Nature photographs

Here's a selection of wildlife photographs of native species I've taken around New Zealand over the past decade:

BIRDS
Antipodes Island parakeet/Kākāriki (Cyanoramphus unicolor)	Arctic skua (Stercorarius parasiticus)	Australian coot (Fulica atra australis)
Australasian crested grebe/Pūteketeke (Podiceps cristatus)	Australasian gannet/Takapu (Morus serrator)	Australasian harrier/Kahu (Circus approximans)
Australasian shoveler/Kuruwhengi (Spatula rhynchotis)	Australasian swamphen/Pūkeko (Porphyrio melanotus)	Banded dotterel (Charadrius bicinctus)
Banded rail/ Moho pererū (Gallirallus philippensis)	Barn owl (Tyto alba)	Bar-tailed godwit/Kuaka (Limosa lapponica baueri)
Bellbird/Korimako (Anthornis melanura)	Black-billed gull/Tarāpuka (Larus bulleri)	Black-fronted tern/Tarapirohe (Chlidonias albostriatus)
Black shag/Māpunga (Phalacrocorax carbo)	Black swan/Kakīānau (Cygnus atratus)	Blue duck/Whio (Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos)
Brown teal/Pāteke (Anas chlorotis)	Buller's shearwater/Rako (Ardenna bulleri)	Caspian tern/Taranui (Hydroprogne caspia)
Eurasian whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)	Fantail/Piwakawaka (Rhipidura fuliginosa)	Fairy prion/Tītī wainui (Pachyptila turtur)
Flesh-footed shearwater/Toanui (Ardenna carneipes)	Fluttering shearwater/Pakahā (Puffinus gavia)	Grey duck/Pārera (Anas superciliosa)
Grey-tailed tattler (Tringa brevipes)	Grey teal/Tētē (Anas gracilis)	Grey warbler/Riroriro (Gerygone igata)
Hutton's shearwater/Kaikōura tītī (Puffinus huttoni)	Kākā (Nestor meridionalis)	Kea (Nestor notabilis)
Kingfisher/Kōtare (Todiramphus sanctus)	Lesser knot/Huahou (Calidris canutus)	Little blue penguin/Kororā (Eudyptula minor)
Little black shag/Kawau tūī (Phalacrocorax sulcirostris)	Little shag/Kawau paka (Microcarbo melanoleucos)	Morepork/Ruru (Ninox novaeseelandiae)
New Zealand Dabchick/Weweia (Poliocephalus rufopectus)	New Zealand dotterel/Tūturiwhatu (Charadrius obscurus)	New Zealand falcon/Kārearea (Falco novaeseelandiae)
New Zealand pigeon/Kererū (Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae)	New Zealand pipit/Pīhoihoi (Anthus novaeseelandiae)	New Zealand scaup/Pāpango (Aythya novaeseelandiae)
Northern royal albatross/Toroa (Diomedea sanfordi)	North Island brown kiwi/Kiwi-nui (Apteryx mantelli)	North Island robin/Toutouwai (Petroica longipes)
North Island kōkako (Callaeas wilsoni)	North Island saddleback/Tīeke (Philesturnus rufusater)	Otago shag/Kawau (Leucocarbo chalconotus)
Pacific golden plover/Kuriri (pluvialis fulva)	Paradise shelduck/Pūtangitangi (Tadorna variegata)	Pied shag/Kāruhiruhi (Phalacrocorax varius)
Pied Stilt/Poaka (Himantopus leucocephalus)	Red-billed gull/Tarāpunga (Larus novaehollandiae)	Red-crowned parakeet/Kākāriki (Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae)
Royal spoonbill/Kōtuku ngutupapa (Platalea regia)	Ruddy turnstone (Arenaria interpres)	Salvin's mollymawk/Toroa (Thalassarche salvini)
Shining cuckoo/Pīpīwharauroa (Chrysococcyx lucidus)	Silvereye/Tauhou (Zosterops lateralis)	Southern black-backed gull/Karoro (Larus dominicanus)
South Island pied oystercatcher/Tōrea (Haematopus finschi)	Spotless crake/Pūweto (Zapornia tabuensis)	Spotted shag/Pārekareka (Stictocarbo punctatus)
Spur-winged plover (Vanellus miles)	Stitchbird/Hihi (Notiomystis cincta)	Takahē (Porphyrio hochstetteri)
Tomtit/Ngirungiru (Petroica macrocephala)	Tūī (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae)	Variable oystercatcher/Tōrea pango (Haematopus unicolor)
Weka (Gallirallus australis)	Welcome swallow/Warou (Hirundo tahitica neoxena)	White-capped mollymawk/Toroa (Thalassarche cauta)
White-faced heron/Takahikare-moana (Ardea novaehollandiae)	White-fronted tern/Tara (Sterna striata)	White heron/Kōtuku (Ardea modesta)
Whitehead/Pōpokotea (Mohoua albicilla)	Wrybill/Ngutu pare (Anarhynchus frontalis)	Yellow-crowned parakeet/Kākāriki (Cyanoramphus auriceps)
REPTILES
