Part of the new Te Papa Te Taiao Nature Series, this accessible, handsomely illustrated guide to Aotearoa New Zealands native bird species has wide appeal. Native Birds of Aotearoa describes sixty of our most interesting species forest, garden, wetland, coastal, alpine and marine birds reflecting the range of subtropical, temperate and subantarctic habitats across our islands. Written by Birds New Zealand editor, Michael Szabo, and with an introduction by Te Papa Curator Vertebrates, Alan Tennyson, it is published in collaboration with Birds New Zealand. Native Birds includes ornithologist notes on each species and insights into the museums fieldwork and collections. Charming original illustrations from the 1930s have been complemented in the same style by illustrator Pippa Keel.
Michael Szabo is editor of Birds New Zealand magazine and a contributor to New Zealand Birds Online. He was principal author of Wild Encounters - A Forest & Bird guide to discovering NZs unique wildlife (2009), and has written for New Scientist, NZ Geographic, and Sunday Star-Times.
Alan Tennyson (Te Papa Curator Vertebrates) researches vertebrate animal groups, but his particular expertise is in fossil and living birds. His current research focuses on the history and origins of New Zealands animals and the conservation of seabirds in the South Pacific.
