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  • The New Zealand Dotterel is an endangered species.
    New Zealand Dotterel 53_2983.jpg
  • New Zealand Dotterel, Waiheke Island
    New Zealand Dotterel 30_H7C9399.jpg
  • New Zealand Dotterel, Waiheke Island
    New Zealand Dotterel 41_H7C9367.jpg
  • New Zealand Dotterel, Waiheke Island
    New Zealand Dotterel 39_H7C9289.jpg
  • New Zealand Dotterel, Waiheke Island
    New Zealand Dotterel 06_H7C7937.jpg
  • An endangered New Zealand Dotterel taking a bath and dipping its head into fresh water.
    New Zealand Dotterel 05_H7C0385.jpg
  • Usually pale-grey on the back, with off-white underparts, the chest of the New Zealand Dotterel becomes flushed with rusty-orange in winter and spring.  In this picture, a NZ Dotterel poses nicely against a pleasant tussock backdrop at Waiheke Island.
    New Zealand Dotterel 27_H7C9479.jpg
  • Endemic New Zealand Dotterel, Waiheke Island
    Endemic New Zealand Dotterel 38_H7C9...jpg
  • New Zealand Dotterel, Waiheke Island
    New Zealand Dotterel 35_H7C9412.jpg
  • With only a population of 1700, the Northern NZ Dotterel can be found within the Auckland and Northland regions, NZ dotterels nest on beaches including Mangawhai, Waipu, Te Arai Stream, Poutawa Stream, Pakari River mouth, Omaha Spit, Tawharanui, Papakanui Spit, Beehive Island, Waiwera, Gulf Harbour, the Wade River mouth, Tapora, and beaches south of Auckland city and on Waiheke and Great Barrier islands.
    New Zealand Dotterel 31_H7C9408.jpg
  • New Zealand Dotterel, Waiheke Island
    New Zealand Dotterel 28_H7C9403.jpg
  • New Zealand Dotterel, Waiheke Island
    New Zealand Dotterel 32_H7C9360.jpg
  • New Zealand Dotterel, Waiheke Island
    New Zealand Dotterel 45_H7C9328.jpg
  • New Zealand Dotterel, Waiheke Island
    New Zealand Dotterel 36_H7C9327.jpg
  • New Zealand Dotterel, Waiheke Island
    New Zealand Dotterel 33_H7C9308.jpg
  • New Zealand Dotterel, Waiheke Island
    New Zealand Dotterel 37_H7C9277.jpg
  • New Zealand Dotterel, Waiheke Island
    New Zealand Dotterel 47_H7C9172.jpg
  • New Zealand Dotterel, Waiheke Island
    New Zealand Dotterel 42_H7C9155.jpg
  • A pair of New Zealand Dotterels enjoy the beach at Waiheke Island
    New Zealand Dotterel 15_H7C9001.jpg
  • New Zealand Dotterel, Waiheke Island
    New Zealand Dotterel 11_H7C8891.jpg
  • New Zealand Dotterel, Waiheke Island
    New Zealand Dotterel 09_H7C8874.jpg
  • New Zealand Dotterel are one NZ's rarest birds, due to their love of coastal habitat, which in summer happens to be the favorite playground of people.
    New Zealand Dotterel 07_H7C8837.jpg
  • New Zealand Dotterel, Waiheke Island
    New Zealand Dotterel 23_H7C7933.jpg
  • New Zealand Dotterel, Waiheke Island
    New Zealand Dotterel 21_H7C7869.jpg
  • NZ Dotterel nests are mere scrapings in the sand, placing their eggs and chicks at much vulnerability to storms, predation, off-road vehicles, and careless feet.  As depicted in this image, the nest is commonly among shells and driftwood just above the high tide mark, with two to three eggs simply laid in a scrape in the sand.
    New Zealand Dotterel 20_H7C7807.jpg
  • New Zealand Dotterel, Waiheke Island
    New Zealand Dotterel 18_H7C7750.jpg
  • New Zealand Dotterel, Waiheke Island
    New Zealand Dotterel 16_H7C7709.jpg
  • The distinctive 'chip-chip' call of the New Zealand Dotterel is often heard before it is seen.
    New Zealand Dotterel 14_H7C7682.jpg
  • New Zealand Dotterel, Waiheke Island
    New Zealand Dotterel 12_H7C7665.jpg
  • The New Zealand Dotterel is an endangered species.
    New Zealand Dotterel 54_3001.jpg
  • The New Zealand Dotterel is an endangered species.
    New Zealand Dotterel 55_2998.jpg
  • Endangered New Zealand Dotterel, Waiheke Island
    Endangered New Zealand Dotterel 43_H...jpg
  • New Zealand Dotterel, Waiheke Island
    New Zealand Dotterel 26_H7C9375.jpg
  • New Zealand Dotterel, Waiheke Island
    New Zealand Dotterel 25_H7C9343.jpg
  • New Zealand Dotterel, Waiheke Island
    New Zealand Dotterel 34_H7C9254.jpg
  • New Zealand Dotterel, Waiheke Island
    New Zealand Dotterel 29_H7C9171.jpg
  • New Zealand Dotterel, Waiheke Island
    New Zealand Dotterel 24_H7C9212.jpg
  • Feeding on a crab along the coast of Waiheke Island, the New Zealand Dotterel scurries off to enjoy its fresh meal.
    New Zealand Dotterel 44_H7C9077.jpg
  • Two different subspecies of the New Zealand Dotterel exist.  In this image is a Northern NZ Dotterel.  The Southern NZ Dotterel only has a population of about 250 birds, surviving on Stewart Island and nesting on mountain tops.
    Northern New Zealand Dotterel 40_H7C...jpg
  • New Zealand Dotterel, Waiheke Island
    New Zealand Dotterel 19_H7C9034.jpg
  • New Zealand Dotterel, Waiheke Island
    New Zealand Dotterel 08_H7C8859.jpg
  • If the eggs of the New Zealand Dotterel are lost to predators, or to natural factors such as storms or big tides, the birds will re-nest up to four times in one season.
    New Zealand Dotterel 22_H7C7894.jpg
  • NZ Dotterel, Waiheke Island
    NZ Dotterel 10_H7C7658.jpg
  • The New Zealand Dotterel is an endangered species.
    New Zealand Dotterel 52_3004.jpg
  • New Zealand Dotterel, Waiheke Island
    New Zealand Dotterel 17_H7C9023.jpg
  • New Zealand Dotterel, Waiheke Island
    New Zealand Dotterel 13_H7C8905.jpg
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