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The Birds Ngā Manu
Alphabetical listing
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z View birds by date of broadcast
Broadcast date 11 April
Black Robin
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Department
of Conservation. 2001.
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Broadcast date 9 April
Blackbird
Photograph by Tony Wills.
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Click on the images for information about each bird from the Department of Conservation or Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand websites.
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English to Māori key
Albatross (Royal) – Toroa
Albatross (Wandering) – Toroa
Australasian bittern – Matuku
Bellbird – Korimako
Black-backed gull – Karoro
Black-fronted tern - Tarapirohe
Black Robin
Blackbird
Blue-wattled crow - Kōkako
Buller's mollymawk - Toroa
Brown Creeper - Pipipi
California Quail
Canada goose
Caspian tern - Tarānui
Chaffinch
Cuckoo (long-tailed) – Koekoea
Dawn chorus - Te Ata Kōrihi
Diving petrel – Kūaka
Fantail – Pīwakawaka
Fairy prion - Tītī Wainui
Fluttering Shearwater - Pakaha
Forest parrot – Kākā
Gannet – Takapu
Grey warbler – Riroriro
Gull (Black-backed) – Karoro
Gull (red–billed) – Tarāpunga
Kākāpō
Kea
Kiwi (Great spotted)
Kiwi (Little spotted)
Kiwi (North Island)
Long-tailed cuckoo – Koekoea
Morepork - Ruru
Paradise shellduck – Pūtangitangi
Parrot (forest) – Kākā
Penguin (yellow-eyed) – Hōiho
Red–billed gull - Tarāpunga
Robin – Toutouwai
Royal Albatross - Toroa
Saddleback - Tīeke
Shag (King)
Shag (Spotted) – Kawau
Shearwater (Fluttering) - Pakaha
Shearwater (sooty) , Tītī , aka: Muttonbird
Shining cuckoo – Pīpīwharauroa
Silvereye - Tauhou
Skua – Hākoakoa
Sooty shearwater , Tītī , aka: Muttonbird
Starling
Stitchbird – Hihi
Takahe
Tern (black-fronted) - Tarapirohe
Tern (Caspian) - Tarānui
Tern (white-fronted) - Tara
Thrush
Tui
Wandering albatross - Toroa
Weka
White-fronted tern - Tara
Yellow-eyed penguin – Hōiho
Yellowhead –Mohua
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