More links and websites
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Ducks Unlimited New Zealand
Ducks Unlimited is an organisation dedicated to restoring wetlands and preserving threatened waterfowl. This site has information on their activities, including rearing endangered species for release in wetlands.
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New Zealand birds
Use the gallery to look up individual species, or go to the birding section to find out about estuaries and other wetlands, and the birds you might see there.
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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.
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Ornithological Society of New Zealand
The Ornithological Society was set up to foster the study, knowledge and enjoyment of birds. Their website provides information and publications, and details of meetings, activities and conferences.
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Wetland & river birds
This section of the Department of Conservation website has information on some of the more endangered wetland species.
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Wildlife in Canterbury wetlands
This page on the Environment Canterbury website has information about the wildlife in the region’s wetlands.
More suggestions and sources
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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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Jensen, L. A., and R. J. Snoyink. ‘The distribution and numbers of Australasian crested grebe (kamana) in New Zealand, January 2004.’ Notornis 52, no. 1 (2005): 34–42.
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Orbell, Margaret. Birds of Aotearoa: a natural and cultural history. Auckland: Reed, 2003.
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Reader’s Digest complete book of New Zealand birds. Sydney: Reader’s Digest, 1985.
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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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Young, David. Whio: saving New Zealand’s blue duck. Nelson: Craig Potton, 2006.
