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
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Yellowhammer In The Boxthorn-1
$100.00A yellowhammer in the boxthorn 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 recommend aluminium...$100.00 -
Greenfinch At Dawn-3
$100.00A 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...$100.00 -
Kingfisher At Sunrise-2
$82.00A 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...$82.00 -
Grey Duck
$100.00I 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...$100.00 -
Little Shag-3
$100.00A little shage (kawau paka) drying its wings in the 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 recommend...$100.00 -
Male Pheasant
$82.00A beautiful shot of a male pheasant in our garden in New Plymouth. This pheasant had been in our garden regularly for a few weeks but was very wary and would dispear at the slightest hint of movement from any of our dooors or windows so I was really...$82.00 -
Fantail Magic Catching Insects
$135.00Fantails 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...$135.00 -
Hihi or Stitchbird-24
$100.00A 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...$100.00 -
Eastern Rosella-12
$135.00This 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,...$135.00 -
Kakariki-6
$100.00A 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...$100.00 -
Tui In The Flax-2
$100.00A tui just landed in the flax in our garden to drink nectar from the flowers. Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We recommend aluminium...$100.00 -
Silvereye On Cherry-3
$82.00A silvereye/tauhou perched in the cherry blossom in our garden 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...$82.00 -
Paradise Shelduck-3
$135.00A pair of paradise shelduck foraging in a paddock on our property on Frankley Rd, New Plymouth.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We...$135.00 -
Saddleback (Tieke)-4
$82.00A saddleback , or tieke, looking for insects and larvae under the bark in the fork of a tree at Zealandia ecosanctuary. We watched this saddleback digging around in the bark finding things to eat for several minutes.Framing & Mounting: This image can...$82.00 -
North Island Robin-7
$82.00A North Island Robin, or Toutouwai, on one of the pathways 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...$82.00 -
Kereru - NZ Wood Pigeon-2
$135.00A 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...$135.00 -
Banded Rail 1
$100.00A 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...$100.00 -
New Zealand Dotterel At Sandy Bay-1
$100.00A New Zealand Dotterel (tuturiwhatu) standing on driftwood at Sandy Bay in Taranaki.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We recommend...$100.00 -
Kingfisher On Fencepost-2
$100.00A male kingfisher/kotare posing on a fencepost in our garden - showing off his coloursFraming & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We recommend...$100.00 -
Kingfisher On Fencepost-1
$100.00A male kingfisher /kotare on a fencepost in our garden - showing off his coloursFraming & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We recommend aluminium...$100.00 -
New Zealand Dotterel-19
$100.00Closeup shot of a New Zealand dotterel. TTHese dotterel are bold little bit=rds this one came up to within less that a meter of me as it foraged along the foreshore.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or...$100.00 -
New Zealand Dotterel-13
$100.00A New Zealand dotterel (tuturiwhatu) starting to show its breeding plummage.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...$100.00 -
Kingfisher In The Rock Pools-17
$100.00A kotare/kingfisher perched amongst the mussles as it hunts in the rock pools 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...$100.00 -
New Zealand Sacred Kingfisher-1
$100.00A New Zealalnd sacred kingfisher launchig into flight from a fence post on the boundary of our garden in New Plymouth. Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye...$100.00 -
Kingfisher On The Rocks-2
$100.00A New Zealand sacred kingfisher surveying the rock pools at New Plyouths 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...$100.00 -
Fernbird-3
$100.00The ever elusive fernbird (matata) 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...$100.00 -
Royal Spoonbill-10
$82.00A royal spoonbill (kotuku ngutupapa) in one of the water channels 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...$82.00 -
Royal Spoonbill-7
$100.00A royal spoonbill (kotuku ngutupapa) showing off its head feathers 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...$100.00 -
Bar Tailed Godwit Flight Sequence-2
$220.00A sequence of shots of a bar tailed godwit/kuaka flying low over the water at 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...$220.00 -
Banded Dotterel-Juvenile
$100.00A juvenile banded dotterel/pohowera 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...$100.00 -
Red Billed Gull-4
$100.00A redbilled gull (tarapunga) at Bell Block beach 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 due to...$100.00 -
Fantail-4
$100.00A beautiful little piwakawaka (fantail) with its tail spread out.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...$100.00 -
North Island Tomtit-7
$100.00A north island tomtit or miromiro at Rotakare nature reserve in South Taranaki.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We recommend aluminium...$100.00 -
North Island Tomtit-3
$100.00A delightful little north island tomtit or miromiro at Pukeiti gardens.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...$100.00 -
Female Paradise Shelduck In Flight-1
$100.00A female paradise shelduck spreading its wings as it takes off at lake Rotokare.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We recommend aluminium...$100.00 -
Dunnock In The Snow-2
$100.00This beautiful little dunnock (hedge sparrow) took us by surprise by popping right out in front of us in the snow on Mt Taranaki.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe...$100.00 -
Fantail In Flight-3
$100.00A fantail/piwakawaka flitting around the top of an acacia searching for insects.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We recommend aluminium...$100.00 -
New Zealand Dotterel-7
$100.00A NZ dotterel (tuturiwhatu) foraging for food amongstt he 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...$100.00 -
Pair Of Variable Oystercatcher-2
$100.00A pair of variable oystercatcher standing quitly together amongst the rocks at dawn 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...$100.00 -
Bellbird/Korimako-3
$100.00A male bellbird/korimako perched in a small tree in the bush at Zealandia ecosanctuary in Wellington. There's a definite pecking order amongst the nectar feeders. This bellbird was constantly chasing the hihi (stitchbird) away from the feeding station...$100.00