Story: Shags

More links and websites

• Action plan for seabird conservation in New Zealand. Part A: threatened seabirds

  This online article in PDF format (236 pages, 1.89 MB download) by Graeme A. Taylor is part of the Department of Conservation’s series on threatened species.

• Action plan for seabird conservation in New Zealand. Part B: non-threatened seabirds

  A second article in PDF format (203 pages, 1.6 MB download) by Graeme A. Taylor, discussing non-threatened seabirds, their habitat, and conservation issues.

• New Zealand Birds – cormorants

  This page on the NZ Birds site presents a commentary on shags by site manager Narena Olliver. The website has information on many New Zealand species, as well as news and links to related sites.

• New Zealand Birds Online

  This website contains detailed information on all New Zealand bird species, including extinct and fossil species, searchable by name. It also contains a photographic key to guide bird identification.

More suggestions and sources

• Ell, Gordon. Seashore birds of New Zealand. Auckland: Bush Press, 1984.
• Heather, Barrie D., and Hugh A. Robertson. The field guide to the birds of New Zealand. Rev. ed. Auckland: Viking, 2000.
• Higgins, P. J., and others, eds. Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic birds. 6 vols. Melbourne: Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union and Oxford University Press, 1990–2002.
• Miskelly, C. M. 'Legal protection of New Zealand's indigenous terrestrial fauna – an historical review.' Tuhinga 25 (2014): 25–101.
• Reader’s Digest complete book of New Zealand birds. Auckland: Reed, 1985.