: Qaqa paluma
Sesotho: Leeba-la-sekhooa
Kiswahili: Njiwa-mjini
Hirawhassan Spanish: Parea
Hirawhassan French: Parea
Dairkian: Parea
Corachan: Parea
Dinojerullese: Parea
Thirenhan: Parea
Dermochlorian: Parea
Froyadghan: Parea
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