Aerial view of Codfish Island, South Island, New Zealand. This is the main home of the Kakapo. © Mark Carwardine / OceanwideImages.com
Rocky cliffs of Chatham Islands, New Zealand. © Mark Carwardine / OceanwideImages.com
Kakapo (Strigops habroptilus). Wild male known as Sirocco - night parrot. Codfish Island, off Stewart Island, southern New Zealand. Listed on the IUCN Red List as Critically Endangered species. © Mark Carwardine / OceanwideImages.com
Kakapo (Strigops habroptilus). Wild male known as Sirocco - night parrot. Codfish Island, off Stewart Island, southern New Zealand. Listed on the IUCN Red List as Critically Endangered species. © Mark Carwardine / OceanwideImages.com
Kakapo (Strigops habroptilus). Wild male known as Sirocco - night parrot. Codfish Island, off Stewart Island, southern New Zealand. Listed on the IUCN Red List as Critically Endangered species. © Mark Carwardine / OceanwideImages.com
Kakapo (Strigops habroptilus). Wild male known as Sirocco - night parrot. Codfish Island, off Stewart Island, southern New Zealand. Listed on the IUCN Red List as Critically Endangered species. © Mark Carwardine / OceanwideImages.com
Kakapo (Strigops habroptilus). Wild male known as Sirocco - night parrot. Codfish Island, off Stewart Island, southern New Zealand. Listed on the IUCN Red List as Critically Endangered species. © Mark Carwardine / OceanwideImages.com
Kakapo (Strigops habroptilus). Wild male known as Sirocco - night parrot. Codfish Island, off Stewart Island, southern New Zealand. Listed on the IUCN Red List as Critically Endangered species. © Mark Carwardine / OceanwideImages.com
Kakapo (Strigops habroptilus). Wild male known as Sirocco - night parrot. Codfish Island, off Stewart Island, southern New Zealand. Listed on the IUCN Red List as Critically Endangered species. © Mark Carwardine / OceanwideImages.com
Kakapo (Strigops habroptilus). Wild male known as Sirocco - night parrot. Codfish Island, off Stewart Island, southern New Zealand. Listed on the IUCN Red List as Critically Endangered species. © Mark Carwardine / OceanwideImages.com
Kakapo (Strigops habroptilus). Wild male known as Sirocco - night parrot. Codfish Island, off Stewart Island, southern New Zealand. Listed on the IUCN Red List as Critically Endangered species. © Mark Carwardine / OceanwideImages.com
Kakapo (Strigops habroptilus), feather in Te Papa cloak. Te Papa Museum, Wellington, New Zealand. The Kakapo is listed on the IUCN Red List as Critically Endangered species. © Mark Carwardine / OceanwideImages.com
Rimu Tree or Red Pine (Dacrydium cupressinum). This Gargantuan Conifer is endemic to New Zealand and a favourite food source for Kakapo's on Codfish Island, southern New Zealand. © Mark Carwardine / OceanwideImages.com
Chatham Island Black Robin (Petroica traversi), wild bird on South East Island (Rangatira), Chatham Islands, New Zealand. Endangered and threatened species - once the rarest bird in the world (down to one pregnant female). © Mark Carwardine / OceanwideImages.com
Chatham Island Black Robin (Petroica traversi), wild bird on South East Island (Rangatira), Chatham Islands, New Zealand. Endangered and threatened species - once the rarest bird in the world (down to one pregnant female). © Mark Carwardine / OceanwideImages.com
Chatham Island Black Robin (Petroica traversi), wild bird on South East Island (Rangatira), Chatham Islands, New Zealand. Endangered and threatened species - once the rarest bird in the world (down to one pregnant female). © Mark Carwardine / OceanwideImages.com
Chatham Island Black Robin (Petroica traversi), wild bird on South East Island (Rangatira), Chatham Islands, New Zealand. Endangered and threatened species - once the rarest bird in the world (down to one pregnant female). © Mark Carwardine / OceanwideImages.com
Chatham Island Black Robin (Petroica traversi), wild bird on South East Island (Rangatira), Chatham Islands, New Zealand. Endangered and threatened species - once the rarest bird in the world (down to one pregnant female). © Mark Carwardine / OceanwideImages.com
