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 …
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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
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
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 …
A bird that zips and pips
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 kingfisher
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 …