Birds New Zealand (OSNZ)
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Te Kāhui Mātai Manu o Aotearoa | The Ornithological Society of New Zealand - for all things birds in Aotearoa New Zealand. www.birdsnz.org.nz
The latest issue of our journal Notornis is now online including articles on the mysterious Rebecca Stone (ornithology in the 1800s), changes in the bird community of Auckland Domain, 50 years of petrel records in the Cook Islands, and more. #ornithology #NZBirds
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Notornis – June edition published - Birds New Zealand
The latest issue of Notornis (Volume 72, Part 2, June 2025) has been published and is available via the Current Quarterly Publications page, or click on the links below. FULL ISSUE: Notornis Volume 72...
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July 20, 2025 at 1:17 AM
The latest issue of our journal Notornis is now online including articles on the mysterious Rebecca Stone (ornithology in the 1800s), changes in the bird community of Auckland Domain, 50 years of petrel records in the Cook Islands, and more. #ornithology #NZBirds
www.birdsnz.org.nz/society-publ...
www.birdsnz.org.nz/society-publ...
Our latest Birds NZ magazine is now online, containing news from the 2024/25 national Royal Spoonbill survey and Southern NZ Dotterel survey. Hear from Oscar Thomas on his Western Pacific Odyssey to Japan, and learn how to identify NZ raptors. #ornithology #NZBirds
www.birdsnz.org.nz/publications...
www.birdsnz.org.nz/publications...
July 20, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Our latest Birds NZ magazine is now online, containing news from the 2024/25 national Royal Spoonbill survey and Southern NZ Dotterel survey. Hear from Oscar Thomas on his Western Pacific Odyssey to Japan, and learn how to identify NZ raptors. #ornithology #NZBirds
www.birdsnz.org.nz/publications...
www.birdsnz.org.nz/publications...
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Some news from New Zealand!
Is bird flu at the doorstep?
Great monitoring effort trying to spot and capture a handful of black-iris individuals among hundreds of birds, a very interesting proposal from @birdsnewzealand.bsky.social, v happy to have been involved in the last trip of the season. 👁️🐧
Is bird flu at the doorstep?
Great monitoring effort trying to spot and capture a handful of black-iris individuals among hundreds of birds, a very interesting proposal from @birdsnewzealand.bsky.social, v happy to have been involved in the last trip of the season. 👁️🐧
Our Changing World: Getting ready for H5N1 bird flu
New Zealand is one the last places in the world where H5N1 has not yet been detected.
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June 17, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Some news from New Zealand!
Is bird flu at the doorstep?
Great monitoring effort trying to spot and capture a handful of black-iris individuals among hundreds of birds, a very interesting proposal from @birdsnewzealand.bsky.social, v happy to have been involved in the last trip of the season. 👁️🐧
Is bird flu at the doorstep?
Great monitoring effort trying to spot and capture a handful of black-iris individuals among hundreds of birds, a very interesting proposal from @birdsnewzealand.bsky.social, v happy to have been involved in the last trip of the season. 👁️🐧
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Apologies for the blatant self-promotion 😜 but I'm very pleased to be a part of the @birdsnewzealand.bsky.social council helping steer the society into the future. Hit me up if you want to have a chat www.birdsnz.org.nz/news/new-cou...
New Council Member - Nic Rawlence - Birds New Zealand
I grew up in Nelson and Golden Bay surrounded by birds above ground and the bones of extinct birds in caves below ground. I spent much of my childhood in the outdoors amongst nature and sailing in Tas...
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June 24, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Apologies for the blatant self-promotion 😜 but I'm very pleased to be a part of the @birdsnewzealand.bsky.social council helping steer the society into the future. Hit me up if you want to have a chat www.birdsnz.org.nz/news/new-cou...
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Has anyone else every seen the curlew tribe 'anting'?
In Iceland I watched this Eurasian Whimbrel pick ants off the plants & place them deliberately on different part of its plumage. @btobirds.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social @aba.org @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social @birdsnewzealand.bsky.social
In Iceland I watched this Eurasian Whimbrel pick ants off the plants & place them deliberately on different part of its plumage. @btobirds.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social @aba.org @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social @birdsnewzealand.bsky.social
July 6, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Has anyone else every seen the curlew tribe 'anting'?
In Iceland I watched this Eurasian Whimbrel pick ants off the plants & place them deliberately on different part of its plumage. @btobirds.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social @aba.org @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social @birdsnewzealand.bsky.social
In Iceland I watched this Eurasian Whimbrel pick ants off the plants & place them deliberately on different part of its plumage. @btobirds.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social @aba.org @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social @birdsnewzealand.bsky.social
We are offering 2 AOC Student Travel Grants of $700 each to #AoNZ postgrads presenting research at the AOC2025 aoc.org.au, Perth, 18-20 Nov.
