New Zealand Endemic Birds - Kathy Reid

New Zealand Endemic Birds

Bellbird
Feeding on the nectar of Banksia flowers, Le Bons Bay, Banks Peninsula, Canterbury.The Bellbird is easily recognised by its melodious song and well known for it's dawn chorus
Tui feeding on harakeke flower nectar
Elaine Bay - Marlborough Sounds NZ
Blue Duck - Whio
West Coast NZ New Zealand's endemic Blue Duck lives on fast-flowing mountain rivers & streams where they feed on insect larvae on the streams rocks.
Blue Duck - Whio
West Coast NZ New Zealand's endemic Blue Duck lives on fast-flowing mountain rivers & streams where they feed on insect larvae on the streams rocks.
Red-crowned Parakeets
These are often seen gliding through the forest at the township of Oban in Stewart Island. Voted New Zealand Bird of the year 2010
Kaka
Love is in the air for these forest parrots - Ulva Island
Yellowhead
Yellowhead survive exceptionally well in the predator free environment of Ulva Island. Endemic to southern New Zealand. Voted New Zealand Bird of the Year 2013
Steward Island Robin
Ulva Island
Rock Wren - Otira Valley Arthur's Pass
Male
Female Rock Wren
Otira Valley, Arthurs Pass
Adult Yellow-eyed Penguin
Yellow-eyed Penguins are considered the rarest Penguin in the world - Otago NZ
Yellow-eyed Penguin
Moeraki - Otago
Black Stilt - Kaki
Kaki is critically endangered and one of New Zealand's rarest birds - Ashley River Canterbury
Black Stilt - Kaki
Mating behaviour - The male stilt dabbing the water as part of the mating ritual. The world's rarest wading bird. They are critically endangered in New Zealand, with less than 150 of these stunning birds remaining in the wild.
New Zealand Scaup - male
Travis Wetlands Christchurch
NZ Scaup - female
Northbrook Wetlands Canterbury
Banded Dotterel - male Lake Tekapo
Female Banded Dotterel
In breeding plumage - West Coast NZ
Western Weka
Adult Weka, Gentle Annie - West Coast NZ
Western Weka feeding 1 of it's 3 chicks
Gentle Annie - West Coast NZ
Black-billed Gull #1
Unlike the Red-billed Gull, the Black-billed Gull is native to New Zealand and is critically endangered. They breed at our local Ashley River on the shingle islands upstream from the estuary.
Black-billed Gull - Tarapuka #3
This gull is eyeing up the next fish it's about to dive for - Ashley Estuary Canterbury. Black-billed Gull is native to New Zealand and is critically endangered. Some of them breed at our local Ashley River on the shingle islands upstream from the estuary.
Black-fronted Tern
Preening
Black-fronted Tern
Kairaki Beach, Canterbury NZ
Wrybill
The Wrybill is endemic to New Zealand. It's the only species of bird in the world with a bill that is bent sideways, always curved to the right.
Wrybill - juvenile Lake Ellesmere
The Wrybill is endemic to New Zealand. It's the only species of bird in the world with a bill that is bent sideways, always curved to the right.
Adult Spotted Shag in breeding plumage
Moeraki - Otago
Westland Petrel
Kiakoura New Zealand
New Zealand Wood Pigeon - Kereru
Feeding on wild cherries.
South Island Saddleback
Saddleback foraging on tree fern trunk at Ulva Island. The endemic species is most famous for being saved from extinction in 1964, when 36 birds were translocated from a rat-infested Big South Cape Island (off Stewart Island) to nearby big Kalmohu Islands. This is the first time that a rescue translocation had prevented a species from becoming extinct anywhere in the world.
Kea - Arthur's Pass NZ - Voted Bird of the year 2017
The world's only Alpine Parrot, living in the mountains of the Southern Alps in NZ. They are nationally endangered and sadly there numbers are declining through introduced pest species, predation of nest and human impact! They are very intelligent, cheeky, playful and friendly birds who love destroying any rubber they find on tourists vehicles!
Grey Warbler
Visiting our garden briefly and singing a beautiful song before leaving
Grey Warbler
Visiting our home Orchard