About the Native NZ Birds
Perhaps more than any country in the world, New Zealand was once a land of birds. From millions of years of isolation in the vast expanse of the pacific, the wildlife of New Zealand remained free from mammalian predators until the arrival of humans in just the past few hundred years. With no ground-based predators to evade, many species of birds became ground-nesting or even flightless - some became gigantic, free from flight-based weight restrictions.
Information on this page thanks to www.nzbirdsonline.org.nz and www.doc.govt.nz.
Information on this page thanks to www.nzbirdsonline.org.nz and www.doc.govt.nz.
Bellbird - Korimako
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Kereru
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White Heron - Kotuku
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Huia
Artists' impression of a female huia. April 2016. John and Melody Anderson, Wayfarer International Ltd | www.wayfarerimages.co.nz
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Falcon - Karearea
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Fantail - Piwakawaka
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Kiwi
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Kokako
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Morepork Owl - Ruru
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Red Admiral Butterfly - Kahukura
Not a bird, but beautiful none the less.
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Rifleman - Titipounamu
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Saddleback - Tieke
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Tui
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