New Zealand Birds

Description

Bird

A flightless brown bird, the national bird of New Zealand.

A seabird that makes a round trip from Alaska to New Zealand every year.

The world's largest parrot, this green flightless bird is critically endangered.

A dark blue wetland bird with long red legs, known a Purple Swamphen in Australia.

This endangered gray bird is the size of a pigeon, and has blue wattles on it's beak.

This blue-green songbird is easily recognisable thanks to a white tuft on it's chin.

This bird of prey can often be seen over farmland, searching for rodents to eat.

This flightless, extinct bird stood higher than a man.

Description

Bird

This blackbird-sized bird is distinguished by an orange patch on it's back.

This large bird is three times the size of a pigeon, and it has white 'apron' markings on it's chest.

This sparrow-sized songbird is highly endangered, and it has black and yellow markings on it's head and wings.

This small bird is easily distinguished by it's large tail, which quickly fans out and in while it flits around the place.

This brown bird is often seen walking on the side of the road in the North Island. They are quite brave, often crossing even when your car is driving straight at them!

These small black birds made quite the comeback story after they were rescued from the edge of extinction in the 1980's. All living birds of this species are decended from one bird, known as Old Blue.

These alpine parrots are known to hikers and campers for being cheeky birds who will slide down tent and cabin roofs, and tear shreds off tyres and windshield wipers.