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"A huge congratulations to the pekapeka long-tailed bat for winning Bird of the Year 2021!"
said Forest & Bird, the conservation organisation who ran the competition, in a post online.
"Despite being our only endemic (native) land mammal, most people don't even know they exist, which makes their win even more outstanding."
The Bird of the Year competition is a yearly vote held to raise awareness of New Zealand's wildlife and threatened species.The competition name in Māori - one of the official languages spoken by the people of New Zealand - is: Te Manu Rongonui o te Tau, and the word 'Manu' means 'flying creatures', including bats.
"These bats were added to Forest & Bird's competition to help people get to know them, and their story has flown around the world!"
"These flying furballs are threatened by the same problems as our native birds - predators, habitat loss and climate change.
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