New Zealand Birds

DSC_7274 Snares fernbird (Bowdleria caudata) feeding in the canopy of a Snares tree daisy (Brachyglottis stewartiae). Endemic to the Snares, where it is the most abundant landbird, and confident on the ground - feeding in crowded penguin colonies, entering seabird burrows, and perching on slumbering sealions. It is a larger bird with a longer tail than its mainland cousins. Snares Island *