Two #PenguinParty members in the #BOTYNZ2025 top 10. Not bad. Not bad...
The top 10
Kārearea New Zealand falcon (14,317)
Kea (12,506)
Karure black robin (11,726)
Kākāpō (10,792)
Ruru morepork (10,174)
Tawaki pika toka eastern rockhopper penguin (10,030)
Pīwakawaka fantail (9,915)
Takahē (9,828)
Hihi stitchbird (8,885)
Hoiho yellow-eyed penguin (8,665)
https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360837635/high-speed-hunter-takes-out-coveted-bird-year-title
Oh yeah! #PenguinParty! #BOTY2024 #BirdOfTheYear2024
The hoiho has been named the 2024 Bird of the Year.
Hoiho surged into first place in the second week of the competition, finishing with 6,328 votes, after initially trailing the karure Chatham Island black robin, organisers said. The karure came in second and the kākāpō third.
Eastern rockhopper penguin 1
Yellow-eyed penguin 2
Little penguin 3
Adélie penguin 4
Fiordland crested penguin 5
#PenguinParty #TeamRockHopper
#BOTY #Rockhopper4BOTY #BOTY2024
https://www.birdoftheyear.org.nz/
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