Barking gecko (Naultinus punctatus)	Chevron skink/Niho taniwha (Oligosoma homalonotum)	Copper skink (Oligosoma aeneum)
Duvaucel's gecko/Mokomoko (Hoplodactylus duvaucelii)	Elegant gecko/Moko kākāriki (Naultinus elegans)	Falla's skink/Mokomoko (Oligosoma fallai)
Grand skink/Mokomoko (Oligosoma grande)	Jewelled gecko/Mokomoko (Naultinus gemmeus)	Moko skink (Oligosoma moco)
Northern grass skink/Ngārara (Oligosoma polychroma)	Northland green gecko/Moko kākāriki (Naultinus grayii)	Otago skink (Oligosoma otagense)
Pacific gecko/Ngārara pāpā (Dactylocnemis pacificus)	Rough gecko/Moko pārae (Naultinus rudis)	Tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus)
FISH
Banded kōkopu (Galaxias fasciatus)	Black mudfish/Hauhau (Neochanna diversus)	Common bully/Toitoi (Gobiomorphus cotidianus)
Common triplefin/Kokopara (Forsterygion lapillum)	Estuarine triplefin (Forsterygion nigripenne)	Giant kōkopu (Galaxias argenteus)
Grey Mullet/Mauhauaitu (Mugil cephalus)	Kaharore bully/Toitoi (Gobiomorphus mataraerore)	New Zealand eagle ray (Myliobatis tenuicaudatus)
New Zealand longfin eel/Tuna (Anguilla dieffenbachii)	New Zealand shortfin eel/Tuna (Anguilla australis)	Olive rockfish/Taumaka (Acanthoclinus fuscus)
Parore (Girella tricuspidata)	Short-tail stingray/Whai (Bathytoshia brevicaudata)	Silver trevally/Araara (Pseudocaranx Dentex)
INVERTEBRATES
Australian spotted jellyfish (Phyllorhiza punctata)	Big-handed crab (Heterozius rotundifrons)	Blue damselfly/Kekewai (Austrolestes colensonis)
Bluish Top Shell/Matangongore (Diloma nigerrima)	Cat's eye snail/Ataata (Lunella smaragdus)	Cave wētā/Tokoriro (Pachyrhamma acanthoceras)
Clapping cicada (Amphipsalta cingulata)	Common bag moth/Hare atua (Liothula omnivora)	Common Blue butterfly/Pepe Ao Uri (Zizina otis labradus)
Common redcoat damselfly (Xanthocnemis zealandica)	Common shrimp (Palaemon affinis)	Freshwater crayfish/Kōura (Paranephrops planifrons)
Garden orbweb spider (Eriophora pustulosa)	Hairy-handed crab/Papaka huruhuru (Hemigrapsus crenulatus)	Hermit crab (Diacanthurus spinulimanus)
Huhu beetle (Prionoplus reticularis)	Isopod (Isocladus armatus)	Katydid/Kiki Pounamu (Caedicia simplex)
Kina (Evechinus chloroticus)	Large Brown Vagrant Spider (Uliodon albopunctatus)	Large Horn Shell/Koeti (Zeacumantus lutulentus)
Lemon tree borer (Oemona hirta)	Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexiuppus)	Mud whelk (Cominella glandiformis)
New Zealand cockle/Tuangi (Austrovenus stutchburyi)	New Zealand giraffe weevil/Pepeke nguturoa (Lasiorhynchus barbicornis)	New Zealand half crab (Petrolisthes elongatus)
New Zealand praying mantis (Orthodera novaezealandiae)	New Zealand rock oyster/Tio repe (Saccostrea glomerata)	Nurseryweb spider (Dolomedes minor)
Olive anemone/Humenga (Isactinia olivacea)	Ornate limpet (Cellana ornata)	Owlet moth (Ichneutica arotis)
Portuguese man o' war/Ihumoana (Physalia physalis)	Prickly stick insect/Rō (Acanthoxyla prasina)	Plicate barnacle/Tiotio Rahi (Epopella plicata)
Purple rock crab (Leptograpsus varietgatus)	Rauparaha's Copper/Mokarakare (Lycaena rauparaha)	Red-mouthed Whelk (Cominella virgata)
Red rock lobster/Kōura (Jasus edwardsii)	Seashore earwig (Anisolabis littorea)	Sentry dragonfly (Hemicordulia australiae)
Smooth-Handed Crab/Päpaka (Pilumnopeus serratifrons)	Smooth Shore Crab (Cyclograpsus lavauxi)	Smooth stick insect (Clitarchus hookeri)
Snakeskin chiton (Sypharochiton pelliserpentis)	Snapping shrimp (Alphaeus novazealandia)	Soft shore isopod (Scyphax ornatus)
Speckled anemone (Oulactis mucosa)	Spotted Top Snail/Pūpū (Diloma aethiops)	Striped longhorn beetle (Coptomma sticticum)
Tree wētā (Hemideina thoracica)	Tunnelling mud crab/Päpaka (Austrohelice crassa)	Unarmed stick insect (Acanthoxyla inermis)
Wandering Anemone/Hūmenga (Phlyctenactis tuberculosa)	Wētāpunga (Deinacrida heteracantha)
MAMMALS
Bottlenose dolphin/Terehu (Tursiops truncatus)	Fur seal (Arctocephalus forsteri)	Killer whale (Orcinus orca)