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This is the list of the birds of New Zealand. The common name of the bird in New Zealand English is given first, and its Māori-language name, if different, is also noted. The North Island and South Island are the two largest islands of New Zealand. Stewart Island is the largest of the smaller islands.
Neomorpha crassirostris (male) Heteralocha gouldi. The huia ( / ˈhuːjə, - iːə / HOO-yə, -ee-ə; [ 2] Māori: [ˈhʉiˌa]; Heteralocha acutirostris) is an extinct species of New Zealand wattlebird, endemic to the North Island of New Zealand. The last confirmed sighting of a huia was in 1907, although there was another credible sighting ...
The North Island giant moa ( Dinornis novaezealandiae) is among dozens of bird species that became extinct after the human settlement of New Zealand. This is a list of New Zealand species extinct in the Holocene that covers extinctions from the Holocene epoch, a geologic epoch that began about 11,650 years Before Present (about 9700 BCE) [ a ...
New Zealand goose. New Zealand musk duck. New Zealand owlet-nightjar. New Zealand quail. New Zealand raven. New Zealand stiff-tailed duck. New Zealand swan. North Island giant moa. North Island little spotted kiwi.
Haast's eagle (Hieraaetus moorei) is an extinct species of eagle that lived in the South Island of New Zealand, commonly accepted to be the pouākai of Māori mythology. [2] It is the largest eagle known to have existed, with an estimated weight of 10–18 kilograms (22–40 pounds), compared to the next-largest and extant harpy eagle (Harpia harpyja), at up to 9 kg (20 lb). [3]
The adzebills, genus Aptornis, were two closely related bird species, the North Island adzebill, ( Aptornis otidiformis ), and the South Island adzebill, ( Aptornis defossor ), of the extinct family Aptornithidae. The family was endemic to New Zealand. A tentative fossil species, ( Aptornis proasciarostratus ), is known from the Miocene Saint ...
Kākāpō. The kākāpō ( Māori: [kaːkaːpɔː]; [ 3] pl.: kākāpō; Strigops habroptila ), sometimes known as the owl parrot or owl-faced parrot, is a species of large, nocturnal, ground-dwelling parrot of the superfamily Strigopoidea. It is endemic to New Zealand.
Bushwren. The bushwren ( Xenicus longipes ), also known as the mātuhituhi in the Māori language, was a very small and almost flightless bird that was endemic to New Zealand. It had three subspecies on each of the major islands of New Zealand, the North Island, South Island, and Stewart Island / Rakiura and nearby smaller islands. The species ...