Koriniako.—Genus Melliphagus. The bell-bird, one of the sweetest songsters.
Kotare.—Halcyon vagrans. The king-fisher.
Kotuku.—Ardea flavirostris. A large white crane.
Koukou.—A small nocturnal owl, the "morepork" of the colonists.
Kuruengo.—The shoveller, a duck of Lake Taupo.
Mata.—A swamp-sparrow, a small brown bird with long tail feathers.
Matuku.—Botaurus melanotus. A bittern.
Mirmiro.—Miro albifrons. A small, graceful bird.
Moa.—Fam. Struthionidæ. (See Wingless Birds.)
Moakeroa.—A black bird with red bill and feet.