Gallirallus australis australis
Endemic. Extreme Fluctuations. Increasing.
Nobody loves me, everybody hates me, I’m going down the garden to eat woooooorms…
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Phalacrocorax varius varius
Native. Recovering. Expected increase >10%.
The yellow and blue dabs of colour indicate this is a breeding adult
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Limosa lapponica baueri
Native. At Risk. Threatened Overseas.
The godwit does not breed in NZ but shows up each September to gorge itself on our shellfish before disappearing for half the year, a bit like an American billionaire with a holiday home in Queenstown.
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Egretta novaehollandiae novaehollandiae
Native. Not Threatened. Stable Overseas.
Don’t forget your gumboots! oh never mind…
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Todiramphus sanctus vagans
Iridescent feathers on steel-cored aluminium wire. The hunched form seems oddly malevolent, whilst being familiar and striking. The coal-black eyes seem to follow you in a manner reminiscent of the Mona Lisa, a gaze penetratingly deep that warns you that you aren’t kidding anyone, your number is up.
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Introduced
The domestic chicken has descended through domestication and cultivation from the red junglefowl. This rooster, seen running free near an orchard in Motueka, shows a number of characteristics from this heritage…
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The BlueBridge ferry approaching Picton…
Not Threatened, Increasing, Stable Overseas
In a social group of pūkeko, eggs are laid in a single nest and all the birds in the group share in raising the chicks.
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Introduced and naturalised.
Why did the duck cross the road?
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Not wild, but pretending to be… this mare was quite easily spooked and energetically racing about her paddock down Staples St, Motueka.
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