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Thumbnail from title in The Bird Collection | NZ On Screen
Thumbnail from title in The Bird Collection | NZ On Screen
Thumbnail from title in The Bird Collection | NZ On Screen
Thumbnail from title in The Bird Collection | NZ On Screen
Thumbnail from title in The Bird Collection | NZ On Screen
Thumbnail from title in The Bird Collection | NZ On Screen
Thumbnail from title in The Bird Collection | NZ On Screen
Thumbnail from title in The Bird Collection | NZ On Screen
Thumbnail from title in The Bird Collection | NZ On Screen
Thumbnail from title in The Bird Collection | NZ On Screen
Thumbnail from title in The Bird Collection | NZ On Screen
Thumbnail from title in The Bird Collection | NZ On Screen

The Bird Collection

The Bird Collection

A pair of black stilt and nest by the Tekapo River, from 1983 documentary The Black Stilt.

© NHNZ Photo: by Rod Morris

An adult emperor penguin with chick, from 1992 documentary Emperors of Antartica. 

© NHNZ Photo by Max Quinn.

Emperor chicks, from 1992 documentary Emperors of Antartica.

© NHNZ Photo: by Max Quinn.

A black stilt, from 1983 documentary The Black Stilt.

© NHNZ Photo: by Rod Morris

A shot from Seven Black Robins.

Kindly provided by Natural History New Zealand

A shot from documentary Seven Black Robins. An NZ Wildlife Service ranger climbs up the 200-metre cliffs on Little Mangere Island. Mangere Island is in the background.

Kindly supplied by Natural History New Zealand

Elisabeth Easther — who wrote the backgrounder for NZ On Screen's Bird Collection — meets Sirocco the kākāpõ.

Photo supplied by Elisabeth Easther

A shot from Seven Black Robins.

Kindly provided by Natural History New Zealand.