Tadorna variegata
Pūtakitaki / Pūtangitangi / Paradise duck
Cromwell, South Island,
Aotearoa/New Zealand
#TadornaVariegata #Pūtakitaki #Pūtangitangi #ParadiseDuck #Aotearoa #NewZealand #NZbirds #NewZealandBirds #wildNZ #NaturePhotography #birdwatching #birding #NZWildlife #Aves
Tadorna variegata
Pūtakitaki / Pūtangitangi / Paradise duck
Cromwell, South Island,
Aotearoa/New Zealand
#TadornaVariegata #Pūtakitaki #Pūtangitangi #ParadiseDuck #Aotearoa #NewZealand #NZbirds #NewZealandBirds #wildNZ #NaturePhotography #birdwatching #birding #NZWildlife #Aves
Tadorna variegata
Pūtakitaki / Pūtangitangi / Paradise duck
Monkey Island Road, Orepuki,
South Island, New Zealand
#TadornaVariegata #Pūtakitaki #Pūtangitangi #ParadiseDuck #Aotearoa #NewZealand #NZbirds #NewZealandBirds #wildNZ #NaturePhotography #birdwatching #birding #NZWildlife #Aves
Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos
(Whio/Blue Duck)
Punanga Manu o Te Anau/Te Anau Bird Sanctuary
Te Anau, South Island,
Aotearoa/New Zealand,
May 2025
#HymenolaimusMalacorhynchos #Whio #BlueDuck ##birds #NZbirds #NewZealandBirds #wildNZ #NaturePhotography #birdwatching #birding #NZWildlife #Nature #Aves
Porphyrio hochstetteri #3
South Island Takahē
Punanga Manu o Te Anau/Te Anau Bird Sanctuary
Te Anau, South Island,
New Zealand
May 2025
#PorphyrioHochstetteri #SouthIslandTakahē #Takahē #birds #NZbirds #NewZealandBirds #wildNZ #NaturePhotography #birdwatching #birding #NZWildlife #Nature #Aves
Rhipidura fuliginosa subsp. fuliginosa
Pīwakawaka / South Island Fantail
Lake Moeraki, South Island,
New Zealand,
June 2025
#RhipiduraFuliginosa #Pīwakawaka #SouthIslandFantail
#birds #NZbirds #NewZealandBirds #wildNZ #NaturePhotography #birdwatching #birding #NZWildlife #Nature #Aves
Arctocephalus forsteri
New Zealand fur seal/Kekeno
Katiki Point, Moeraki,
South Island, New Zealand
May 2025
#ArctocephalusForsteri #Kekeno #NewZealandFurSeal #Seals #NZseals #wildNZ #NaturePhotography #NZWildlife #Nature #KatikiPoint #Moeraki #NewZealand
Gallirallus australis
Western Weka
Punakaki, South Island,
New Zealand
June 2025
#GallirallusAustralis #WesternWeka #Weka #NZbirds #NewZealandBirds #wildNZ #NaturePhotography #birdwatching #birding #NZWildlife #Aves
Haematopus unicolor
(Tōrea pango / Variable oystercatcher)
Timaru Beach
South Island
New Zealand
31st May 2025
#HaematopusUnicolor #TōreaPango #VariableOystercatcher #birds #NZbirds #NewZealandBirds #wildNZ #NaturePhotography #birdwatching #birding #NZWildlife #Nature #Aves
Fulica atra australis
The Australian coot
Lake Wakatipu, Queenstown,
South Island, New Zealand,
June 2025
#FulicaAtraAustralis #Kāmana #Pūteketeke #AustralianCoot #NZbirds #NewZealandBirds #wildNZ #NaturePhotography #birdwatching #birding #NZWildlife #Aves
Podiceps cristatus
Kāmana / Pūteketeke / Australasian crested grebe
Lake Wakatipu, Queenstown,
South Island, New Zealand,
June 2025
#PodicepsCristatus #Kāmana #Pūteketeke #AustralasianCrestedGrebe #NZbirds #NewZealandBirds #wildNZ #NaturePhotography #birdwatching #birding #NZWildlife #Aves
Petroica macrocephala
Ngirungiru / South Island Tomtit
Lake Moeraki, South Island,
New Zealand,
June 2025
#PetroicaMacrocephala #Ngirungiru #SouthIslandTomtit
#NZbirds #NewZealandBirds #wildNZ #NaturePhotography #birdwatching #birding #NZWildlife #Nature #Aves
Aythya novaeseelandiae
Papango / Matapouri / Titiporangi /Rraipo / New Zealand scaup / Black teal
Christchurch, South Island,
New Zealand
#AythyaNovaeseelandiae #Matapouri #NewZealandScaup #birds #NZbirds #NewZealandBirds #wildNZ #NaturePhotography #birdwatching #birding #NZWildlife #Nature #Aves
Anthornis melanura
Korimako / Makomako / Kōmako / New Zealand bellbird
Akaroa, New Zealand
June 2025
#AnthornisMelanura #Korimako #NewZealandBellbird #birds #NZbirds #NewZealandBirds #wildNZ #NaturePhotography #birdwatching #birding #NZWildlife #Nature #Aves
Haematopus unicolor
(Tōrea pango / Variable oystercatcher)
Barry's Bay, Banks Peninsula,
Canterbury Region, New Zealand,
June 2025
#HaematopusUnicolor #TōreaPango #VariableOystercatcher #birds #NZbirds #NewZealandBirds #wildNZ #NaturePhotography #birdwatching #birding #NZWildlife #Nature #Aves
Arctocephalus forsteri
New Zealand fur seal/kekeno
Shag Point / Matakaea
East Otago, New Zealand
May 2025
#ArctocephalusForsteri #kekeno #NewZealandFurSeal #Seals #NZseals #wildNZ #NaturePhotography #NZWildlife #Nature
Haematopus unicolor
(Tōrea pango / Variable oystercatcher)
South Beach/Patiti Point ,Timaru,
South Island, New Zealand.
