kagu
n.
large flightless crested bird with a gray body and black and white wings (native to New Caledonia)
KAGU
Kagu
The Kagu or Cagou (Rhynochetos jubatus) is a long-legged blue-greyish
bird, the only member of the family Rhynochetidae. A second, larger species of the
genus Rhynochetos, the Lowland Kagu Rhynochetos orarius, has been described from
Holocene subfossil remains. The Kagu is found only in the dense mountain forests of
New Caledonia. It is almost flightless, and builds a ground nest of sticks, laying a single egg. It has proved vulnerable to introduced
rats and
cats, and is threatened with extinction. The remote
habitat and rarity of this species mean that little is known of its habits.
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Kagu
(n.)
A singular, crested, grallatorial bird (Rhinochetos jubatus), native of New Caledonia. It is gray above, paler beneath, and the feathers of the wings and tail are handsomely barred with brown, black, and gray. It is allied to the sun bittern.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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