non NZ birds mistakenly shown as NZ birds....

[zarkov]

I remember seeing the first tea towel on the internet before. I think that it could easily mislead someone into thinking that the Huia is an extant species.

The word is extinct.

[andrewcrossland]

I suggest that what Somesbirder was saying was that a tea towel showing Huia amongst a bunch of other species might lead some people to mistakingly think that Huia is not in fact extinct - hence Somesbirder’s deliberate and correct choice of the word “extant”.....

[zarkov]

Sorry.

It was a poor attempt at humour.

[andrewcrossland]

Dodgy Robin and Barn Swallow

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[andrewcrossland]

NZ Tomtits (Miromiro)? First one looks like the NW African form of Blue Tit, and the second one recalls a Scarlet Robin.

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[andrewcrossland]

This is an oldie but a goodie - and if anyone knows the story behind it, please share!

In 1985 the Reader's Digest Book of NZ Birds was published and was (is) a fantastic book, with a wonderful assemblage of actual photos of NZ birds, including rare vagrants and seabirds that in the pre-internet age offered a whole new level of "search image" beyond the plates in Falla et al. It was a revelation to young fellas like me and moulded my developing ornithological mind - and I've never willingly called a cormorant a "shag" since!!!

However, like hundreds of other first-time readers I'm sure, when I got to page 193 I had to take a double-take - what the heck??

These ain't no Hudsonian Godwits. Check out the barred tails?! And....... wait a minute.... these birds are stuffed right?

Now 35 years later can the curtain of silence around this be lowered and the story behind this photo explained??

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[andrewcrossland]

the wrong kingfisher strikes again!

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[andrewcrossland]

cormorant ID causing confusion: This first one from Zealandia has been mentioned by several people over the life of this thread but Zealandia's website still features it:

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and a couple of other wrong ID's - both birds being Little Cormorants (aka Little Shags):

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[Finn Davey]

I contacted Zealandia a couple years back about the incorrect shag photo, they said that they were going to relay the message but obviously nothing has been done about it.

Honestly pretty shocking for Zealandia, being an educational resource and all.

[andrewcrossland]

This one is odd - not only because it looks like a NI Tomtit pic when it should be a SI Tomtit as its a habitat restoration project in CHCH, but also my name is given as the photographer but I don't think its one of my photos?! Anyway, I'll contact the folks at Brooker Reserve and offer them a nice yellow-breasted SI Tomtit pic as a replacement. Brooker Reserve is one of a number of very worthwhile ecological restoration projects where volunteers are making a real difference to the provision of bush bird and wetland bird habitat around Christchurch.

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And here's another wrong Kingfisher!!

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