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Subject: [Oversea] Endemic Birds in New Zealand 紐西蘭之特有鳥種 [Print This Page]

Author: nfelix    Time: 13/06/2011 23:47     Subject: Endemic Birds in New Zealand 紐西蘭之特有鳥種

Soon after the indoor meeting held in November 2010 with the honorable speaker, Eling, who is one of the well known traveling birders here, we made our own birding trip to New Zealand. Given we had only two weeks available, we focused on the birding hotspots only on the South island.  As in most of our birding trip abroad, endemic birds are always our targets and, according to Avibase, some 49 out of 65 endemics can be found in the South Island. From our study before the trip, finding endemic birds in the South Island can be easy and difficult. With strong mind of conservation in most people of New Zealand, some of well preserved sites can still provide close and easy encounter of the endemic birds. Nevertheless, because of loss of habitats resulted from development for the agriculture & society as well as introduced competitors & predators, some of the endemic birds are now difficult, if not impossible, to be found in the South Island. Thanks to one of the conservation programs successfully implemented in New Zealand, some of the endemic birds have been relocated to predator-free, small outlying islands with strict control and protection on the environment. Among the three major hotspots we visited in this trip, the third-largest island, Stewart Island, is our favorite destination for not only kiwi spotting but the gateway to an accessible predator-free island, Ulva Island.  The photos shown below are by no means an exclusive list of the endemic birds of New Zealand but shared for appreciation of the distinctive birdlife and effort made by the local on preserving endangered birds through various conservation programs.

1. Brown Kiwi



2. Yellow-eyed Penguin


3. Stewart Island Shag (Pied Phase)


4. Stewart Island Shag (Bronze Phase)


5. Spotted Shag


6. Westland Petrel


7. Paradise Shelduck, male


8. Paradise Shelduck, female


9. New Zealand Scaup


10. Weka


11. Royal Albatross


12. Variable Oystercatcher, black phase


13. Black Stilt (captive)


14. Banded Dotterel


15. kaka


16. Brown Creeper


17. New Zealand Robin, South Island


18. New Zealand Robin, Stewart Island


19. Yellowhead


20. Rifleman


21. Fernbird


22. Grey Warbler


23. Tomtit, male


24. Tomtit, female


25. Tui


26. Bellbird


27. New Zealand Pigeon


[ Last edited by nfelix at 16/06/2011 08:05 ]
Author: Stonechat    Time: 14/06/2011 12:46

Very ncie photos. Thanks for sharing
Author: nfelix    Time: 16/06/2011 08:22

謝謝點閱。其他在紐西蘭南島拍的鳥相可到hkwildlife.net觀看,另有關行程上資料參考我相簿 - 紐西蘭南島拍鳥之旅




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