Photo Gallery

A selection of BirdCare Aotearoa wild bird patients

Kākā in the general ward at BirdCare Aotearoa

 

Kororā (little penguin) chick

 

Ruru (morepork) chick

 

Tūī fledgings

 

Moho Pererū (banded rail)

 

Kererū (New Zealand pigeon) chick

 

Tūturiwhatu (New Zealand dotterel)

 

Kōtare (sacred kingfisher)

 

Cook’s petrel/tītī being weighed

 

Kāhu (swamp harrier) chick

 

Weweia (New Zealand dabchick)

 

Kawaupaka (little shag) chick

 

Pūtangitangi (paradise shelduck) ducklings

 

Australian coot

 

Kakīānau (black swan)

 

Kererū (New Zealand pigeon) receiving laser therapy

 

Tākapu (Australasian gannet)

 

Matuku moana (white-faced heron) chick

 

Tauhou (silvereye) fledglings

 

Kororā (little penguin) receiving a health check

 

Ruru/morepork being medicated

 

Tōrea (South Island pied oystercatcher)

 

Blackbird and song thrush chicks

 

Pīpīwharauroa (shining cuckoo) and warou (welcome swallows) – Photo by Simon Runting