Birds

Listen to the yellow-crowned parakeet, a small, noisy parrot that spends most of its time high in the forest canopy. Audio

Kennedy Warne with a cautionary tale about extinct birds. Audio

Listen to the banded-dotterel Audio

Dr Michael Anderson from Massey University needs your help; he wants you to listen out for the shining cuckoo's arrival in New Zealand, and tell him when and where they arrive. Audio

Listen to Aotearoa's smallest bird, a wren that belongs to an ancient endemic family of Gondwanan origin, the rifleman. Audio

Hugh Robertson tries finding the eastern rosella. Audio

Listen to the New Zealand dotterel Audio

Listen to the white-flippered penguin, an indigenous creature exclusive to Canterbury, with a one of our favourite bird calls here at Radio NZ. Audio

Listen to the black stilt, a critically endangered species with a breeding population confined to the Mackenzie Basin of South Canterbury and North Otago. Audio

On the battle for our native birds. Audio

Waikato Poultry and Pigeon Club president Fiona Taylor has a passion for domesticated birds, but will the feathers fly at this weekend's annual show? Audio

Listen to the little tern. Audio

You arrive with a bang on Little Barrier Hauturu. The island's been a wild life sanctuary since 1897, there's no jetty, and the boat carrying visitors lands by speeding up a ramp on shore, and then… Audio

Writer, filmmaker, former professional fly-fishing guide, founder of the Wanaka Flyfishing Academy, host of the Trout Diaries podcast, and author of new book, Going to Extremes: Adventures in Unknown… Audio

Listen that most regal of waterfowl, the royal spoonbill. Audio

Listen to the black-fronted dotterel, a dainty plover with striking plumage that provides good camouflage when on shingle sites and stony riverbeds. Audio

Listen to the pectoral sandpiper. Audio

Guardians of toheroa on Northland's west coast are calling for a cull of South Island pied oyster catcher birds. Audio

Naked Scientist Chris Smith with the latest science news; koala bears stay chilled out by hugging trees, the discovery of a huge exoplanet, and seabirds' amazing ability to tell when people on board a… Audio

Listen to the white-faced heron, a tall, elegant, bird often seen stalking prey in almost any aquatic habitat and occupying the top of macrocarpa growing near water. Audio