New Zealand: Birds & More

New Zealand

Mar 13

Written By Anuradha Sarup

From the far end of the World, a world of astonishing beauty…and some astonishing birds!
A country filled with superb landscapes, inland and along the coast, gorgeously exotic birds and warm, friendly locals. My short two weeks were way too short to be there. The magic spell the land cast, lingers on…

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New Zealand sheep

Koekoeā or the Pacific long-tailed cuckoo

Tongariro National Park

Life holds on and comes back everytime

Delicate wilderness

In the wilderness

Tokaanu Thermal Walk

Tokaanu Thermal Walk

Tokaanu Thermal Walk

Tokaanu Thermal Walk

Tokaanu Thermal Walk

Mallard on Lake Taupō

Lake Taupō

Kererū or New Zealand pigeon (Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae)

Tongariro National Park

Tongariro National Park

Chateau Tongariro Hotel

Tongariro National Park

Tongariro National Park

Tongariro National Park

Tongariro National Park

Tongariro National Park

Land of ferns

Moss trees

Moss trees

New Zealand forest with fern trees

Ferns

Ferns

 Along the Ohakune Mountain Road

Eurasian chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)

Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella)

 Along the Ohakune Mountain Road

Common starling (Sturnus vulgaris)

California quail (Callipepla californica)

New Zealand kākā (Nestor meridionalis)

North Island saddleback or Tīeke (Philesturnus rufusater)

Tūī (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae)

New Zealand kākā (Nestor meridionalis)

New Zealand kākā (Nestor meridionalis)

New Zealand kākā (Nestor meridionalis)

North Island robin (Petroica longipes)

Tūī (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae)

Tūī (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae)

Kererū or New Zealand pigeon (Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae)

In Zelandia

Paradise Shelducks or Pūtangitangi (Tadorna variegata)

Kelp gull (Dominikanermöwe)

Pied Shag Cormorant (Phalacrocorax varius)

Pied Shag Cormorant (Phalacrocorax varius)

Tūī (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae)

New Zealand bellbird (Anthornis melanura)

Welcome Swallow (Hirundo neoxena)

New Zealand Scaup (Aythya novaeseelandiae)

Tūī (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae)

North Island robin (Petroica longipes)

Ferns

Tree Fern

New Zealand fantail (Rhipidura fuliginosa)

Red-crowned Parakeet or Kākārik (Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae)

Tūī (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae)

New Zealand fantail (Rhipidura fuliginosa)

New Zealand fantail (Rhipidura fuliginosa)

Coastal road around Wellington

Whitehead ( Mohoua albicilla)

North Island robin (Petroica longipes)

Stitchbird or Hihi (Notiomystis cincta)

Tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus)

Baby California quail (Callipepla californica)

New Zealand's smallest bird, the Rifleman (Acanthisitta chloris)

White Butterfly (Pieris rapae)

Fur Seal (Arctocephalus forsteri)

Round-leafed navel-wort ( Cotyledon orbiculata)

Driving through the interior of North Island

Coastal road to Cape Palliser

On the coastal road to Cape Palliser

Red-billed Gull (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae scopulinus)

Cape Palliser

Cape Palliser

Cape Palliser

Fur Seal (Arctocephalus forsteri)

Fur Seal (Arctocephalus forsteri)

Fur Seal (Arctocephalus forsteri)

Hare's tail grass (Lagurus ovatus)

Along the coastal road, Wellington

Along the coastal road, Wellington

Purple Ragwort (Senecio elegans)

On the east coast, North Island

Common Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)

Variable oystercatcher or Tōreapango (Haematopus unicolor)

Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)

Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)

Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)

Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)

New Zealand Pied Shag (Phalacrocorax varius varius)

Variable oystercatcher or Tōreapango (Haematopus unicolor)

New Zealand Pied Shag (Phalacrocorax varius varius)

New Zealand Pied Shag (Phalacrocorax varius varius)

Pied Stilt (Himantopus leucocephalus)

Common Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)

Silvereye or Tauhou (Zosterops lateralis)

New Zealand Pied Shag (Phalacrocorax varius varius)

Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)

Variable oystercatcher or Tōreapango (Haematopus unicolor)

Pied Stilt (Himantopus leucocephalus)

Pied Shag Cormorant (Phalacrocorax varius)

Pied Shag Cormorant (Phalacrocorax varius)

Variable oystercatcher or Tōreapango (Haematopus unicolor)

Variable oystercatcher or Tōreapango (Haematopus unicolor)

Common Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)

Common Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)

Australasian swamphen or Pūkeko (Porphyrio melanotus)

Wellington

At the Wellington Botanical Gardens

At the Wellington Botanical Gardens

At the Wellington Botanical Gardens

Baby Mallard or wild duck (Anas platyrhynchos)

Paradise Shelducks or Pūtangitangi (Tadorna variegata)

Domestic pigeon (Columba livia domestica)

Wellington Botanical Gardens

Tūī (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae)

Tūī (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae)

Tūī (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae)

Whitehead ( Mohoua albicilla)

Tūī (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae)

Tūī (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae)

Fern Tree

Whitehead ( Mohoua albicilla)

New Zealand kākā (Nestor meridionalis)

North Island robin (Petroica longipes)

In Zelandia

New Zealand kākā (Nestor meridionalis)

Tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus)

Along the coastal road, Wellington

Along the coastal road, Wellington

Along the coastal road, Wellington

Along the coastal road, Wellington

Along the coastal road, Wellington

Along the coastal road, Wellington

Along the coastal road, Wellington

Wellington

Wellington

Wellington

Southern black-backed gull or Karoro (Larus dominicanus)

Along the coastal road, Wellington

Point Halswell Lighthouse, Wellington

Pied Shag Cormorant (Phalacrocorax varius)

European Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)

New Zealand Flax (Phormium tenax)

Common Blackbird (Turdus merula)

Along the coastal road, Wellington

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In Mongolia