The welcome swallow (warou) is a self-introduced species from Australia, which makes them a native species as opposed to an endemic one. They were rare vagrant visitors before the late 1950s, but increased greatly through the 1960s and 1970s and now exist throughout New Zealand with the exception of Fiordland. Although swallows are found more […]
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