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Story: Birds of prey

Contents

  1. Story summary

  2. New Zealand’s birds of prey

  3. Morepork: New Zealand’s native owl

  4. New Zealand falcon

  5. Swamp harrier

  6. External links and sources

All images and media

From page 1 - New Zealand’s birds of prey

Haast’s eagle

Haast’s eagle

Laughing owl

Laughing owl

New Zealand falcon

New Zealand falcon

From page 2 - Morepork: New Zealand’s native owl

Morepork

Morepork

Little owl

Little owl

Morepork and prey

Morepork and prey

Morepork with bat

Morepork with bat

Morepork chick

Morepork chick

From page 3 - New Zealand falcon

New Zealand falcon

New Zealand falcon

Mid-air food pass

Mid-air food pass

Juvenile falcon

Juvenile falcon

Falcon and chicks

Falcon and chicks

Training a falcon

Training a falcon

Falcon with prey

Falcon with prey

From page 4 - Swamp harrier

Harrier with prey

Harrier with prey

Harrier adult and juvenile

Harrier adult and juvenile

Harrier in flight

Harrier in flight

Harrier chicks

Harrier chicks

How to cite this page:

Gerard Hutching, 'All images and media', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/birds-of-prey/media (accessed 20 August 2022)

Story by Gerard Hutching, published 24 Sep 2007, reviewed & revised 17 Feb 2015

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