Story: Herons

More links and websites

• 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.

• White heron sanctuary tours

  Information on seeing the white herons at their Waitangiroto breeding area. The website includes a picture gallery and you can listen to heron calls.

More suggestions and sources

• Heather, Barrie D., and Hugh A. Robertson. The field guide to the birds of New Zealand. Rev. ed. Auckland: Viking, 2000.
• Miller, Craig. ‘Long term monitoring of a breeding colony of white herons (Egretta alba) on the Waitangiroto River, South Westland.’ Notornis 48, no. 3 (2001): 157–163.
• Riley, Murdoch. Māori bird lore: an introduction. Paraparaumu: Viking Sevenseas, 2001.
• Temple, Philip, and Chris Gaskin. Kotuku: the flight of the white heron. Auckland: Hodder & Stoughton, 1994.