Story: Land birds – overview
Page 6 – External links and sources
More links and websites
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Department of Conservation
Explore this site for current information on New Zealand’s land birds and their environment.
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Karori Wildlife Sanctuary
The site for the sanctuary project has details of endangered birds, pest eradication and other information.
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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.
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Notornis
Published by the Ornithological Society of New Zealand, the journal Notornis is an important source of information on New Zealand birds.
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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.
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What bird?
This site has identification photographs and descriptions for most of New Zealand’s living species of land bird.
More suggestions and sources
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Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic birds. 7 vols. Melbourne: Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union and Oxford University Press, 1990–2006.
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Heather, Barrie D., and Hugh A. Robertson. The field guide to the birds of New Zealand. Rev. ed. Auckland: Viking, 2005.
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Hitchmough, R., and L. Bull. Draft New Zealand threat classification systems lists 2004. Wellington: Department of Conservation, 2004.
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Wilson, Kerry-Jayne. Flight of the huia: ecology and conservation of New Zealand’s frogs, reptiles, birds and mammals. Christchurch: Canterbury University Press, 2004.
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Wilson, Kerry-Jayne, ed. ‘The state of New Zealand’s birds, 2005.’ Wingspan 15 (4): 12–21.
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Worthy, Trevor H., and Richard N. Holdaway. The lost world of the moa. Christchurch: Canterbury University Press, 2002.
