Whēkau

Sceloglaux albifacies

The laughing owl, also known as whēkau, the laughing jackass, or the white-faced owl, is an extinct species of owl that was endemic to New Zealand. Plentiful when European settlers arrived in New Zealand, its scientific description was published in 1845, but it was largely or completely extinct by 1914. The species was traditionally considered to belong to the monotypic genus Sceloglaux Kaup, 1848, although recent genetic studies indicate that it belongs with the boobook owls in the genus Ninox.

Ko te Whēkau he manu kua ngaro i te mata o te whenua, he manu ngahere nō Aotearoa. He momo ruru tēnei manu, engari he mā te mata, he rahi atu te tinana i tō te ruru. Ko te ingoa pūtaiao ko Sceloglaux albifacies. Ko te ingoa reo Pākehā ko te Laughing owl.

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