The research was conducted in Galela and North Galela, North Halmahera. The aims of this research were to know 1) the existence of Momoa bird and form of local wisdom to protect its existence; and 2) how the society protects the Momoa bird as a conservation effort. The respondents were divided into 3 groups as follows: the location owners, the egg`s diggers and the local community. The owner`s location and the egg diggers determined by the snow ball method, meanwhile for the local community using simple random method. Local wisdom information was collected by focus group discuss method and other data were collected by structured interviews using questionnaires. The results showed that local wisdom for Momoa bird protection has been known since 1910, but is disappeared. The results showed that 67.69% of the respondents did not know that the Momoa bird is endangered animal; even 73.86% of the respondents did not know that there was local wisdom to protect the Momoa bird; and there are 80% of respondents initiated to support if local wisdom is rearranged to protect the Momoa bird. Meanwhile, the egg`s diggers and village leadership apparatus should be involved in local wisdom arrangement of preservation of the Momoa bird.