Story: Birds of mountains and open country

More links and websites

• Birds found at Arthur’s Pass

  This page on the NZ Birds site has information on kea, rock wrens, pipits and other species found in the Arthur’s Pass area.

• Kea

  This section of the Department of Conservation site discusses kea, threats to them and steps taken to protect them.

• Kea – mountain parrot

  A documentary about kea, on the NZ On Screen website.

• New Zealand Birds Online

  Detailed information on all the birds found at Arthur's Pass can be found via this page of New Zealand Birds Online.

• Notes on the natural history of the kea, with special reference to its reputed sheep-killing propensities

  This 1906 paper by George R. Marriner discusses the debate over whether kea attack sheep.

• Birds New Zealand

  The Ornithological Society of New Zealand website.

• Rock wren

  This page recounts the attempt to establish a population of rock wrens in a predator-free situation.

More suggestions and sources

• Ballance, Alison, and Rod Morris. Beautiful birds of New Zealand. Auckland: Random House, 2006.

• Diamond, Judy, and Alan Bond. Kea, bird of paradox: the evolution and behaviour of a New Zealand parrot. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1999.

• Gill, Brian, and Geoff Moon. New Zealand's unique birds. Auckland: Reed, 1999.

• Heather, Barrie D., and Hugh A. Robertson. The field guide to the birds of New Zealand. Rev. ed. Auckland: Viking, 2005.

• Moon, Geoff. New Zealand high country and its wildlife. Auckland: Reed, 1995.

• Temple, Philip. The book of the kea. Auckland: Hodder Moa Beckett, 1996.