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This is the list of the birds of New Zealand. The common name of the bird in New Zealand English is given first, and its Māori-language name, if different, is also noted. The North Island and South Island are the two largest islands of New Zealand. Stewart Island is the largest of the smaller islands.
The Field Guide to the Birds of New Zealand (rev. & updated 4th ed.). New Zealand: Penguin. ISBN 978-0143570929. Checklist Committee Ornithological Society of New Zealand (2010). "Available online as a PDF" (PDF). Checklist of the birds of New Zealand, Norfolk and Macquarie Islands, and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica (4th ed.). New Zealand: Te ...
The tūī (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae) is a medium-sized bird native to New Zealand.It is blue, green, and bronze coloured with a distinctive white throat tuft (poi). It is an endemic passerine bird of New Zealand, and the only species in the genus Prosthemad
The weka, also known as the Māori hen [2] or woodhen (Gallirallus australis) is a flightless bird species of the rail family. It is endemic to New Zealand. Some authorities consider it as the only extant member of the genus Gallirallus. [3] Four subspecies are recognized but only two (northern/southern) are supported by genetic evidence. [4]
"Land birds: Kiwi", Native animals: birds, New Zealand Department of Conservation, archived from the original on 3 October 2009; Kiwi recovery, BNZ Save The Kiwi Trust. Kiwi, TerraNature. "Kiwi", Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, New Zealand Government, archived from the original on 8 June 2008.
The New Zealand falcon (Māori: kārearea, kārewarewa, or kāiaia; Falco novaeseelandiae) is New Zealand's only falcon, and one of only four living native and two endemic birds of prey. [3] It is frequently mistaken for the larger and more common swamp harrier .
The New Zealand kākā (Nestor meridionalis) is a large species of parrot of the family Strigopidae found in New Zealand's native forests across the three main Islands of New Zealand. The species is often known by the abbreviated name kākā , although it shares this name with the recently extinct Norfolk kākā and Chatham kākā .
At first, the Forest and Bird Society advocated for takahē to be left to work out their own "destiny", [citation needed] but many worried that the takahē would be incapable of making a comeback and thus become extinct like New Zealand's native huia. Interventionists then sought to relocate the takahē to "island sanctuaries" and breed them in ...