Birds Around northern manawatu                                           

Endemic, native and introduced birds abound within The Iron Gates Experience
​Endemic 
  • Bell Bird
  • Blue Duck
  • Fantail
  • Grey Warbler
  • NZ Falcon
  • ​NZ Pipit
  • Morepork                  
  • Rifleman
  • Tomtit
  • Tui
  • Whitehead
  • Wood Pigeon​
Native​
  • Black Shag
  • ​Harrier Hawk
  • Kingfisher
  • Pukeko
  • Shining Cuckoo
  • ​Spur winged plover
  • Waxeye​​ 
  • White Heron  
Introduced
  • Black Bird
  • ​Black Swan
  • California Quail
  • Chaffinch
  • Eastern Rosello
  • Gold Finch
  • Green Finch
  • Pheasant​​
  • ​Red Poll
  • Sky Lark​​
  • Song Thrush
  • Sparrow
  • Starling
  • ​Welcome Swallow
  • Yellow Hammer

           Water Foul
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Endemic -  Found only within NZ
Example - Morepork
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Native -   Self-introduced
Example - Kingfisher
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​Introduced - by humans
Example - Chaffinch

​Not all birds listed above are in the gallery