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Kōrero: Wading birds

South Island pied oystercatchers

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South Island pied oystercatchers

Once the breeding season is over, South Island pied oystercatchers form flocks at feeding grounds on estuaries and coastal sites. Note the white wingbar on the birds in flight.

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by Geoff Moon

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Gerard Hutching, Wading birds – Oystercatchers, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/9150/south-island-pied-oystercatchers (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Gerard Hutching, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.