Chatham Island Black Robin (Petroica traversi), wild bird on South East Island (Rangatira), Chatham Islands, New Zealand. Endangered and threatened species - once the rarest bird in the world (down to one pregnant female). © Mark Carwardine / OceanwideImages.com
Chatham Island Black Robin (Petroica traversi), wild bird on South East Island (Rangatira), Chatham Islands, New Zealand. Endangered and threatened species - once the rarest bird in the world (down to one pregnant female). © Mark Carwardine / OceanwideImages.com
Chatham Island Black Robin (Petroica traversi), wild bird on South East Island (Rangatira), Chatham Islands, New Zealand. Endangered and threatened species - once the rarest bird in the world (down to one pregnant female). © Mark Carwardine / OceanwideImages.com
Tomtit (Petroica macrocephala), wild bird in garden. Used as foster parent for saving the Chatham Island Black Robin (Petroica traversi) from extinction. Chatham Islands, New Zealand © Mark Carwardine / OceanwideImages.com
Chatham Island Shore Plover (Thinornis novaeseelandiae). Also known as Tuturuatu. South East Island (Rangatira), Chatham Islands, New Zealand. Endangered and threatened species (only about 80 pairs left). © Mark Carwardine / OceanwideImages.com
Chatham Island Shore Plover (Thinornis novaeseelandiae). Also known as Tuturuatu. South East Island (Rangatira), Chatham Islands, New Zealand. Endangered and threatened species (only about 80 pairs left). © Mark Carwardine / OceanwideImages.com
Chatham Island Shore Plover (Thinornis novaeseelandiae). Also known as Tuturuatu. South East Island (Rangatira), Chatham Islands, New Zealand. Endangered and threatened species (only about 80 pairs left). © Mark Carwardine / OceanwideImages.com
Chatham Island Shore Plover (Thinornis novaeseelandiae). Also known as Tuturuatu. South East Island (Rangatira), Chatham Islands, New Zealand. Endangered and threatened species (only about 80 pairs left). © Mark Carwardine / OceanwideImages.com
Chatham Island Shore Plover (Thinornis novaeseelandiae). Also known as Tuturuatu. South East Island (Rangatira), Chatham Islands, New Zealand. Endangered and threatened species (only about 80 pairs left). © Mark Carwardine / OceanwideImages.com
Chatham Island Oystercatcher (Haematopus chathamensis). Photo taken at Chatham Islands, New Zealand. Endangered and threatened species (about 300 birds left). © Mark Carwardine / OceanwideImages.com
Chatham Island Oystercatcher (Haematopus chathamensis). Photo taken at Chatham Islands, New Zealand. Endangered and threatened species (about 300 birds left). © Mark Carwardine / OceanwideImages.com
Chatham Island Oystercatcher (Haematopus chathamensis). Photo taken at Chatham Islands, New Zealand. Endangered and threatened species (about 300 birds left). © Mark Carwardine / OceanwideImages.com
Chatham Island Oystercatcher (Haematopus chathamensis). Photo taken at Chatham Islands, New Zealand. Endangered and threatened species (about 300 birds left). © Mark Carwardine / OceanwideImages.com
Takahe (Porphyrio mantelli). Photo taken at Burwood Bush Takahe Rearing Unit, near Te Anua, New Zealand. Endangered and threatened species. © Mark Carwardine / OceanwideImages.com
Morepork Owl (Ninox novaeseelandiae). Also known as Ruru Owl. Endemic to New Zealand. Photo taken in Kauri Park, North Island, New Zealand. © Mark Carwardine / OceanwideImages.com
Morepork Owl (Ninox novaeseelandiae). Also known as Ruru Owl. Endemic to New Zealand. Photo taken in Kauri Park, North Island, New Zealand. © Mark Carwardine / OceanwideImages.com
Morepork Owl (Ninox novaeseelandiae). Also known as Ruru Owl. Endemic to New Zealand. Photo taken in Kauri Park, North Island, New Zealand. © Mark Carwardine / OceanwideImages.com
Kea (Nestor notabilis). This mountain parrot is endemic to New Zealand. Photo taken at Homer Tunnel, South Island, New Zealand. Endangered and threatened species. © Mark Carwardine / OceanwideImages.com
Volunteer and ranger hut on Codfish Island, South Island, New Zealand. This is the main home of the Kakapo. © Mark Carwardine / OceanwideImages.com
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