10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 27, 2013
Little Barrier Island in the Hauraki Gulf near Auckland was already one of the most important offshore reserves in New Zealand. Cook’s Petrel ( Pterodroma cookii ) is another range-restricted breeder that nests on Little Barrier Island. New Zealand Storm-petrel (right) with White-faced Storm-petrel (left).
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 20, 2013
South Island’s Westland District is perhaps New Zealand’s best kept secret, a staggeringly beautiful stretch of coastline jammed between the Southern Alps and the Tasman Sea. Westland Petrels are endemic breeders to New Zealand, and an attractive large black seabird.
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10,000 Birds
MARCH 30, 2016
One of my ambitions for this year is to do more birding around New Zealand, and in particular try and knock off a few of the possible species here I haven’t seen yet, perhaps with a mind to breaking 100 species here in a year. Not bad when I’m just standing round with a gin and tonic waiting to go!
10,000 Birds
JUNE 1, 2011
The Buller’s Mollymawk is an endemic breeder to New Zealand, although it ranges widely away from the islands to feed, and regularly goes to South America’s Humboldt Current to feed.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 2, 2011
home about advertise archives birds conservation contact galleries links reviews subscribe Browse: Home / Birds / Petrel Paradise Petrel Paradise By Duncan • March 2, 2011 • 4 comments Tweet Share I’ve mentioned before that New Zealand is a great place for enjoying petrels.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 11, 2014
They often become slower breeders, and most importantly, they lose their ability to disperse, meaning they get stranded on the island they live on. And, over time, they become a new species. Pretty much every rock big enough to sustain land birds has been reached by rails and then colonised by rails.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 15, 2011
In the case of Acorn Woodpeckers, they are cooperative breeders (as with many other polygynandrous species), which seems to predispose species to polygynandry. Alpine Accentors, on the other hand, are not cooperative breeders and females typically have very little to do with each other.
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