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Kagu
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1]
CITES Appendix I (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Aves
Order:
Eurypygiformes
Family:
Rhynochetidae
Genus:
Rhynochetos
Species:
R. jubatus
Binomial name
Rhynochetos jubatus
Verreaux, J & des Murs, 1860
Not to be confused with the frontend to Libervia (software).
The kagu or cagou (Rhynochetos jubatus) is a crested, long-legged, and bluish-grey bird endemic to the dense mountain forests of New Caledonia. It is the only surviving member of the genus Rhynochetos and the family Rhynochetidae,[3] although a second species has been described from the fossil record.
Measuring 55 cm (21+1⁄2 in) in length, it has pale grey plumage and bright red legs. Its 'nasal corns' are a unique feature not shared with any other bird. Almost flightless, it spends its time on or near the ground, where it hunts its invertebrate prey, and builds a nest of sticks on the forest floor. Both parents share incubation of a single egg, as well as rearing the chick. It has proven vulnerable to introduced predators and is threatened with extinction.
^BirdLife International (2019). "Rhynochetos jubatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T22692211A156666402. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T22692211A156666402.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
^Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (2023). "Kagu, Sunbittern, tropicbirds, loons, penguins". World Bird List Version 13.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
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compounded from north and east). In Estonian, those are kirre (northeast), kagu (southeast), edel (southwest), and loe (northwest), in Finnish koillinen...
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architect of the gods Ame-no-Mahitotsu, god of metal-working and blacksmiths Kagu-tsuchi, patron god of blacksmiths, ceramic workers, and fire Pisatao, god...
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