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Kōrero: Conservation – a history

Stead’s bush wren

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Stead’s bush wren

After rats invaded Big South Cape Island in 1964, the rare Stead’s bush wren became threatened. Specimens were transferred to nearby rat-free islands, but they did not breed there. The wren is now believed to be extinct.

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Department of Conservation

Reference: 10037276

by Don Merton

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Simon Nathan, Conservation – a history – Saving native birds, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/13933/steads-bush-wren (accessed 25 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Simon Nathan, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009, updated 1 August 2015.