New Zealand birding information on the net

Newsgroups and forums

BIRDING-NZ: The BIRDING-NZ Yahoo Group is a valuable archive of New Zealand bird sightings and birding information.

Organisations

	Department of Conservation: The government agency responsible for the protection of New Zealand's natural heritage. DOC's National Banding Office coordinates bird banding in NZ.
	The Ornithological Society of New Zealand: New Zealand's national bird study organisation. Sightings of rare birds should be lodged with the OSNZ Rare Birds Committee. The OSNZ journal Notornis is available online, with full access for OSNZ members, and issues more than 3 years old freely available to all.

Places to visit

ZEALANDIA: The Karori Sanctuary Experience: Just 2km from central Wellington, this is one of the best places to see rare species like hihi (stitchbird), saddleback, and kaka in the wild. Open daily and also for night tours where you may see little spotted kiwi. Entry fee supports the work of the groundbreaking Karori Sanctuary Trust.

Tour operators

	Albatross Encounter, Kaikoura: Pelagic bird tours off the Kaikoura Peninsula.
	New Zealand Birding Network: The New Zealand Birding Network is a group of operators located throughout New Zealand offering bird-watching orientated tours, excursions and accommodation.
	Pterodroma Pelagics:
	Wrybill Birding Tours, NZ: 21-day New Zealand-wide tours and customised birding information, small groups with experienced leaders. Great Birds, Real Birders.

Checklists

	New Zealand Biodiversity Reporting Network for Birds: An online system to record and view your New Zealand bird observations. There are other portals for plants, invertebrates, fungi, frogs, lizards, and mammals.
	New Zealand eBird: An online checklist program which allows you to record and view your NZ bird observations.
	WorldWaders: An online reporting system for breeding shorebird records (and non-breeding records in the not too distant future). Mapping shorebird distribution will help in the WorldWaders goal of conserving shorebirds and their habitats around the world.

Other sites of interest

	New Zealand Birds: Info on NZ birds, birding locations and more.
	NZ On Screen: A collection of award-winning television shows from three decades of Natural History New Zealand productions.
	New Zealand Falcon: Submit details of NZ falcon observations and find information about our endemic falcon.
	Shorebird research in New Zealand: Phil Battley's site about Northern Hemisphere migrant shorebirds.