What is Kagu?

Kagu is a type of bird that is unique to New Caledonia, an island group in the Pacific Ocean. Basically without flight without flight lives in forests and areas filled with bushes. It is the only bird in the family Rhynochetidae that still exists, and despite the effort to protect it remains endangered. The bird reveals another interesting function while dancing to attract a friend. With the wings it spread during the courtship, its feathers show black, white and rusty colored spot. It has the ability to slide close to the ground and uses this skill to escape from danger. One exclusive kag attribute is its nasal covers, sometimes referred to as nasal corn, which are not found in any other bird species.

Kagu is a carnivore and consumes a wide range of small animals and insects. Most of its nutrition comes from objects found in the soil and remains of forest floor, including errors and assortment of snails, lizards and worms. Birds also occasionally hunt in a more traditional way for slightly greater prey, use their relatively large eyes to seek movementu while they are seated above the ground.

Kagu is monogamous, which means he has a single sexual partner. The woman puts a lonely egg in a nest built from sticks on the ground or near the basic way. In the incubation process, both the man and the female are attended, with one parent sitting on the egg for one day before switching. Incubation lasts more than a month.

Maybe partly because of its isolated existence in New Caledonia and perhaps partly because of the introduction of new predators, Kag has become an endangered species. Another factor of threat to the bird is the gradual decline in the physical size of its habitat, which has been reduced over time by the invasive nature of the human industry. In addition, the bird has been hunted for many years. In the past, people appreciated the feathers on the bird's head, also known as the ridge, and often used them as decoration for hats.