kagu (Rhynochetos jubatus) Kagu Rhynochetos jubatus on a path in the Parc de la rivière bleue, New Caledonia.
Date 8 March 2009, 12:39
Source Parc de la rivière bleue - Cagou
Author Mickaël T. http://www.flickr.com/people/31712587@N04
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rhynochetos_jubatus_Parc_de_la_rivi%C3%A8re_bleue.jpg
The kagu or cagou (Rhynochetos jubatus) is a crested, long-legged, and bluish-grey bird endemic to the dense mountain forests of New Caledonia. Rhynochetos jubatus is the only surviving member of the genus Rhynochetos and the family Rhynochetidae.
Order: Eurypygiformes
Family: Rhynochetidae
Genus: Rhynochetos
Species: Rhynochetos jubatus Verreaux & DesMurs, 1860