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  1. New Zealand Kaka

    New Zealand Kaka

    Heavily cropped.
    • peterday
    • Media item
    • nestor meridionalis new zealand new zealand kaka ulva island off stewart island
    • Comments: 16
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  2. Stitchbird

    Stitchbird

    Endemic and endangered. The only wild population is on this island. Apparently named after their call.
    • peterday
    • Media item
    • new zealand notiomystis cincta stitchbird tiritiri matangi island
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  3. Salvin's Albatross

    Salvin's Albatross

    • peterday
    • Media item
    • hauraki gulf off north island new zealand salvin's albatross thalassarche salvini
    • Comments: 13
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  4. Buller's Shearwater,

    Buller's Shearwater,

    Excellent pelagic trip from Marsden Cove Marina, North Island.
    • peterday
    • Media item
    • ardenna bulleri hauraki gulf off north island new zealand
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  5. Weka

    Weka

    • peterday
    • Media item
    • gallirallus australis new zealand ulva island off stewart island weka
    • Comments: 13
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  6. New Zealand Pigeon

    New Zealand Pigeon

    Another endemic.
    • peterday
    • Media item
    • hemiphaga novaeseelandiae novaeseelandiae new zealand new zealand pigeon tiritiri matangi island
    • Comments: 13
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  7. Wrybill

    Wrybill

    Endemic. The bill curves to the right - unique in the world.
    • peterday
    • Media item
    • anarhynchus frontalis miranda new zealand wrybill
    • Comments: 12
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  8. North Island Kokako

    North Island Kokako

    Another endangered species (the South Island Kokako is extinct). The females are vulnerable to predators during a 50 day nesting period, hence there is a shortage of females. Very difficult to photograph, I never got a clear view of the whole bird.
    • peterday
    • Media item
    • callaeus wilsoni new zealand north island kokako tiritiri matangi island
    • Comments: 14
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  9. Blue Duck

    Blue Duck

    Endemic and endangered - less than 2500 individuals left. The bill has a fleshy lobe on the undersurface which enables them to scrape invertebrates from rocks without damaging the bill.
    • peterday
    • Media item
    • blue duck hymenolaimus malacorhynchos new zealand north island turangi
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  10. Kea

    Kea

    • peterday
    • Media item
    • arthur's pass kea nestor notabilis new zealand
    • Comments: 13
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  11. New Zealand Falcon

    New Zealand Falcon

    • peterday
    • Media item
    • falco novaeseelandiae new zealand new zealand falcon palmerston north
    • Comments: 12
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  12. Tui

    Tui

    Virtually the first bird we saw on our arrival at the hotel - one of New Zealand's endemics. There are two white tufts of feathers at the throat.
    • peterday
    • Media item
    • auckland new zealand prosthemadera novaeseelandiae tui
    • Comments: 15
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  13. Erect-crested Penguin 2.jpeg

    Erect-crested Penguin 2.jpeg

    Erect-crested Penguin showing parallel head-plumes
    • Jeff Hopkins
    • Media item
    • canon power shot sx-70 erect-crested new zealand pengiun
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  14. Erect-crested Penguin 1.jpeg

    Erect-crested Penguin 1.jpeg

    Erect-crested Penguin
    • Jeff Hopkins
    • Media item
    • canon power shot sx-70 erect-crested new zealand penguin
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  15. NZ Kaka

    NZ Kaka

    This curious bird landed on the deck of our rented apartment. It was obviously used to being fed by humans and we had numerous Kakas visit our deck during the time we vacationed there back in 2014.
    • Joe H
    • Media item
    • nestor meridionalis new zealand new zealand kaka
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  16. White-fronted Tern

    White-fronted Tern

    after a big storm
    • craigwilson
    • Media item
    • new zealand sterna striata white-fronted tern
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  17. South Island Tomtit

    South Island Tomtit

    Likes low-light conditions
    • craigwilson
    • Media item
    • new zealand petroica macrocephala tomtit
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  18. grey warbler - riroriro

    grey warbler - riroriro

    Grey warblers are often heard more than they are seen. One of the smallest birds found in New Zealand.
    • craigwilson
    • Media item
    • gerygone igata grey gerygone new zealand
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  19. Australasian Gannet

    Australasian Gannet

    On twice daily rounds on the bay.
    • craigwilson
    • Media item
    • australian gannet morus serrator new zealand
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  20. Tui

    Tui

    Having a wee scrap
    • Raikyn
    • Media item
    • new zealand prosthemadera novaeseelandiae tui
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  21. kokako

    kokako

    Juvenile kokako feeding
    • Raikyn
    • Media item
    • callaeas wilsoni kokako new zealand north island kokako
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  22. our local black-backed gull

    our local black-backed gull

    cruising the bay
    • craigwilson
    • Media item
    • flight kelp gull larus dominicanus new zealand
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  23. Puffinus gavia

    Puffinus gavia

    lagging behind the flock
    • craigwilson
    • Media item
    • fluttering shearwater new zealand puffinus gavia
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  24. Fluttering past

    Fluttering past

    Fluttering Shearwater
    • craigwilson
    • Media item
    • flight fluttering shearwater new zealand puffinus gavia
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  25. Tui

    Tui

    Lucky flight shot
    • Raikyn
    • Media item
    • new zealand prosthemadera novaeseelandiae tui
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
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