Gone from Aotea

The four birds featured on the cover of the printed newsletter are residents of the past. Their ability to live, feed and reproduce on Great Barrier Island has been totally compromised by introduced mammalian predators, to the point of their local extinction.

Kokako (last seen GBI 1994) Photo: Rogan Coulbourne, Little Barrier, 1977
Stitchbird, hihi (last seen 1900’s) Photo: Dick Veitch, Little Barrier, 1978
Bellbird, korimako (1964, Rakitu) Photo: Dick Veitch, Little Barrier, 1977
N.I. Saddleback, tieke (1900’s) Photo: Peter Morrison, Mt. Bruce, 1966Crown copyright: Department of Conservation Te Papa Atawhai