Horsfield’s bronze-cuckoo added to the New Zealand list

Aotearoa New Zealand is a long way from anywhere. Despite being 2,000 km from the nearest continent, vagrant land birds regularly find their way across the Tasman Sea – though some don’t quite make it. Bird curator Colin Miskelly describes the latest new species to come to grief on our shores.

Read more at https://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2025/01/22/a-new-bird-for-new-zealand-horsfields-bronze-cuckoo/ and https://www.nzbirdsonline.org.nz/species/horsfield-s-bronze-cuckoo

Notornis – December edition now online!

The December edition of Notornis is now available to read or download online on the Current Quarterly Publications page

A fully searchable database of Notornis articles and Birds New Zealand magazines is provided in the Publications archive

Te Araroa birds – Interview with Dr Colin Miskelly

Walking the length of New Zealand counting every bird!

Listen to the interview with Dr Colin Miskelly about atlasing birds along Te Araroa Trail on youtube (by Adam Forbes): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBv7zJxtgfA

Auckland Programme

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