11001-46802 Red-legged partridge (Alectoris rufa rufa) attempts at introducing this game bird began in the 1890's with many repeated introductions which have largely failed. However since recent releases in the 1980's reported sightings of this species have persisted from the South Auckland area, and from the Waikato *
11001- 47003 Grey partridge (Perdix perdix perdix) male. While early introductions of this species at the turn of the century were only briefly successful, a concerted later effort involving the release of thousands of birds between 1964 and 1970 was a total failure. The last record for a wild bird seen was in 1975 *
11001-47201 Australian brown quail (Coturnix ypsilophora australis) male roosting *