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More links and websites

  • Department of Conservation

    Explore this site for current information on New Zealand’s land birds and their environment.

  • Karori Wildlife Sanctuary

    The site for the sanctuary project has details of endangered birds, pest eradication and other information.

  • Maungatautari Ecological Island Trust

    This is the website of the Maungatautari Sanctuary project, a forested mountain with a planned pest-free zone of 3,300 hectares.

  • Notornis

    Published by the Ornithological Society of New Zealand, the journal Notornis is an important source of information on New Zealand birds.

  • Ornithological Society of New Zealand

    The society is devoted to the study and enjoyment of New Zealand birds. Their website has information, images, activities and links.

  • What bird?

    This site has identification photographs and descriptions for most of New Zealand’s living species of land bird.

More suggestions and sources

    • Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic birds. 7 vols. Melbourne: Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union and Oxford University Press, 1990–2006.

    • Heather, Barrie D., and Hugh A. Robertson. The field guide to the birds of New Zealand. Rev. ed. Auckland: Viking, 2005.

    • Hitchmough, R., and L. Bull. Draft New Zealand threat classification systems lists 2004. Wellington: Department of Conservation, 2004.

    • Wilson, Kerry-Jayne. Flight of the huia: ecology and conservation of New Zealand’s frogs, reptiles, birds and mammals. Christchurch: Canterbury University Press, 2004.

    • Wilson, Kerry-Jayne, ed. ‘The state of New Zealand’s birds, 2005.’ Wingspan 15 (4): 12–21.

    • Worthy, Trevor H., and Richard N. Holdaway. The lost world of the moa. Christchurch: Canterbury University Press, 2002.



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