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Southern Brown Kiwi
Stewart Island
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Photographed by flashlight as the bird fed upon amphipods on a beach.
Little Spotted Kiwi
Kapiti Island. Photographed at night by flashlight.
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Buller's Albatross
Kaikoura, South Island
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Northern Royal Albatross
Taiaroa Head, South Island
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Northern Royal Albatross, adult with chick
Taiaroa Head, South Island
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Wandering Albatross
Kaikoura, South Island
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Northern Giant Petrel
Kaikoura, South Island
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Northern Giant Petrel
Kaikoura, South Island
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Cape Petrel
Kaikoura, South Island
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Yellow-eyed Penguin
Nugget Point, South Island.
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Yellow-eyed Penguin
Nugget Point, South Island.
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Little Pied Cormorant
Near Strakas Lakes, Wiwera, North Island
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Spotted Shag
Queen Charlotte Sound
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Blue Duck
This rare and endangered endemic of New Zealand lives on fast-flowing mountain streams. Tongariro River, Turangi, North Island.
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Blue Duck
This rare and endangered endemic of New Zealand lives on fast-flowing mountain streams. Tongariro River, Turangi, North Island.
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Weka
Arthur's Pass, South Island. This native flightless rail is found on both the North and South Islands, but is much more common on the South Island. It is quite large, at 53 cm in length and about 1 kg in weight for males.
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Takahe
Tiritiri Matangi Island. The Takahe is a large flightless member of the rail family weighing up to 3 kg. Mainly vegetarian, these birds once grazed by the thousands in New Zealand grasslands. Thought to have become extinct in 1898, a few were re-discovered in the Murchison Mountains, South Island in 1948. A captive breeding program and translocation of some birds to predator-free islands has brought the population to about 263 birds as of 2013 .
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Takahe, juvenile with adult
Tiritiri Matangi Island.
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Takahe, juvenile
Tiritiri Matangi Island.
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Variable Oystercatcher in aggressive pose
Stewart Island
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South Island Oystercatcher
Stewart Island
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South Island Oystercatcher
Stewart Island
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South Island Oystercatcher
Stewart Island
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Red-billed Gull
North Island
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New Zealand Pigeon
Kapiti Island
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New Zealand Pigeon
Kapiti Island
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Kea, adult
The Kea is a large parrot which lives mainly in the alpine zone of the South Island. Arthur's Pass, South Island.
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Keas, juveniles
The Kea is a large (1 kg for males) parrot which lives mainly in the alpine zone of the South Island. Keas are bold and noisy birds; the yellow cere and eye-ring of these two birds indicate they are juveniles. Arthur's Pass, South Island.
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New Zealand Kaka
Stewart Island
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New Zealand Kaka
Stewart Island
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Yellow-fronted Parakeet
Motuara Island, Queen Charlotte Sound
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Red-fronted Parakeet
Kapiti Island
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Southern Boobook
Birders' Rest B&B, Kerikeri, North Island
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Kokako
Tiritiri Matangi Island.
One of only two remaining members of the Wattlebird family, Callaeidae.
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Saddleback, South Island subspecies
Motuara Island
Together with the Kokako, one of only two surviving members of the Wattlebird family, Callaeidae,
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Saddleback, South Island subspecies
Motuara Island
One of only two surviving members of the Wattlebird family, Callaeidae, together with the Kokako
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Stitchbird, female.
Tiritiri Matangi Island. Once classified as a honeyeater, recent studies show that it belongs in a distinct family. It is thus the only member of the family Notiomystidae.
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Stitchbird, male looking somewhat unkempt after bathing
Tiritiri Matangi Island. Once classified as a honeyeater, recent studies show that it belongs in a distinct family. It is thus the only member of the family Notiomystidae.
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New Zealand Robin
Arthur's Pass, South Island
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New Zealand Bellbird
Tiritiri Matangi Island
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Fernbird
Okarito, South Island.
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Fernbird
Okarito, South Island.
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