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Story: Small forest birds

All images and media

From page 1 - New Zealand’s small forest birds

Dawn chorus

Distribution of small forest birds

Distribution of small forest birds

Snares Island tomtit

Snares Island tomtit

Drift away from Gondwana

Drift away from Gondwana

Rat in fantail nest

Rat in fantail nest

From page 2 - Riflemen

Rifleman on $2 note

Rifleman on $2 note

Rock wren with wētā

Rock wren with wētā

Female North Island rifleman

Female North Island rifleman

South Island rifleman

South Island rifleman (1st of 2)

Juvenile rifleman

Juvenile rifleman (2nd of 2)

From page 3 - Saddlebacks and stitchbirds

Juvenile North Island saddlebacks

Juvenile North Island saddlebacks

Saddleback feeding

Saddleback feeding

Male stitchbird

Male stitchbird

Female stitchbird

Female stitchbird

Reconstructed stitchbird nest

Reconstructed stitchbird nest

From page 4 - Honeyeaters – bellbirds and tūī

Bellbirds

Bic Runga’s Tui award

Bic Runga’s Tui award (1st of 4)

Tui beer

Tui beer (2nd of 4)

Tui lip balm

Tui lip balm (3rd of 4)

Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society

Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society (4th of 4)

Tūī drinking nectar

Tūī drinking nectar

Tūī pollinating native flowers

Tūī pollinating native flowers

Tūī collecting honeydew

Tūī collecting honeydew

From page 5 - Robins and tomtits

North and South Island robins

North and South Island robins

Old Blue

Male tomtit with chicks

Male tomtit with chicks

Female tomtit

From page 6 - Fantails and silvereyes

Pied fantail

Fantail flitting

Fantail flitting

Fantail stamp

Fantail stamp (1st of 2)

New Zealand Memorial

New Zealand Memorial (2nd of 2)

Silvereye

Trained by a fantail

Trained by a fantail

From page 7 - Whiteheads, yellowheads and brown creepers

Whitehead

Yellowhead

Brown creeper pair

Brown creeper pair

From page 8 - Grey warblers and Chatham Island warblers

Grey warbler

Chatham Island warbler

Chatham Island warbler

From page 9 - Cuckoos

Shining cuckoo

Long-tailed cuckoo

Long-tailed cuckoo

Cuckoo migration routes

Cuckoo migration routes

From page 10 - Parakeets

Antipodes Island parakeet

Antipodes Island parakeet

Red-crowned parakeet

Red-crowned parakeet

Yellow-crowned parakeet

Yellow-crowned parakeet (1st of 2)

Orange-fronted parakeet

Orange-fronted parakeet (2nd of 2)

Forbes’ parakeet

Forbes’ parakeet (1st of 3)

Reischek's parakeet feeding chicks

Reischek's parakeet feeding chicks (2nd of 3)

Kermadec red-crowned parakeet

Kermadec red-crowned parakeet (3rd of 3)

How to cite this page:

Christina Troup, 'All images and media', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/small-forest-birds/media (accessed 9 May 2024)

Story by Christina Troup, published 24 Sep 2007, reviewed & revised 17 Feb 2015, updated 1 Aug 2023