Birds Of New Zealand

Birds Of New Zealand

Birds Of New Zealand

A beautiful selection of images of New Zealands unique bird life printed on canvas or aluminium and available as stock photos in jpeg format. These bird images are really stunning when printed on aluminium with a matt finish using the high definition Chromaluxe process. The prints look great when put together in sets providing a feature in any room.

I frequently head out to do more nature photography and also have a backlog of wildlife photos that I'm still sorting out so will be making regular updates to these bird collections. If you can't find what you're looking for then check back in a few months time or contact me with any specific requests.

All image by photographer Alec Messenger

  • Caspian Tern
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    Caspian Tern In Flight

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    A caspian tern/taranui in flight above the Manwatu estuary.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We recommend aluminium prints due to their...
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  • Eastern Rosella
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    Eastern Rosella-15

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    An eastern rosella perched in the top of a golden elm during Autumn. I just love the colours on these birds and am always delighted when I see them in the garden. This print would make a stunning feature in any room. Framing & Mounting: This image...
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  • Fantail Over The Water
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    Fantail Over The Water-1

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    A fantail/piwakawaka pauses for breath while hunting insects over the water at lake MangamahoeFraming & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We...
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  • Fernbird
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    Fernbird-2

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    A fernbird/matata briefly revealing itself before diving off to hide in the scrub again.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We recommend...
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  • Hihi (stitchbird)
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    Hihi Or Stitchbird-13

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    A male hihi (stitchbird) exploring the forest in Zealandia sanctury in Wellington. One of our rarest but also most attractive birds. I love coming to Zealandia and sitting at the feeding stations watching the hihi come and go. Framing & Mounting:...
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  • Kaka
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    Kaka-9

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    The NZ bush parrot, the kaka, in the forest at Zealandia ecosanctuary in Wellington.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We recommend...
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  • Kea On Car Roof
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    Kea Hitching A Ride

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    A kea hitches a ride on the back of a car at Milford. Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We recommend aluminium prints due to their high...
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  • Kereru Kereru launching into flight
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    Kereru Launching Into Flight

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    A Kereru or New Zealand wood pigeon taking off from the top of an old dead tree in the paddock opposite the end of our drive. I spotted this kereru perched in the tree when I was collecting the paper and waited patiently for half an hour for it to take...
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  • NZ Sacred Kingfisher
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    Kingfisher At Sunrise-4

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    A beautiful NZ sacred kingfisher/kotare hunting in the rock pools on the New Plymouth foreshore at dawn on a cold winters day.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye...
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  • Kokako
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    Kokako-1

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    This is Kahurangi, a female kokako brought in as a rescue bird and now living in an aviary at the Pukaha national wildlife centre at Mt Bruce. She has become imprinted on humans and cannot now be sfaely released in the wild. She is really gorgeous...
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  • New Zealand Dotterel
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    New Zealand Dotterel-8

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    A New Zealand dotterel (tuturiwhatu) exploring the foreshore rock pools at the Waiongana river mouth.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We...
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  • North Island Robin
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    North Island Robin-5

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    A North Island Robin, or toutouwai, on the forest floor searching for insects on Kapiti Island. Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We...
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  • Pacific Golden Plover
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    Pacific Golden Plover-1

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    A pacific golden plover at the Manawatu estuary with a wrybill in the backgroundFraming & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We recommend aluminium...
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  • Caspian Tern
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    Pair Of Caspian Tern

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    A pair of caspian tern (taranui) flying closely together at the Manawatu estuary.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We recommend aluminium...
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  • Pied Stilt
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    Pied Stilt-4

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    A juvenile pied stilt (poaka) coming in to land at the Waiwhakaio river mouth.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We recommend aluminium...
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  • Royal Spoonbill Flying
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    Royal Spoonbill-1

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    A rare sighting of a royal spoonbill taking flight at the Waiwhakaio river mouth in New Plymouth.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We...
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  • Scaup (Black Teal)
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    Scaup/Black Teal 3

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    A pair of scaup/black teal or papango, resting on the rocks on the banks of the Waiteti stream in Ngongotaha. Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation...
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  • Tui in Kowhai tree
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    Tui In The Kowhai-3

