How to spot and approach birds
Conservation statusNative species classified as declining. FeaturesIn general, bar-tailed godwits are predominantly brown on their upper parts and pale below, giving an overall impression of a brown and white …
Matthew Winter
Birds to watch out for this summer
Conservation statusNative species classified as declining. FeaturesIn general, bar-tailed godwits are predominantly brown on their upper parts and pale below, giving an overall impression of a brown and white …
Shining Cuckoo
Conservation statusNative species classified as declining. FeaturesIn general, bar-tailed godwits are predominantly brown on their upper parts and pale below, giving an overall impression of a brown and white …
Tomtit
Conservation statusNative species classified as declining. FeaturesIn general, bar-tailed godwits are predominantly brown on their upper parts and pale below, giving an overall impression of a brown and white …
The grey warbler
Conservation statusNative species classified as declining. FeaturesIn general, bar-tailed godwits are predominantly brown on their upper parts and pale below, giving an overall impression of a brown and white …
Morepork/ruru
Conservation statusNative species classified as declining. FeaturesIn general, bar-tailed godwits are predominantly brown on their upper parts and pale below, giving an overall impression of a brown and white …
Bird spotting: The harrier hawk
Conservation statusNative species classified as declining. FeaturesIn general, bar-tailed godwits are predominantly brown on their upper parts and pale below, giving an overall impression of a brown and white …
The white heron / kōtuku
Conservation statusNative species classified as declining. FeaturesIn general, bar-tailed godwits are predominantly brown on their upper parts and pale below, giving an overall impression of a brown and white …
Attractive thief
Conservation statusNative species classified as declining. FeaturesIn general, bar-tailed godwits are predominantly brown on their upper parts and pale below, giving an overall impression of a brown and white …
A crucial bird for forest survival
Conservation statusNative species classified as declining. FeaturesIn general, bar-tailed godwits are predominantly brown on their upper parts and pale below, giving an overall impression of a brown and white …
You’ll hear this bird before you see it
Conservation statusNative species classified as declining. FeaturesIn general, bar-tailed godwits are predominantly brown on their upper parts and pale below, giving an overall impression of a brown and white …
Melodic master
Conservation statusNative species classified as declining. FeaturesIn general, bar-tailed godwits are predominantly brown on their upper parts and pale below, giving an overall impression of a brown and white …
Rifleman/titi pounamu
Conservation statusNative species classified as declining. FeaturesIn general, bar-tailed godwits are predominantly brown on their upper parts and pale below, giving an overall impression of a brown and white …
Kingfisher/kōtare
Conservation statusNative species classified as declining. FeaturesIn general, bar-tailed godwits are predominantly brown on their upper parts and pale below, giving an overall impression of a brown and white …
The silvereye
Conservation statusNative species classified as declining. FeaturesIn general, bar-tailed godwits are predominantly brown on their upper parts and pale below, giving an overall impression of a brown and white …
The bellbird/korimako
Conservation statusNative species classified as declining. FeaturesIn general, bar-tailed godwits are predominantly brown on their upper parts and pale below, giving an overall impression of a brown and white …
Blue duck
Conservation statusNative species classified as declining. FeaturesIn general, bar-tailed godwits are predominantly brown on their upper parts and pale below, giving an overall impression of a brown and white …
New Zealand falcon/karearea
Conservation statusNative species classified as declining. FeaturesIn general, bar-tailed godwits are predominantly brown on their upper parts and pale below, giving an overall impression of a brown and white …
Fantail/piwakawaka
Conservation statusNative species classified as declining. FeaturesIn general, bar-tailed godwits are predominantly brown on their upper parts and pale below, giving an overall impression of a brown and white …
South Island robin/toutouwai
Conservation statusNative species classified as declining. FeaturesIn general, bar-tailed godwits are predominantly brown on their upper parts and pale below, giving an overall impression of a brown and white …
Weka
Conservation statusNative species classified as declining. FeaturesIn general, bar-tailed godwits are predominantly brown on their upper parts and pale below, giving an overall impression of a brown and white …
Welcome swallow
Conservation statusNative species classified as declining. FeaturesIn general, bar-tailed godwits are predominantly brown on their upper parts and pale below, giving an overall impression of a brown and white …
Fernbird/mātātā
Conservation statusNative species classified as declining. FeaturesIn general, bar-tailed godwits are predominantly brown on their upper parts and pale below, giving an overall impression of a brown and white …
Southern crested grebe
Conservation statusNative species classified as declining. FeaturesIn general, bar-tailed godwits are predominantly brown on their upper parts and pale below, giving an overall impression of a brown and white …
Little owl
Conservation statusNative species classified as declining. FeaturesIn general, bar-tailed godwits are predominantly brown on their upper parts and pale below, giving an overall impression of a brown and white …
