Kārearea Falcon high -speed 2025 awards win

The New Zealand Falcon was crowned the winner of the annual bird competition in the country, with 21 % of good voices.

The high -speed hunter, which passes the name Māori The Kārearea, is able to reach 200 km/h in diving, making them a widening in hunting in the dense New Zealand forests. It is also at risk, leaving only 5,000 to 8,000 of them.

This year coincides with the twentieth anniversary of the race that has been severely tested, which seeks to raise awareness of the numerous local species that are in danger.

Each of the 73 birds in running this year had a voluntary campaign manager, who sought to beat the voters in Miem, the rollers and posters drawn by hand.

“Behinds and Chaos are a dangerous message. The best 10 Manu match this year statistics – 80 % of them in trouble,” says Nicolas Toki, CEO of the Forest Preservation Group, which organized the survey.

Ms. Toki added that two contestants this year, KākāPō and Karure Black Robin, “embarrassed at the national level”, and each of them is less than 300 birds.

“The destruction of habitats, climate change and predatory animals offered continues to push many species towards extinction. But public awareness can be strong,” she said.

This year’s competition witnessed a record number of more than 75,000 voters.

As part of the election campaign, birds were also able to participate in a discussion in the elections, as the campaigns managers made them argument due to the public vote in their favor.

In addition to getting the annual title, Kārearea will become the subject of the song “Māori Language” that will be released to the public.

The following sounds went to Kea, which got 1,2506 votes; And Kakaruia or Black Robin, which followed 11,726 votes. Robin Black approached the victory last year, but it was It was beaten by the shy yellow penguin called Hoiho.

Also in running was KākāPō, the world parrot in the world Who won the year twice It had to be removed from the competition in 2022 to give other birds a chance to win.

Other birds that performed well in this year’s competition were not before Takahē, which were believed to have become extinct before returning from the edge of the abyss, and Theigatic Ruru or MorePORK – a type of small owl.

In addition to voting for their favorite birds, nature lovers managed to participate this year in a version of the famous Word Word game on the Internet – of course, Birdle.

The competition has gained international attention in recent years, yet A controversial campaign for comedian John Oliver To get the endangered Pūteketeteke to win.

This included wearing his clothes as a bird in his dialogue program and setting up advertising paintings in countries including New Zealand, Japan, France and the United Kingdom.

There were also allegations in the past of voters’ fraud and foreign intervention, as well as anger at each other when The winning bats were crowned in 2021.

More than 70 species of birds of contestants this year, and ranged in the state of “Does OKing” to “in a serious problem” due to a number of factors including predators and habitat loss.

New Zealand is not the only country to hold a competition to celebrate its local life. Australia maintains its own bird competition, which will continue until October.