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  1. Pied Shag

    Pied Shag

    81 cm., 2 kg, black above, face from above eye and all underparts white except for black thighs, long grey bill, eye-ring blue, feet black. Distinctively coloured, large black and white coloured seabird. Pied shags have a large and distinctive hooked beak. Breeds throughout New Zealand with...
    • Layzeboy
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    • canterbury coast new zealand phalacrocorax varius pied shag
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  2. Pied Shag Juvenile

    Pied Shag Juvenile

    81 cm., 2 kg, black above, face from above eye and all underparts white except for black thighs, long grey bill, eye-ring blue, feet black. Distinctively coloured, large black and white coloured seabird. Pied shags have a large and distinctive hooked beak. Breeds throughout New Zealand with...
    • Layzeboy
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    • canterbury coast new zealand phalacrocorax varius pied shag
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  3. Rifleman

    Rifleman

    This endemic is the smallest bird in NZ. This bird was using the nest box provided in a small wooded area near Kaikoura, part of field study by the University of Canterbury.
    • Ian_M
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    • new zealand rifleman
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  4. Tui

    Tui

    A common Honeyeater in NZ. They have an incredible vocal range. This one seen feeding on Flax, a favourite source of nectar.
    • Ian_M
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    • new zealand tui
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  5. Saddleback

    Saddleback

    Disappeared from mainland due to rat predation. A small population now breeding well on Tiri Tiri Matangi Island, a specially protected rat free island.
    • Ian_M
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    • new zealand saddleback
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  6. New Zealand Pipit

    New Zealand Pipit

    Distributed widely throughout New Zealand.
    • Ian_M
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    • anthus novaeseelandiae new zealand pipit te mata point near napier
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  7. Whitehead

    Whitehead

    Endemic to North Island of New Zealand.
    • Ian_M
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    • new zealand whitehead
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  8. Little Shag [Maori name: Kawaupaka]

    Little Shag [Maori name: Kawaupaka]

    The little shag is easily distinguished by its smaller size. Numbers have increased dramatically in recent years. A freshwater and coastal species, but rarely seen offshore. Found throughout New Zealand, Australia and Indonesia. The smallest shag [56 cm., 700 g] found in New Zealand. Plumages...
    • Layzeboy
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    • canterbury coast little shag new zealand phalacrocorax melanoleucos
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  9. New Zealand Scaup

    New Zealand Scaup

    Endemic, also called the Black Teal. the only ture diving duck in NZ.
    • Ian_M
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    • aythya novaeseelandiae ked new zealand new zealand scaup
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  10. Fantail

    Fantail

    The New Zealand form, this is an immature bird.
    • Ian_M
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    • fantail new zealand okarito rhipidura fuliginosa south island
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  11. New Zealand Brown Creeper

    New Zealand Brown Creeper

    An endemic found only on the South Island.
    • Ian_M
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    • new zealand pipipi
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  12. New Zealand Grey Warbler

    New Zealand Grey Warbler

    An endemic Warbler
    • Ian_M
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    • gerygone igata grey gerygone new zealand
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  13. New Zealand Banded Dotterel

    New Zealand Banded Dotterel

    Male in full breeding plumage
    • Ian_M
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    • charadrius bicinctus double-banded plover new zealand
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  14. Northern Giant Petrel (etc.)

    Northern Giant Petrel (etc.)

    • Ornitho26
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    • 1kf kaikoura macronectes halli new zealand nikon d70 + sigma 80-400 os
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  15. South Island robin

    South Island robin

    Very friendly litle bird. A great favourite with trampers. Often on the ground.
    • janesmith
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    • new zealand toutouwai
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  16. New Zealand Pipit

    New Zealand Pipit

    Often mistaken for the introduced Skylark but has longer tail and no crest on head. Nests in cup shaped nest on the ground, tends to avoid open grassland for rougher country, prefers to walk and run like Skylark but sings from perch not in sky. Insectivorous. Always moving, best i could do out...
    • Roy191
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    • anthus novaeseelandiae new zealand pipit sunset beach
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  17. New Zealand Pigeon

    New Zealand Pigeon

    Another photo of the large NZ Pigeon, showing it's long tail.
    • HelenB
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    • hemiphaga novaeseelandiae kapiti island new zealand off n. is.
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  18. New Zealand Pigeon

    New Zealand Pigeon

    This large pigeon is a common endemic in New Zealand. We photographed this one on our trip to the Kapiti Island Nature Sanctuary, near Wellington, NI, NZ.
    • HelenB
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    • hemiphaga novaeseelandiae kapitit island new zealand new zealand pigeon kereru
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  19. Fernbird

    Fernbird

    At Stewart I, New Zealand on december 2001
    • Aleix Comas
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    • megalurus punctatus new zealand poodytes punctatus stewartianus stewart i
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
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