We researched and wrote informative reports about this special little blue duck that only lives in New Zealand and is even more endangered than our kiwi. In fact as you will read from the kids reports there are less than 3000 left. They only live in fast flowing clean rivers and are pretty amazing little birds. You can see a whio on the $10 note.
This week we will be sharing our thoughts and learning on the whio at assembly. We have also learnt a cute little whio song, so come a long and hear it.
Here are a few of our whio reports to wet your appetites. If you want to hear more, come to Thursdays assembly at 9.00am.
Whio
The whio is a member of the goose and duck family.
Whios lay eggs and it becomes a duckling inside the egg and
hatches out after 35 days into a whio.
They live in fast flowing rivers and fresh water.
Whios have yellow eyes.
They are blue and are camoflagued in the rivers and on the rocks.
They have a rubbery lip on the end of their beak that they use
to eat larvae off the rocks.
Predators to the whio are stoats, weasles, dogs, cats, people
and the weka.
They are endangered and only live in New Zealand.
Javier
Whio
The whio is a member of the goose and duck family.
They are a blue duck and are only found in New Zealand in
clean fast flowing rivers, not like the Tukituki river.
Whios eat insects and larvae which they scrape off the rocks
in the river. The whio is not like any other duck. They have a rubber bit at the end of their
beak and have big webbed feet.
Weka, cats and dogs could be bad animals for a whio. Stoats, ferrets and feral cats have been
known to eat whio eggs as have falcon, harriers and other birds.
Whio are endangered.
There are only 300 left.
Riley
Whio
Whios are a kind of duck and are a member of the swan and
goose family. They have webbed feet and
they are mostly coloured in blue. They
are lovely living creatures. They have a
yellow rubbery beak and they are also coloured in black and brown. Whio ducklings are grey and white.
Whios eat larvae, insects, caddis fly, stone fly and may fly.
Whios habitat is healthy streams and rivers. They also live near stony shores. When male whios call they shout out “whio”.
Whios number one predator is stoats. There other predators are rats, weasels and
also the weather. Domestic dogs, feral
cats and ferrets. Whios other predators
is possums and other animals.
Whios are endangered and only live in New Zealand. Maddy K
Whio
The whio is a member of the duck and goose family.
Whio eat worms, grubs, weta, cockroaches, spiders and other
bugs.
They live in fast flowing rivers and only in New Zealand.
Whios have big webbed feet.
Whios are black, red, brown but mostly blue. Whios have yellow eyes and they have lips on
the end of their bill that are like the baleen in whales.
Whios predators are weather, moult, people, stoats, ferrets
and feral cats.
They are more endangered than kiwis so we need to look after
them.
Rex
Whio
The whio is a member of the goose and duck family.
Whios are black, red and brown but mostly blue.
A whio starts life as an egg.
It becomes a duckling after 35 days.
Whio are one of only four duck species in the world that live
all year round in fast flowing rivers.
This blue duck with its amazing rubber bit at the end of their beak can
pick fish eggs off rocks even when they are stuck tight. They eat all sorts of
bugs.
Predators to the whio are mostly stoats, cats, dogs and the
weather.
Sadly there are only 3000 left. You can see a whio on the $10 note. They only live in New Zealand.
Sam
