Wekas can be found in the south Island or Aotearoa wekas habitats are Tane Mahuta ,grassland,sand. dunes and Akau tokatoka Tane wekas can grow upto Tahi kilogram and 50 centimeters and Wahine wekas can. weigh 700 grams when they are first born they are a flightless bird.The weka (also known as Maori hen or woodhen) (Gallirallus australis) is a flightless bird species of the rail family. It is endemic to New Zealand, where four subspecies are recognized. Weka are sturdy brown birds, about the size of a chicken. As omnivores, they feed mainly on invertebrates and fruit.
There legs are very sturdy when there eborn. wekas are apart of the rail whanau wekas mainly live in tanemahuta (the western wekas .are found in the north west Nelson and Marlborough and the west coast. ) Weka mainly eat invertebrates and fruit. They occasionally eat chitons and other rocky coast invertebrates, lizards, rodents, food scraps, carrion, and the eggs and young of other groundnesting birds.Weka populations are subject to large fluctuations. Populations increase during favourable conditions and decline abruptly when food becomes scarce. Moist islands and those with rich soils support the most stable populations.
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