Ruru

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.

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)

Tirohia hoki

• Whēkau

Tohutoro

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