Collins Handguide to the Birds of New Zealand"This book contains basic information about the development of the bird life of New Zealand, birdsong, territorial behaviour, courtship, nesting and eggs, food, habitat and migration, and guides you in the way to look at birds to recognise their differences"--Back cover. |
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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 carunculatus 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 head HERON 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 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 throat THRUSH trees underwing waders WANDERING ALBATROSS white eggs wings winter Wrybills Yellowhammers young Zealand