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After an exciting two weeks of campaigning that was filled with all kinds of highs and lows, the winged creature that Last Week Tonight With John Oliver was endorsing for New Zealand’s Bird of ...
New Zealand’s annual “Bird of the Year” contest is underway, and there’s been a surge in votes for one bird in particular — thanks to “Last Week Tonight” host John Oliver.
Oliver announced his campaign for the strange bird in the New Zealand Bird of the Century contest during Nov. 5 episode of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver on HBO.
birdoftheyear.org.nz. Bird of the Year (Māori: Te Manu Rongonui o te Tau) is an annual election-based competition run by New Zealand conservation organisation Forest & Bird to elect a New Zealand native "Bird of the Year". The competition is intended to raise awareness of the conservation threats to many endangered native birds.
In 2023, the New Zealand conservation group Forest & Bird ran its annual Bird of the Year vote, renamed to the Bird of the Century vote to coincide with the 100-year celebration of Forest and Bird. [127] John Oliver ran an extensive campaign for the pūteketeke during which he dressed up as the bird in his interview with Jimmy Fallon on his show.
Order: Accipitriformes Family: Accipitridae. Accipitridae is a family of birds of prey and includes the osprey, hawks, eagles, kites, harriers and Old World vultures. These birds have very large powerful hooked beaks for tearing flesh from their prey, strong legs, powerful talons and keen eyesight. Species.
On Sunday’s Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, after taking some time out of the end to break down New Zealand’s upcoming Bird of the Century competition, the host took things one step ...
Binomial name. Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae. (Gmelin, JF, 1788) The tūī (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae) is a medium-sized bird native to New Zealand. It is blue, green, and bronze coloured with a distinctive white throat tuft (poi). It is an endemic passerine bird of New Zealand, and the only species in the genus Prosthemadera.