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Penguins, Parrots and Wine on Matiu / Somes Island

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When it comes down to it New Zealand is all about islands. As I have explained before these islands are the best place for a lot of the birding here because they are more easily protected from introduced mammals which wreck such havoc on the wildlife here. Red-crowned Parakeet foraging near a New Zealand Fur Seal.

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COMMENTS ON COLLECTING BIRDS: A Reply

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I used the collections in Australasia to examine how climate and isolation affected the sized and shape of birds across New Zealand. But we still need to know about morphology and use it to unravel their phylogenetic relationships and evolutionary histories.