The GreenplanetFM Podcast with Tim Lynch

We only had 55 minutes to cover such a vast subject as there are many varying species in NZ. Having the largest number of different sea birds on earth - around our shores. The number of introduced birds into NZ are many, including vagrants and migrants and the total number comes up to 435 different species. A vagrant is a bird that unexpectedly shows up – like the Laughing Gull that breeds on the prairies of the mid Western states of North America. Last year found in Opotiki in the Bay of Plenty. NZ is the seabird capital of the world. 1/3 of seabird species on earth, visit or breed in our region NZ albatross numbers are the highest on earth NZ fairy tern now with only 40 in existence 51 NZ birds have gone extinct over time Some Aotearoan birds may have become extinct due to disease from an introduced bird species.   Yet, we have not had an extinction of an endemic bird since 1970  - of the Bush Wren Kakapo flightless parrot numbers are 154 after dropping to about 45. The Chatham Island Black Robin went down