Grant details available at www.birdsnz.org.nz/awards-and-p.... Applications close 20 June, so get in quick! #NZBirds #ornithology 🪶
Grant details available at www.birdsnz.org.nz/awards-and-p.... Applications close 20 June, so get in quick! #NZBirds #ornithology 🪶
AOC Student Grants - Birds New Zealand
The Australasian Ornithological Conference (AOC) is the primary conference for BirdLife Australia and Birds New Zealand, and the largest biennial gathering of enthusiastic amateur and professional orn...
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June 8, 2025 at 2:21 AM
We are offering 2 AOC Student Travel Grants of $700 each to #AoNZ postgrads presenting research at the AOC2025 aoc.org.au, Perth, 18-20 Nov.
Grant details available at www.birdsnz.org.nz/awards-and-p.... Applications close 20 June, so get in quick! #NZBirds #ornithology 🪶
Grant details available at www.birdsnz.org.nz/awards-and-p.... Applications close 20 June, so get in quick! #NZBirds #ornithology 🪶
We gratefully thank the local organising committee for their hard work to make #BirdsNZ2025 a great conference weekend! Thank you to all the presenters for sharing the latest research, and to the enthusiastic, engaged audience. Ngā mihi!
June 1, 2025 at 2:52 AM
We gratefully thank the local organising committee for their hard work to make #BirdsNZ2025 a great conference weekend! Thank you to all the presenters for sharing the latest research, and to the enthusiastic, engaged audience. Ngā mihi!
Hui Zhen Tan has been involved with monitoring Tūturiwhatu | Northern NZ Dotterels on Motuihe. Trail cameras are used to assess threats, and nest shelters are being used to provide protection from predators. #BirdsNZ2025 #conservation
June 1, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Hui Zhen Tan has been involved with monitoring Tūturiwhatu | Northern NZ Dotterels on Motuihe. Trail cameras are used to assess threats, and nest shelters are being used to provide protection from predators. #BirdsNZ2025 #conservation
Chris Muller presents the latest tech available for #conservation including automated multi-track VHF telemetry. #BirdsNZ2025
June 1, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Chris Muller presents the latest tech available for #conservation including automated multi-track VHF telemetry. #BirdsNZ2025
6 Emu were introduced to the Chathams ~30 yrs ago, which were then released and bred, with an estimate of 200 today on Rēkohu Chatham Island, reports Campbell James. #BirdsNZ2025
June 1, 2025 at 2:35 AM
6 Emu were introduced to the Chathams ~30 yrs ago, which were then released and bred, with an estimate of 200 today on Rēkohu Chatham Island, reports Campbell James. #BirdsNZ2025
Matt Rayner shares news of fisheries impacts on Kawau tikitiki | Spotted Shags in the northern North Island, where nest numbers have been declining in recent years. #BirdsNZ2025
June 1, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Matt Rayner shares news of fisheries impacts on Kawau tikitiki | Spotted Shags in the northern North Island, where nest numbers have been declining in recent years. #BirdsNZ2025
Colin Miskelly explains how the species identity of MacGillivray’s Prion was highly uncertain until the find of another population on Gough Island among Broad-billed Prions. #BirdsNZ2025 #taxonomy
June 1, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Colin Miskelly explains how the species identity of MacGillivray’s Prion was highly uncertain until the find of another population on Gough Island among Broad-billed Prions. #BirdsNZ2025 #taxonomy
Extreme winds heavily impact seabird movements, but this is understudied as it’s logistically challenging to track #seabirds in these conditions. Jamie Darby has been tracking Toanui | Flesh-footed Shearwaters to see how they respond during storm events. #BirdsNZ2025
June 1, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Extreme winds heavily impact seabird movements, but this is understudied as it’s logistically challenging to track #seabirds in these conditions. Jamie Darby has been tracking Toanui | Flesh-footed Shearwaters to see how they respond during storm events. #BirdsNZ2025
Palaeontology involves a lot of time out in the mud, says Alan Tennyson. A huge diversity of taxa have been discovered from the St Bathans site including >8000 identifiable bird bones. #BirdsNZ2025
June 1, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Palaeontology involves a lot of time out in the mud, says Alan Tennyson. A huge diversity of taxa have been discovered from the St Bathans site including >8000 identifiable bird bones. #BirdsNZ2025
Jacinda Woolly asks what species are present, where are they, and how are they going? Her team on Auckland Council have compiled regional #conservation status assessments of birds in the Auckland region. Auckland was identified as a national stronghold for 24 species. #BirdsNZ2025
June 1, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Jacinda Woolly asks what species are present, where are they, and how are they going? Her team on Auckland Council have compiled regional #conservation status assessments of birds in the Auckland region. Auckland was identified as a national stronghold for 24 species. #BirdsNZ2025
