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Orokonui Sanctuary, Dunedin

10,000 Birds

Mainland island sanctuaries are popular in New Zealand for any number of reasons. Orokonui Sanctuary’s headquarters and reserve. Interestingly though I have seen this species in a number of reserves across New Zealand it was the first time I had seen them in South Island, their true native home. South Island Takahe.

Sanctuary 101
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Grey-headed Gull

10,000 Birds

The ABA is still considering its response to the gull and its provenance, but more to the point, Jochen has called its pedigree into question by asserting that it is a Ring-billed Gull x Black-headed Gull hybrid.