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    A beautiful shot of a tui in a kowhai tree surrounded by flower during spring.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We recommend aluminium...
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    Variable Oystercatcher-6

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    A variable oysercatcher (torea pango) surveying a small lagoon on the beach north of Bell Block, New Plymouth.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation...
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  • Pair of White Faced Herons at Beach
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    White Faced Heron Pair-2

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    A pair of white faced herons on their favourite log down at the Whaiwhakaio river mouth at dawn. Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We...
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  • Wrybill
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    Wrybill-4

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    A wrybill/ngutuparore in the sand at the Manawatu estuary.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We recommend aluminium prints due to their high...
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  • Banded Rail
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    Banded Rail 1

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    A Banded Rail at Glenfern sanctuary on Great Barrier Island. We spent 3 nights staying in Glenfern cottage which is inside the pest proof fence of the glenfern sanctuary. Every day we were there we saw the banded rail coming out to forage on the lawn...
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  • Black Shag Taking Off
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    Black Shag Taking Off-3

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    A black shag or kawau, taking off from the waer at the Waiwhakaio river mouth.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We recommend aluminium...
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  • Californian Quail
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    Californian Quail-2

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    A female californian quail browsing in the daisies at Zealndia ecosanctuary in Wellington.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We recommend...
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  • Californian Quail
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    Californian Quail-3

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    A male californian quail looking resplendent amongst the daisies at Zealandia ecosanctuary.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We recommend...
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  • Pair Of Eastern Rosella
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    Eastern Rosella-12

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    This pair of Eastern Rosella are part of a flock of six birds that seem to have established their home in our garden. This shot was taken from our bedroom window as they sat chattering away in the top of a golden elm. I love the colours of these bird,...
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  • Fantail Magic Catching Insects
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    Fantail Magic Catching Insects

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    Fantails or piwakawaka, are amazing agile flyers, looping around the tops of trees catching insects. This is a sequnce of shots of a single fantail merged together to create a single image showing a fantail hunting insects around the top of a tree...
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  • Fernbird
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    Fernbird-1

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    A fernbird (matata) being elusive, hiding in the scrub at the Pauatahanui wildlife reserve.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We recommend...
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  • Greenfinch
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    Greenfinch At Dawn-3

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    A greenfinch lit up beautifully by the first light of the rising sun at the Waiwhakaio river mouth.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We...
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  • Grey Duck
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    Grey Duck

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    I was very fortunate to get this rare sighting of a grey duck (parera) on the Waiwhakaio river in New Plymouth.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation...
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  • Hihi Or Stitchbird
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    Hihi At Zealania-1

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    A male hihi (stitchbird) singing at Zealandia ecosanctuary in Wellington.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We recommend aluminium prints...
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  • Hihi (Stitchbird)
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    Hihi or Stitchbird-24

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    A stunning image of a male hihi (stitchbird) showing the beautiful colouring along his back and tail. This photo was taken near one of the feeding stations at Zealandia Ecosanctuary.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either...
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  • Kaka Portrait
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    Kaka Portrait

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    Portrait image of a kaka taken at Zealandia ecosanctuary in Wellington.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We recommend aluminium prints due...
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  • Kakariki
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    Kakariki-6

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    A kakariki (or red crowned parakeet) perched on a branch in the bush at Zealandia ecosanctuary in Wellington.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation...
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  • Kereru - NZ wood pigeon
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    Kereru - NZ Wood Pigeon-2

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    A pair of kereru (NZ wood pigeon) eyeing each other up on a branch outside the cottage we were staying in in Glenfern Sanctuary on Great Barrier Island.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium...
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  • NZ Sacred Kingfisher
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    Kingfisher At Sunrise-2

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    A kotare or NZ sacred kingfisher lit up by the warm tones of the early morning winter sun as it perches on a rock at the New Plymouth foreshore.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using...
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  • Kingfisher At The Rock Pools
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    Kingfisher In The Rock Pools-19

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    A kingfisher/kotare hunting in the rosk pools at West End beach just after sunrise.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We recommend aluminium...
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  • Kingfisher On The Rocks
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    Kingfisher On The Rocks-9

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    A very colourful kingfisher/kotare on the foreshore rocks in New Plymouth. Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We recommend aluminium prints...
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