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Birds of Aotearoa

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I’ve been fortunate to have come across quite a handful in the past few years. Plenty on the to-spot list still!

Incredible statistic: All our frogs and reptiles, more than 90 per cent of our insects, about 80 per cent of our vascular plants (plants other than mosses, liverworts, and hornworts), and a quarter of our bird species are found only in New Zealand1.

Gannets nesting on the cliffs at Muriwai with the sea in the background
Camera Model: Canon EOS 400D DIGITAL
Date:
F-number: ƒ/5.6 | Focal Length: 50mm
Exposure Time: 1/500 | ISO: 100
Gannets nesting on the cliffs at Muriwai
Kererū hiding in a Kōwhai on Tiritiri Matangi
Camera Model: Canon EOS R6
Date:
F-number: ƒ/6.3 | Focal Length: 300mm
Exposure Time: 1/320 | ISO: 160
Kererū hiding in a Kōwhai on Tiritiri Matangi
Two wary kōtare on a branch on Motutapu
Camera Model: Canon EOS R6
Date:
F-number: ƒ/7.1 | Focal Length: 300mm
Exposure Time: 1/500 | ISO: 100
Two wary kōtare on a branch on Motutapu
Mexican standoff at the feeder on Tiritiri Matangi. Check out the tongues!
Camera Model: Canon EOS R6
Date:
F-number: ƒ/6.3 | Focal Length: 300mm
Exposure Time: 1/320 | ISO: 400
Black sand of Muriwai beach
Piwakawaka chasing me through Duder park
Camera Model: Canon EOS R6
Date:
F-number: ƒ/7.1 | Focal Length: 70mm
Exposure Time: 1/500 | ISO: 100
Piwakawaka chasing me through Duder park
Toutouwai in the Kaimanawa mountains
Camera Model: Canon EOS R6
Date:
F-number: ƒ/2.8 | Focal Length: 70mm
Exposure Time: 1/80 | ISO: 800
Toutouwai in the Kaimanawa mountains
Takahē scratching for food on Tiritiri Matangi
Camera Model: Canon EOS R6
Date:
F-number: ƒ/5.000000 | Focal Length: 190mm
Exposure Time: 1/250 | ISO: 1600
Takahē scratching for food on Tiritiri Matangi

  1. Archive.org, 2023: Ministry for the Environment: Biodiversity ↩︎