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Karure black robin wins 2026 Bird of the Year!
After a closely contested election with more New Zealanders than ever getting behind bird of the year, a little battler from Rēkohu Chatham Islands has won the 2026 Bird of the Year.
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Black Robin Was Down to Five Birds. Now It’s New Zealand's Bird of the Year
This adorable species fought back against all odds.
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The black robin, once 1 Best Exclusive Bird
The black robin, once down to just a single breeding pair, wins NZ bird of the year in an exclusive conservation milestone for United States readers.
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Black Robin Was Down to Five Birds. Now It's New Zealand's Bird of the Year
A bird that was once reduced to just five individuals has won New Zealand’s 2026 Bird of the Year. The karure, or Chatham Islands black robin, took the title with 25,610 votes, as 105,000 people participated in the annual wildlife popularity contest. That victory is all the more remarkable because the black robin was once one of the world’s rarest birds. By 1980, only five were left on Earth, including just one fertile female. Today, around 350 adults survive on two predator-free islands. However, black robin is still classified as Nationally Critical. While its recovery is indeed a great conservation success story, it has also exposed a new problem. The two islands that saved the bird soon may not have enough room and resources for the population to keep growing. “Karure are critically threatened, with just 350 birds, and there’s a lot of mahi (Māori word meaning work) to do to make sure their population can continue to grow,” Chatham Islands Landscape Restoration Trust, the organization which ran campaigns to save the bird, said in a Facebook post. Five birds started an extraordinary recovery The black robin lives only on the remote Chatham Islands, about 800 km east of New...
