A bird that was once reduced to just five individuals has won New Zealand’s 2026 Bird of the Year. The karure, or Chatham ...

Known as the karure, or Chatham Island black robin, the bird won more than 25,000 votes in this year’s competition, finishing ahead of the kākāpō and the kārearea, or New Zealand falcon.

New Zealand's black robin has won Bird of the Year 2026. Once down to just five birds, the species now has around 350 adults after a remarkable conservation effort.

New Zealand’s annual Bird of the Year competition honored the black robin in 2026 as part of its effort to raise awareness about native New Zealand wildlife ...

The robin is regularly crowned the UK's favourite bird. With its inquisitive nature and unmistakable red breast, it's a familiar and welcome sight on garden fences and along country paths. But how ...

Chatham Island black robin (Petroica traversi). Photo: Nutan Parag. CC BY-SA 4.0. Count them: five. That was the entire global population of the Chatham Island black robin in 1980 — five birds, among ...

Only five black robins remained in 1980. Four decades later, the critically endangered New Zealand bird has won Bird of the Year 2026 after a remarkable conservation recovery.

New Zealand's critically endangered black robin, known as the “karure”, has been named the country's 2026 Bird of the Year after securing more than 25,000 votes in a record-breaking public contest.The ...

The Chatham Islands black robin, which numbered just five in 1980, won New Zealand’s Bird of the Year as a record 105,000 people voted.

Despite only 350 remaining, the bird received 26,000 votes, with a record one in every 50 New Zealanders taking part in this year’s competition.View on euronews ...

Fondly known as the ‘goth’ of New Zealand’s bird world, the black robin now has a population of 350 adults thanks to a pioneering breeding programme ...