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English: The Fantail or Piwakawaka is a delightful New Zealand bird. They seem to have no fear around people and lovely to fly or hover around them in the hope that some bushes will be shaken so that they can catch the bugs that fly out of them!
The extant (living) reptiles of New Zealand consist of numerous species of terrestrial lizards and the lizard-like tuatara, and several species of sea turtles and sea snakes. [1] All but one species are native to New Zealand, and all but one of the terrestrial species are endemic to New Zealand, that is, they are not found in any other country.
New Zealand fantail New Zealand fantail Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Rhipiduridae Genus: Rhipidura Species: R. fuliginosa Binomial name Rhipidura fuliginosa (Sparrman, 1787) The New Zealand fantail (Rhipidura fuliginosa) is a small insectivorous bird, the only ...
Endemic reptiles of New Zealand (88 P) E. ... Yellow-bellied sea snake; Yellow-lipped sea krait This page was last edited on 21 August 2023, at 08:52 (UTC). ...
The kiwi is a national symbol of New Zealand.. The animals of New Zealand, part of its biota, have an unusual history because, before the arrival of humans, less than 900 years ago, the country was mostly free of mammals, except those that could swim there (seals, sea lions, and, off-shore, whales and dolphins) or fly there ().
New Zealand sea lions on Aramoana Mole in Otago Harbour New Zealand fur seal in Castlepoint Southern elephant seal basking in Whakatāne. Most carnivorans feed primarily on meat. They have distinctive skull shape and teeth. Seven species are found in New Zealand, all of which are pinnipeds. Suborder: Caniformia. Family: Otariidae (eared seals ...
A number of introduced species, some of which have become invasive species, have been added to New Zealand's native flora and fauna. Both deliberate and accidental introductions have been made from the time of the first human settlement, with several waves of Polynesian [1] people at some time before the year 1300, [2] followed by Europeans after 1769.
Dinosaurs that lived in the Ross Dependency, a part of Antarctica within the Realm of New Zealand, include the tetanuran Cryolophosaurus.The Ross Dependency, unlike the Chatham Islands, is not actually part of New Zealand, and this is why it is excluded from the list above until sufficient evidence shows that it entered what was the sector of Gondwana that is now New Zealand.