Conservation status of New Zealand birds, 2016
Hugh A. Robertson (Author), Karen Baird (Author), J. E. Dowding (Author), Graeme Elliott (Author), Rod Hitchmough (Author), Colin Miskelly (Author), Nikki McArthur (Author), Colin F. J. O'Donnell (Author), P. M. Sagar (Author), R. Paul Scofield (Author), Graeme A. Taylor (Author), New Zealand Department of Conservation (Issuing body, Publisher)
The second complete audit of the conservation status of the 487 taxa of birds that have been recorded in New Zealand since first human contact (about 800 years ago) was carried out. Using the same ranking criteria, the assessments made in the audit were compared with those for the 473 taxa included in the first complete audit in 2012. Since then, 15 taxa have been added to the New Zealand list, six as a result of the acceptance of new distribution records, three as newly-described recently extinct species from the Chatham Islands, six as a result of taxonomic changes, and one species has been deleted from the New Zealand list. Of 77 threatened taxa classified in 2012, the status of 22 (29%) taxa improved, mainly due to successful conservation management, while five (6%) of them moved to a more threatened status. Eight other taxa, including three not assessed in 2012, were added to the threatened categories. Overall, 71 taxa were assessed as being threatened with extinction, six fewer than in 2012, and 23 rather than 25 taxa are now classified as being Nationally Critical. A list of all 487 bird taxa and their conservation status in 2016 is presented
eBook, English, 2017
Department of Conservation, Wellington, New Zealand, 2017