Turdus philomelos
Introduced.
This bird is probably nursing a monster of a headache after flying inside and knocking itself senseless trying to exit by means of a closed window. We released it back outside and were a bit concerned initially, but after watching it for a while it seemed to improve markedly. #nz #birds #nzbirds #wildlife #nzwild #d500 #200500mmf56
Anas superciliosa
The bold eye stripe is a indication of grey duck heritage, but the iridescent speculum on the wing is blue (bit hard to see in this shot), which is mallard heritage – Grey ducks have green speculum.
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Aythya novaeseelandiae
Endemic. Not Threatened. Increasing.
Pāpango is a stative verb meaning to be dark in colour, somewhat black in appearance. This seems to have gifted the duck it’s name through anthimeria.
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Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae novaeseelandiae
Notice the sky shining through a gap in the third feather to the end… this notch on what is called the 8th primary feather can be used by the bird to make a whirring sound in flight. The 4th to 7th primaries have a bulge instead of a notch (which can also be seen). Males have larger wing slots, and the noise making is typically produced when the bird is displaying aggression.
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Haematopus unicolor
Endemic. Recovering.
The tōrea is tridactyl, which means it is missing the hallux or rearward pointing toe
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Egretta novaehollandiae novaehollandiae
Native. Not Threatened. Stable Overseas.
Sunset seems like it is always a good time for fishing
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Rhipidura fuliginosa fuliginosa
Endemic. Not Threatened. Extreme Fluctuations in population.
It’s hard to be humble when you are this cute.
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Petroica australis australis
Endemic. At Risk, Declining, Conservation Dependent, with expected decline of 10-50%.
Loving @tawhaimoss’s IG pics complete with ‘alternative facts’ about robins 🤣
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Haematopus unicolor
Endemic. Recovering.
One thing Tōrea have taught me: how many words there are for ‘black’ in te reo. Pango is black, but usually mangu is taught in schools as meaning black. Looked up maoridictionary.co.nz and I found out that tiwha also means black, and kororiko. And mangumangu and māmangu which obviously are related to mangu. Tuauriuri means very black. Whakaaniwaniwa means to turn black. I presume there is some subtlety that is being lost in the dictionary.
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Anas rhynchotis
Native. Not Threatened.
The bill is over twice the width at the tip compared to the base…
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