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20 answers for: Bird known as the weka, to the Maoris
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WOODHENBird known as the weka, to the Maoris
KOOKABURRAAustralian bird known as the laughing jackass (10)
MAORIHENAnother name for the weka, a flightless New Zealand bird (5,3)
PASSERINEOf or belonging to the largest order of birds, known as the perching birds or songbirds (9)
MAORIMember of a people of the island country where birds including the kea, kiwi and weka are endemic (5
COCKERELBird known as a rooster in the US
ZEALEnthusiasm at the heart of the Maoris' home
THRUSHMistle -; bird known as a stormcock because of its habit of singing in the tops of trees during wind and rain (6)
EIDERSMussel-eating sea birds known as cuddy ducks; the heaviest and fastestflying of the UK's ducks (6)
CYGNETYoung of a bird known as a coborpen (6)
OSPREYBird known as a "river hawk"
ISLEMan among the Maoris left in tatters (4)
SWANBird known as a cob when male or a pen when female (4)
OSPREYSBirds known as fish hawks (7)
KESTRELSBirds known as windhovers (8)
FRINGILLIDAEFamily of birds known as finches
ERNESBirds known as sea eagles (5)
HASTEHolds the Maori's rush (5)
TASTEState the Maori's flavour (5)
MALLARDBird known to the Victorians as a wild duck; or, the name of the world's fastest steam locomotive (7)