Photo by southislandkokako.orgA bird that's supposed to be extinct has reportedly been spotted in Golden Bay near the top of the South Island. The bird flew onto a branch, hopped along a couple of branches, then flew away. It's thought to have been a South Island kōkako, known as "the grey ghost". The South Island kōkako was classified as extinct by the Department of Conservation in 2007. The last accepted sighting of the orange-wattled kōkako - a separate species from the endangered blue-wattled North Island kōkako - was in Mount Aspiring National Park in 1967.

Source: Otago Daily Times November 10, 2018 04:52 UTC