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Kōrero: Birds of mountains and open country

Canterbury’s coastal dune lands

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Canterbury’s coastal dune lands

These sandy dune lands are between Te Waihora (Lake Ellesmere) and the Canterbury coast. Pipits live in this kind of habitat – they run along the ground in search of insects and seeds, and nest amongst tufts of low vegetation.

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by Christina Troup

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Christina Troup, Birds of mountains and open country – Open country environments, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/13997/canterburys-coastal-dune-lands (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Christina Troup, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.