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Kōrero: Bird migration

Birds that migrate within New Zealand

Common name Species
* Some migrate to Australia
South Island pied oystercatcher Haematopus finschi
Pied stilt Himantopus himantopus
Banded dotterel* Charadrius bicinctus
Wrybill Anarhynchus frontalis
Black-billed gull Larus bulleri

The species in this list migrate from their summer breeding areas to spend the rest of the year in another part of the country where food is abundant.

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Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Christina Troup, Bird migration – Migration within New Zealand, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/interactive/7494/birds-that-migrate-within-new-zealand (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Christina Troup, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.