tapukōrako
1. (noun) bird with white feathers, white swamp harrier - the plummage of a kāhu fade as the bird ages and some older adult males becomes pale grey.
Te ritenga o te tapukōrako, he kāhu. E rua hoki ngā kāhu, kotahi mea whero, kotahi kāhu mā. Anā, ko te kāhu mā te kōrako. Koia i whakataukītia ai te kiri mā, 'me tapukōrako te kiri o mea' (Biggs 1997:119). / A tapukōrako is a hawk. There are two hawks, one is reddish and the other is white. The white hawk is the kōrako. Thus it is said of a white skin, 'So-and-so's skin is like that of the sacred white hawk.'
See also kōrako
