11001-78410 Welcome swallow (Hirundo neoxena neoxena) adult resting. Now known throughout New Zealand, breeding in porches and under bridges, the welcome swallow was known here only as a vagrant before the 1950's *
DSC_6096 Eurasian blackbird (Turdus merula merula) female feeding nestlings at the nest. This introduced species is the most widely distributed bird in New Zealand, ranging from the coastline to at least 1500m a.s.l., and extending to many of our outlying sub-Antarctic islands. Otago Peninsula *
11001-86614 Common starling (Sturnus vulgaris vulgaris) male scolding. These noisy introduced birds form spectacular vast flocks in autumn and winter evenings, as they head to their communal roosts. Dunedin *
