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