The Birds
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Antarctic tern
Photo by Colin MisKelly
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Antipodean Albatross
Photo by Neil Fitzgerald. NZ Birds Online.
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Antipodes Island parakeet
Photo by Colin MisKelly
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Asiatic whimbrel
Photo by Michael L. Baird. Creative Commons
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Auckland Island Rail
Photo by Rod Morris, Courtesy of Department of Conservation.
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Auckland Island Teal
Photo by Avenue, Creative Commons
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Auckland Island shag
Photo by Craig McKenzie
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Australasian gannet
Photo by Matt Binns. Creative Commons
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Australasian little grebe
Photo by Keith Lightbody, Creative Commons
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Australian coot
Photo by Alan Tennyson
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Barbary dove
Photo by Dick Daniels, Creative Commons
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Barn owl
Photograph by Peter Trimming. Creative Commons.
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Bird sanctuary with daytime bird life
Photograph used with permission
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Black noddy
Photograph by Don Merton. Crown Copyright 1966, Department of Conservation.
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Black robin
Photograph by Don Merton. Crown Copyright 2004, Department of Conservation
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Black swan (Kakianau)
Photograph by Tony Wills, Creative Commons
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Black-bellied storm petrel
Photo by Alan Tennyson
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Black-browed mollymawk
Photograph by Colin Miskelly. NZ Birds Online.
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Black-fronted dotterel
Photo by Neil Fitzgerald
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Black-winged petrel
Photo by Christopher Watson, Creative Commons
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The birds are broadcast on Morning Report, each day before the 7 am news.
The bird calls are available for download but are covered by strict copyright conditions. These conditions limit access to personal use only. It is a breach of these conditions for bird calls downloaded from this site to be distributed, broadcast publicly, or altered in any way.
The Birds are Tweeting
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Today's bird is the Greenfinch.
More about birds on Radio NZ
- 40 years since the first ever 'bird'
They've been a staple of Radio New Zealand for decades - four to be exact. The bird calls have been played in the mornings on Radio New Zealand since 1974. - Birds on Our Changing World
A collection of stories about our native birds. - Birdwatching on This Way Up
Finding out about New Zealand's birds with birdwatcher Hugh Robertson. - John Kendrick (1922-2013)
John Kendrick, the conservationist, filmmaker and sound recordist who initiated and recorded many of the Morning Report bird calls. - The Secret Life of Bird Calls
The first songs that echoed across this land came from birds.
External links
- New Zealand Birds Online
- Department of Conservation
- Forest & Bird's Bird of the Year
- New Zealand Birds
English to Māori key
- Australasian bittern - matuku hūrepo
- Australasian crested grebe - puteketeke
- Australasian shoveler - kuruwhengi
- Banded dotterel - tūturiwhatu
- Bellbird - korimako
- Black-backed gull - karoro
- Black-fronted tern - tarapirohe
- Black stilt - kāki
- Blue duck - whio
- Blue-wattled crow - kōkako
- Brown teal - pāteke
- Brown creeper - pipipi
- Buller's mollymawk - toroa
- Caspian tern - tarānui
- Chaffinch - pahirini
- Chatham Island oystercatcher - tōrea tai
- Common diving petrel - kūaka
- Dawn chorus - te ata kōrihi
- Diving petrel - kūaka
- Fantail - pīwakawaka
- Fairy prion - tītī wainui
- Fiordland crested penguin - tawaki
- Fluttering shearwater - pakaha
- Forest parrot - kākā
- Gannet - takapu
- Grey duck - pārera
- Grey petrel - kuia
- Grey teal - tētē moroiti
- Grey warbler - riroriro
- Harrier - kāhu
- King shag - kawau
- Little penguin - kororā
- Little black shag - kawau tūi
- Little shag - kawau paka
- Long-tailed cuckoo - koekoea
- Marsh crake - koitareke
- Morepork - ruru
- Mountain parrot - kea
- Muttonbird - tītī
- New Zealand dotterel - tūturiwhatu
- New Zealand falcon - karearea
- New Zealand shore plover - tuturuatu
- Night parrot - kākāpō
- Northern giant petrel - pāngurunguru
- North Island robin - toutouwai
- Oystercatcher (South Island pied) - tōrea
- Oystercatcher (variable) tōrea pango
- Paradise shellduck - pūtangitangi
- Pied shag - karuhiruhi
- Pied stilt - poaka
- Red-billed gull - tarāpunga
- Red-crowned parakeet - kākāriki
- Reef heron - matuku moana
- Rifleman - tītipounamu
- Royal albatross - toroa
- Royal spoonbill - kotuku ngutupapa
- Sacred kingfisher - kōtare
- Saddleback - tīeke
- Spotted shag - kawau pateketeke
- Shining cuckoo - pīpīwharauroa
- Silvereye - tauhou
- Skua - hākoakoa
- Skylark - kaireka
- South Island fernbird - matata
- South Island robin - kakaruai
- Spotless crake - pūweto
- Stewart Island shag - kawau
- Stitchbird - hihi
- Parson bird - tui
- Wandering albatross - toroa
- Welcome swallow - warou
- Woodhen - weka
- Wood pigeon - kereru
- Whitehead - popokatea
- White-faced heron - matuku
- White-faced storm petrel - takahikare-moana
- White-flippered penguin - kororā
- White-faced storm petrel - takahikare-moana
- White-fronted tern - tara
- White heron - kotuku
- Wrybill - ngutuparore
- Yellow-crowned parakeet - kākāriki
- Yellow-eyed penguin - hōiho
- Yellowhead - mohua
Photo credits
Adam Mark Lenny - (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Alan Tennyson - used with permisson
Avenue - (CC BY-SA 2.5)
Andreas Trepte - (CC BY-SA 2.5)
Chris Paul - (CC BY 2.0)
Christopher Watson - (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Colin Miskelly - used with permission
Craig McKenzie - used with permisson
Department of Conservation - used with permisson
digitaltrails - (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
Dominic Sherony - (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Duncan Wright - (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Forest and Kim Starr - (CC BY 3.0)
Glen Fergus - (CC BY-SA 2.5)
Hans Hillewaert - (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Hullwarren - (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Jason Girvan - (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Jörg Hempel - (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Jum Scarff - (CC BY 2.0)
Keith Lightbody - (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Lance Andrews - (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Lars Karlsson - (CC BY-SA 2.5)
Mark Jobling - public domain
Menno Huibers - used with permission
Michael Hamilton (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Neil Fitzgerald - used with permission
Niels Huibers - used with permission
Peter Southwood - (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Roger South - (CC BY 2.0)
Sid Mosdell - (CC BY 2.0)