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Kōrero: Wading birds

Whārangi 8. Hononga, rauemi nō waho

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  • Birds New Zealand

    This website contains information on publications, meetings, activities and links to other sites.

  • Miranda shorebird centre

    The Miranda shorebird centre, on the Firth of Thames, is an important wader site. The website contains information about waders or shorebirds, including recent sightings, activities and courses.

  • Miranda shorebird teaching resource

    This Department of Conservation page links to a set of PDFs on waders, including their behaviour, habitat and feeding.

  • 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.

  • The black stilt

    A 1983 film about the world's rarest wading bird, on the NZ On Screen website.

Ētahi whakaaro puaki, takenga

  • Heather, Barrie D., and Hugh A. Robertson. The field guide to the birds of New Zealand. Rev. ed. Auckland: Viking, 2000.
  • Hutching, Gerard. Back from the brink. Auckland: Penguin, 2004.
  • Miskelly, C. M. 'The identity of the hakawai.' Notornis 34 (1987): 95–116.
  • Miskelly, C. M. 'Legal protection of New Zealand's indigenous terrestrial fauna – an historical review.' Tuhinga 25 (2014): 25–101.
  • Miskelly, C. M., and A. J. Baker. 'Description of a new subspecies of Coenocorypha snipe from subantarctic Campbell Island, New Zealand.' Notornis 56 (2010): 113–123.
  • Sibson, Richard. Birds at risk: rare and endangered species of New Zealand. Wellington: Reed, 1982.
  • Wader studies in New Zealand. Notornis special issue, vol. 46, part 1, edited by Hugh Robertson. Wellington: Ornithological Society of New Zealand, 1999.
  • Woodley, Keith. Shorebirds of New Zealand: sharing the margins. Auckland: Penguin, 2012.
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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Gerard Hutching, Wading birds, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/story/10094/sources (accessed 4 June 2026).

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