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Story: Introduced land birds

All images and media

From page 1 - Introducing birds

George and Mary Cooper

George and Mary Cooper

House sparrow

Distribution of introduced birds

Distribution of introduced birds

Dates of bird introductions

Dates of bird introductions

Bird auction advertisement

Bird auction advertisement

From page 2 - Pigeons and doves

Pigeons in Wellington

Pigeons in Wellington

Pigeongram service dovecote

Pigeongram service dovecote (1st of 2)

Pigeon-post stamps

Pigeon-post stamps (2nd of 2)

Spotted dove

From page 3 - Cockatoos and rosellas

Chico the cockatoo

Chico the cockatoo

Distribution of sulphur-crested cockatoos, galahs and eastern rosellas

Distribution of sulphur-crested cockatoos, galahs and eastern rosellas

Eastern rosella

Eastern rosella

From page 4 - Little owls

Little owl

Little owl with dead thrush

Little owl with dead thrush

From page 5 - Kookaburras

Kookaburra

Movietone news kookaburra

Movietone news kookaburra

Distribution of kookaburras

Distribution of kookaburras

From page 6 - Australian magpies

Nesting white-backed magpies

Nesting white-backed magpies

Footrot Flats cartoon

Footrot Flats cartoon

From page 7 - Rooks

Rooks

Distribution of rooks

Distribution of rooks

Aerial rook control

Aerial rook control

From page 8 - Blackbirds and song thrushes

Male and female blackbirds

Male and female blackbirds

Song thrush feeding chicks

Song thrush feeding chicks

Rat in a thrush nest

Rat in a thrush nest

From page 9 - Starlings and mynas

Male starling

Starling chicks

Starling chicks

Starlings at dusk

Starlings at dusk

Myna

Distribution of mynas

Distribution of mynas

From page 10 - Skylarks

Skylark feeding chicks

Skylark feeding chicks

Skylark eggs

Young skylark

From page 11 - House sparrows

Male house sparrow

Male house sparrow

Female house sparrow

Female house sparrow

Sparrow food

Sparrow food (1st of 2)

Little owl food

Little owl food (2nd of 2)

The sparrow pest

The sparrow pest

From page 12 - Finches

Male chaffinch

Female chaffinch

Female chaffinch

Goldfinch feeding chicks

Goldfinch feeding chicks

Female greenfinch

Female greenfinch

Redpoll

From page 13 - Other small passerines

Yellowhammer with chicks

Yellowhammer with chicks

Cirl bunting

Hedge sparrow

Distribution of cirl buntings, hedge sparrows and yellowhammers

Distribution of cirl buntings, hedge sparrows and yellowhammers

How to cite this page:

Christina Troup, 'All images and media', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/introduced-land-birds/media (accessed 30 May 2023)

Story by Christina Troup, published 24 Nov 2008, reviewed & revised 17 Feb 2015