Graeme Taylor shares his passion project monitoring petrels on 2 tiny privately owned islands off Bethell’s Beach. Since 1989, GT has been monitoring up to 5 species breeding there, counting, banding, tracking and more. #BirdsNZ2025 #seabirds
June 1, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Graeme Taylor shares his passion project monitoring petrels on 2 tiny privately owned islands off Bethell’s Beach. Since 1989, GT has been monitoring up to 5 species breeding there, counting, banding, tracking and more. #BirdsNZ2025 #seabirds
Johannes Fischer shares the challenges of ensuring standardised approaches to estimating abundance and trends of albatrosses and petrels - important work to inform conservation status + mgmt. #BirdsNZ2025 #seabirds
May 31, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Johannes Fischer shares the challenges of ensuring standardised approaches to estimating abundance and trends of albatrosses and petrels - important work to inform conservation status + mgmt. #BirdsNZ2025 #seabirds
Nikki McArthur presents results of systematic surveys of birds across hundreds of kms of river in the lower North Island. Cyclone Gabrielle had massive impacts on Banded Dotterel numbers in particular, with a 15% decline, showing how vulnerable shorebirds can be to extreme weather. #BirdsNZ2025
May 31, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Nikki McArthur presents results of systematic surveys of birds across hundreds of kms of river in the lower North Island. Cyclone Gabrielle had massive impacts on Banded Dotterel numbers in particular, with a 15% decline, showing how vulnerable shorebirds can be to extreme weather. #BirdsNZ2025
Richard Littauer presents an entertaining overview of how the ICZN code facilitates (and presents challenges for) scientific #nomenclature, in the context of the Checklist of the Birds of NZ. It’s not all Greek (or Latin) to me! #BirdsNZ2025
May 31, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Richard Littauer presents an entertaining overview of how the ICZN code facilitates (and presents challenges for) scientific #nomenclature, in the context of the Checklist of the Birds of NZ. It’s not all Greek (or Latin) to me! #BirdsNZ2025
Zunaira Noreen is assessing flight initiation distance as a measure of boldness of Red-billed Gulls in Otago. This information can tell us how this largely urban population has been increasing since the 1990s while others have declined. #BirdsNZ2025 #ornithology
May 31, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Zunaira Noreen is assessing flight initiation distance as a measure of boldness of Red-billed Gulls in Otago. This information can tell us how this largely urban population has been increasing since the 1990s while others have declined. #BirdsNZ2025 #ornithology
What impact has the small and bottlenecked population history of Hihi had on relatedness within current populations? Hui Zhen Tan uses genomics to show inbreeding levels are moderately high. #BirdsNZ2025 #consgen
May 31, 2025 at 11:45 PM
What impact has the small and bottlenecked population history of Hihi had on relatedness within current populations? Hui Zhen Tan uses genomics to show inbreeding levels are moderately high. #BirdsNZ2025 #consgen
The primary #pathogen causing Kākāpō ‘crusty bum’ (cloacitis) appears to be E. coli. Rebecca French explains how knowing the cause is essential to prevent spread & determine management of infectious agents. #BirdsNZ2025
May 31, 2025 at 11:41 PM
The primary #pathogen causing Kākāpō ‘crusty bum’ (cloacitis) appears to be E. coli. Rebecca French explains how knowing the cause is essential to prevent spread & determine management of infectious agents. #BirdsNZ2025
The Auckland Council seabird monitoring and restoration programme began in 2019. Gaia dell’Ariccia shares updates on #seabird monitoring in the region, focussing on shags, Black Petrels, and Cook’s Petrels. #BirdsNZ2025
May 31, 2025 at 11:35 PM
The Auckland Council seabird monitoring and restoration programme began in 2019. Gaia dell’Ariccia shares updates on #seabird monitoring in the region, focussing on shags, Black Petrels, and Cook’s Petrels. #BirdsNZ2025
Anne Gaskett presents work from Ariel Heswall on the sensory systems of #seabirds. Specifically, how do seabird optical systems (vision + interpretation by the brain) influence plastic ingestion? #BirdsNZ2025
May 31, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Anne Gaskett presents work from Ariel Heswall on the sensory systems of #seabirds. Specifically, how do seabird optical systems (vision + interpretation by the brain) influence plastic ingestion? #BirdsNZ2025
Rachel Klein investigates nest composition on Rēkohu Chatham Islands, including using eDNA. 62 different components were identified! #BirdsNZ2025
May 31, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Rachel Klein investigates nest composition on Rēkohu Chatham Islands, including using eDNA. 62 different components were identified! #BirdsNZ2025