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Kōrero: Small forest birds

Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa

Mai i te whārangi 1 - New Zealand’s small forest birds

Dawn chorus

Distribution of small forest birds

Distribution of small forest birds

Snares Island tomtit

Snares Island tomtit

Drift away from Gondwana

Drift away from Gondwana

Rat in fantail nest

Rat in fantail nest

Mai i te whārangi 2 - Riflemen

Rifleman on $2 note

Rifleman on $2 note

Rock wren with wētā

Rock wren with wētā

Female North Island rifleman

Female North Island rifleman

South Island rifleman

South Island rifleman (1 o 2)

Juvenile rifleman

Juvenile rifleman (2 o 2)

Mai i te whārangi 3 - Saddlebacks and stitchbirds

Juvenile North Island saddlebacks

Juvenile North Island saddlebacks

Saddleback feeding

Saddleback feeding

Male stitchbird

Male stitchbird

Female stitchbird

Female stitchbird

Reconstructed stitchbird nest

Reconstructed stitchbird nest

Mai i te whārangi 4 - Honeyeaters – bellbirds and tūī

Bellbirds

Bic Runga’s Tui award

Bic Runga’s Tui award (1 o 4)

Tui beer

Tui beer (2 o 4)

Tui lip balm

Tui lip balm (3 o 4)

Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society

Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society (4 o 4)

Tūī drinking nectar

Tūī drinking nectar

Tūī pollinating native flowers

Tūī pollinating native flowers

Tūī collecting honeydew

Tūī collecting honeydew

Mai i te whārangi 5 - Robins and tomtits

North and South Island robins

North and South Island robins

Old Blue

Male tomtit with chicks

Male tomtit with chicks

Female tomtit

Mai i te whārangi 6 - Fantails and silvereyes

Pied fantail

Fantail flitting

Fantail flitting

Fantail stamp

Fantail stamp (1 o 2)

New Zealand Memorial

New Zealand Memorial (2 o 2)

Silvereye

Trained by a fantail

Trained by a fantail

Mai i te whārangi 7 - Whiteheads, yellowheads and brown creepers

Whitehead

Yellowhead

Brown creeper pair

Brown creeper pair

Mai i te whārangi 8 - Grey warblers and Chatham Island warblers

Grey warbler

Chatham Island warbler

Chatham Island warbler

Mai i te whārangi 9 - Cuckoos

Shining cuckoo

Long-tailed cuckoo

Long-tailed cuckoo

Cuckoo migration routes

Cuckoo migration routes

Mai i te whārangi 10 - Parakeets

Antipodes Island parakeet

Antipodes Island parakeet

Red-crowned parakeet

Red-crowned parakeet

Yellow-crowned parakeet

Yellow-crowned parakeet (1 o 2)

Orange-fronted parakeet

Orange-fronted parakeet (2 o 2)

Forbes’ parakeet

Forbes’ parakeet (1 o 3)

Reischek's parakeet feeding chicks

Reischek's parakeet feeding chicks (2 o 3)

Kermadec red-crowned parakeet

Kermadec red-crowned parakeet (3 o 3)

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārangi:

Christina Troup, 'Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/small-forest-birds/media (accessed 2 June 2023)

He kōrero nā Christina Troup, i tāngia i te 24 Sep 2007, reviewed & revised 17 Feb 2015