New Zealand dabchick
Conservation statusNative species classified as declining. FeaturesIn general, bar-tailed godwits are predominantly brown on their upper parts and pale below, giving an overall impression of a brown and white …
Rock wren/tuke
Conservation statusNative species classified as declining. FeaturesIn general, bar-tailed godwits are predominantly brown on their upper parts and pale below, giving an overall impression of a brown and white …
Yellow-crowned parakeet/kākāriki
Conservation statusNative species classified as declining. FeaturesIn general, bar-tailed godwits are predominantly brown on their upper parts and pale below, giving an overall impression of a brown and white …
Black-fronted tern
Conservation statusNative species classified as declining. FeaturesIn general, bar-tailed godwits are predominantly brown on their upper parts and pale below, giving an overall impression of a brown and white …
White-faced heron
Conservation statusNative species classified as declining. FeaturesIn general, bar-tailed godwits are predominantly brown on their upper parts and pale below, giving an overall impression of a brown and white …
Pukeko
Conservation statusNative species classified as declining. FeaturesIn general, bar-tailed godwits are predominantly brown on their upper parts and pale below, giving an overall impression of a brown and white …
New Zealand scaup/pāpango
Conservation statusNative species classified as declining. FeaturesIn general, bar-tailed godwits are predominantly brown on their upper parts and pale below, giving an overall impression of a brown and white …
Spur-winged plover
Conservation statusNative species classified as declining. FeaturesIn general, bar-tailed godwits are predominantly brown on their upper parts and pale below, giving an overall impression of a brown and white …
Grey teal
Conservation statusNative species classified as declining. FeaturesIn general, bar-tailed godwits are predominantly brown on their upper parts and pale below, giving an overall impression of a brown and white …
Birds of a feather
Bird Spotting, Features, Great Walks
Conservation statusNative species classified as declining. FeaturesIn general, bar-tailed godwits are predominantly brown on their upper parts and pale below, giving an overall impression of a brown and white …
Paradise shelduck
Conservation statusNative species classified as declining. FeaturesIn general, bar-tailed godwits are predominantly brown on their upper parts and pale below, giving an overall impression of a brown and white …
Australasian shoveler
Conservation statusNative species classified as declining. FeaturesIn general, bar-tailed godwits are predominantly brown on their upper parts and pale below, giving an overall impression of a brown and white …
Yellowhead
Conservation statusNative species classified as declining. FeaturesIn general, bar-tailed godwits are predominantly brown on their upper parts and pale below, giving an overall impression of a brown and white …
Wrybill
Conservation statusNative species classified as declining. FeaturesIn general, bar-tailed godwits are predominantly brown on their upper parts and pale below, giving an overall impression of a brown and white …
Whitehead/popokatea
Conservation statusNative species classified as declining. FeaturesIn general, bar-tailed godwits are predominantly brown on their upper parts and pale below, giving an overall impression of a brown and white …
Redpoll
Conservation statusNative species classified as declining. FeaturesIn general, bar-tailed godwits are predominantly brown on their upper parts and pale below, giving an overall impression of a brown and white …
Banded rail/moho pererū
Conservation statusNative species classified as declining. FeaturesIn general, bar-tailed godwits are predominantly brown on their upper parts and pale below, giving an overall impression of a brown and white …
Skylark/kaireka
Conservation statusNative species classified as declining. FeaturesIn general, bar-tailed godwits are predominantly brown on their upper parts and pale below, giving an overall impression of a brown and white …
Californian quail
Conservation statusNative species classified as declining. FeaturesIn general, bar-tailed godwits are predominantly brown on their upper parts and pale below, giving an overall impression of a brown and white …
Royal spoonbill/kotuku ngutupapa
Conservation statusNative species classified as declining. FeaturesIn general, bar-tailed godwits are predominantly brown on their upper parts and pale below, giving an overall impression of a brown and white …
Hihi
Conservation statusNative species classified as declining. FeaturesIn general, bar-tailed godwits are predominantly brown on their upper parts and pale below, giving an overall impression of a brown and white …
North Island kōkako
Conservation statusNative species classified as declining. FeaturesIn general, bar-tailed godwits are predominantly brown on their upper parts and pale below, giving an overall impression of a brown and white …
North Island saddleback/tīeke
Conservation statusNative species classified as declining. FeaturesIn general, bar-tailed godwits are predominantly brown on their upper parts and pale below, giving an overall impression of a brown and white …
Black-fronted dotterel
Conservation statusNative species classified as declining. FeaturesIn general, bar-tailed godwits are predominantly brown on their upper parts and pale below, giving an overall impression of a brown and white …
Bar-tailed godwit / kuaka
Conservation statusNative species classified as declining. FeaturesIn general, bar-tailed godwits are predominantly brown on their upper parts and pale below, giving an overall impression of a brown and white …