Volunteers have found new pairs of powerful owls in South Australia's south-east, where the species is rarely seen. The owls' calls were recorded as part of an acoustic monitoring project across the ...

A flight from Invercargill to Christchurch was forced to return shortly after take-off following a bird strike. Air New Zealand Chief Safety and Risk Officer Nathan McGraw said the ATR 72-600 aircraft ...

A flight from Invercargill to Christchurch was forced to return shortly after take-off following a bird strike. Air New Zealand Chief Safety and Risk Officer Nathan McGraw said the ATR 72-600 aircraft ...

The New Zealand falcon is also known by the Māori name, the kārearea. Māori are people indigenous to New Zealand, which means they were the first people to live in the country. In second place was the ...

WELLINGTON: New Zealand’s annual bird election is contested by cheeky parrots, sweet songbirds and cute, puffball robins. This year’s winner was a mysterious falcon that wouldn’t think twice about ...

Sept. 29 (UPI) --New Zealand conservation group Forest & Bird announced this year's Bird of the Year winner, the kārearea New Zealand falcon. Forest & Bird, which annually holds a vote to find the top ...

The threatened karearea, New Zealand's fastest bird, was crowned Bird of the Year. There are between roughly 5,000 to 8,000 karearea left. The karearea, New Zealand's only falcon, was crowned Bird of ...

Kārearea, the Indigenous Māori name for the New Zealand falcon, was crowned Bird of the Year on Monday. The majestic kārearea can fly at speeds of more than 200 km (124 miles) per hour and swoops to ...