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Collins Handguide to the Birds of New Zealand Chloe Talbot-Kelly,Chloe Talbot Kelly Chloe No preview available - 1982 |
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adult ALBATROSS altitudes ANTARCTIC ANTARCTIC SKUA Antipodes ARCTIC areas Auckland Islands AUSTRALIAN BANDED DOTTEREL bill black borders BLACK PETREL BOUNTY ISLAND breeding dress bush calls Chatham Islands chicks CIRL BUNTING cm Introduced coastal coasts colonies COOK'S PETREL coverts CUCKOO dark darker eggs are laid feathers feed on insects female flight flocks forest Grey Duck ground GULL habitat HERON immature immature incubate Island Mollymawk ISLAND SHAG Leucocarbo Kermadecs KIWI lakes larger lay 4-6 eggs lay two eggs Leucocarbo Macquarie Island main islands male Mallard mandible migrate Mollymawk nest in hollows non-breeding North northern novaeseelandiae numbers offshore islands pairs PARAKEET PENGUIN PETREL Pterodroma PIGEON PLOVER plumage Prion rare ROCK PIGEON rump Saddlebacks SANDPIPER SHEARWATER Puffinus SILVEREYE SKUA smaller Snares song SOOTY South Island species spotted Stewart Island STORM PETREL sub-antarctic islands subspecies tail TERN throat trees underwing waders WANDERING ALBATROSS white eggs wings winter Wrybills Yellowhammers young Zealand