Meet the Korimako
The Korimako, or bellbird, is a songbird found only in Aotearoa, and it fills our forests and gardens with some of the most beautiful music in the bird world. Soft olive-green with a darker, purple-sheened head, it has a slender curved bill, a striking red eye and a long, dark tail.
Korimako are honeyeaters. They use a brush-tipped tongue to sip nectar from native flowers like kōwhai, flax and rātā, and they also feed on insects and small fruits. As they move from flower to flower they carry pollen with them, which makes them important pollinators for our native plants. Their song is a rich, liquid chiming that rings through the bush like small bells. When Captain Cook’s crew anchored in the Marlborough Sounds in 1770, they wrote of being woken by a dawn chorus so beautiful it sounded like music. Bellbirds are still found across much of the country and are a much-loved visitor to gardens wherever there are flowering trees.
Handcrafted in Arrowtown by Jack Stobart, each Korimako is individually shaped from white porcelain and carefully glazed in speckled leaf green, with a dark slate head, a glossy tail and bright orange eyes. Layered glazes create subtle speckling and variations in tone, giving every piece its own character.
Each piece has a threaded bolt that can be set into the base, so it can be displayed however suits your space - perched on a post or ledge, or mounted onto an M6 rod pushed into a garden bed or pot plant.
Approx. dimensions 20(h) x 15(w) x 20(d) cm
PLEASE NOTE - This bird is new to our Cheeky Beaks range and we are still hand sculpting the bird so if ordering, please allow 1-2 weeks for us to get them created :)
Meet the Korimako
The Korimako, or bellbird, is a songbird found only in Aotearoa, and it fills our forests and gardens with some of the most beautiful music in the bird world. Soft olive-green with a darker, purple-sheened head, it has a slender curved bill, a striking red eye and a long, dark tail.
Korimako are honeyeaters. They use a brush-tipped tongue to sip nectar from native flowers like kōwhai, flax and rātā, and they also feed on insects and small fruits. As they move from flower to flower they carry pollen with them, which makes them important pollinators for our native plants. Their song is a rich, liquid chiming that rings through the bush like small bells. When Captain Cook’s crew anchored in the Marlborough Sounds in 1770, they wrote of being woken by a dawn chorus so beautiful it sounded like music. Bellbirds are still found across much of the country and are a much-loved visitor to gardens wherever there are flowering trees.
Handcrafted in Arrowtown by Jack Stobart, each Korimako is individually shaped from white porcelain and carefully glazed in speckled leaf green, with a dark slate head, a glossy tail and bright orange eyes. Layered glazes create subtle speckling and variations in tone, giving every piece its own character.
Each piece has a threaded bolt that can be set into the base, so it can be displayed however suits your space - perched on a post or ledge, or mounted onto an M6 rod pushed into a garden bed or pot plant.
Approx. dimensions 20(h) x 15(w) x 20(d) cm
PLEASE NOTE - This bird is new to our Cheeky Beaks range and we are still hand sculpting the bird so if ordering, please allow 1-2 weeks for us to get them created :)