May 2025
#HaematopusUnicolor #TōreaPango #VariableOystercatcher #birds #NZbirds #NewZealandBirds #wildNZ #NaturePhotography #birdwatching #birding #NZWildlife #Nature #Aves
Porphyrio melanotus
Pūkeko / purple swamphen / purple gallinule
Tautuku, Chaslands Hwy
Otago Region
South Island, New Zealand
May 2025
#PorphyrioMelanotus #Pūkeko #PurpleSwamphen #birds #NZbirds #NewZealandBirds #wildNZ #NaturePhotography #birdwatching #birding #NZWildlife #Nature #Aves
Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae (#2)
(Kererū, kukupa, kuku, wood pigeon, native pigeon, kokopa)
Dunedin Botanic Gardens
New Zealand
May 2025
#HemiphagaNovaeseelandiae #Kererū #birds #NZbirds #NewZealandBirds #wildNZ #NaturePhotography #birdwatching #birding #NZWildlife #Nature #Aves
Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae
Tūī
Dunedin Botanic Gardens
New Zealand
May 2025
#ProsthemaderaNovaeseelandiae #Tūī #birds #NZbirds #NewZealandBirds #wildNZ #NaturePhotography #birdwatching #birding #NZWildlife #Nature #Aves
Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae (#1)
(Kererū, kukupa, kuku, wood pigeon, native pigeon, kokopa)
Dunedin Botanic Gardens
New Zealand
May 2025
#HemiphagaNovaeseelandiae #Kererū #birds #NZbirds #NewZealandBirds #wildNZ #NaturePhotography #birdwatching #birding #NZWildlife #Nature #Aves
Diomedea sanfordi
Toroa / Northern royal albatross
Otago Peninsula, Harington Point,
South Island, New Zealand.
May 2025
#DiomedeaSanfordi #Toroa #NorthernRoyalAlbatross #RoyalAlbatrossCentre #OtagoPeninsula #birds #NZbirds #NewZealandBirds #wildNZ #birdwatching #birding #Nature #Aves
Chionochloa rubra
Red tussock grass
Poaceae
New Zealand State Highway 94,
Centre Hill, South Island
May 2025
#ChionochloaRubra #RedTussockGrass #Poaceae #nzplants #NewZealandNature #NZflora #nature #botany #wildNZ #NaturePhotography #photography #landscapephotography #photographyofbluesky #bluesky
Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae
(Kererū, kukupa, kuku, wood pigeon, native pigeon, kokopa)
Manapouri, South Island,
New Zealand.
May 2025
#HemiphagaNovaeseelandiae #Kererū #birds #NZbirds #NewZealandBirds #wildNZ #NaturePhotography #birdwatching #birding #NZWildlife #Nature #Aves
Porphyrio hochstetteri #2
South Island Takahē
Punanga Manu o Te Anau/Te Anau Bird Sanctuary
Te Anau, South Island,
New Zealand
May 2025
#PorphyrioHochstetteri #SouthIslandTakahē #Takahē #birds #NZbirds #NewZealandBirds #wildNZ #NaturePhotography #birdwatching #birding #NZWildlife #Nature #Aves
Porphyrio hochstetteri #1
South Island Takahē
Punanga Manu o Te Anau/Te Anau Bird Sanctuary
Te Anau, South Island,
New Zealand
May 2025
#PorphyrioHochstetteri #SouthIslandTakahē #Takahē #birds #NZbirds #NewZealandBirds #wildNZ #NaturePhotography #birdwatching #birding #NZWildlife #Nature #Aves
Karearea/NZ Falcon
Te Tutu Bach, Woodpecker Bay NZ.
#birdlife #NZbirds #beachlife
#WildNZ #birdsofprey
