Ruru

Ruru
Conservation status
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Mātāmuatanga:	Animalia
Pori:	Chordata
Pūtoi:	Aves
Pūtoi:	Strigiformes
Whānau:	Strigidae
Puninga:	Ninox
Momo:	N. novaeseelandiae
Binomial name
Ninox novaeseelandiae (Gmelin, 1788)

He manu ngahere te Ruru nō Aotearoa. He manu rere ahiahi; ko tāna tangi, he koukou. Ko te āhua o ngā huruhuru, he hāura, he kōtiwhatiwha. He mana kai pūrerehua tēnei. Ko te ingoa pūtaiao ko Ninox novaeseelandiae. Ko te ingoa reo Pākehā ko te Morepork.

Tirohia hoki

• Whēkau

Tohutoro

• Robertson, C J R. (Etita), 1985. Reader's Digest Complete Book of New Zealand Birds. Poihākena: Reader's Digest.