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Kōrero: Large forest birds

Whārangi 8. Hononga, rauemi nō waho

Ētahi atu tūhononga, pae tukutuku hoki

  • Birds

    This section of the Department of Conservation site has information on native birds and conservation efforts.

  • Gallery of New Zealand’s birds

    This gallery links to images and text about New Zealand birds.

  • Birds New Zealand

    The Ornithological Society of New Zealand website.

  • 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.

  • Takahē Recovery

    The Takahē Recovery Programme involves a network of people throughout New Zealand, working together to ensure the takahē is never again ‘considered extinct’.

Ētahi whakaaro puaki, takenga

  • Heather, Barrie D., and Hugh A. Robertson. The field guide to the birds of New Zealand. Rev. ed. Auckland: Viking, 2005.
  • Hutching, Gerard. Back from the brink. Auckland: Penguin, 2004.
  • Lee, William G., and Ian G. Jamieson, eds. The takahe: fifty years of conservation management and research. Dunedin: University of Otago Press, 2001.
  • Miskelly, C. M. 'Legal protection of New Zealand's indigenous terrestrial fauna – an historical review.' Tuhinga 25 (2014): 25–101.
  • Orbell, Margaret. The natural world of the Māori. Auckland: David Bateman, 1996.
  • Williams, Murray, ed. A celebration of kakapo. Notornis 53, no. 1 (March 2006).
Ki mua Whai muri: Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa Whai muri

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Gerard Hutching, Large forest birds, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/story/8028/sources (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Gerard Hutching, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009, updated 1 August 2023.