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A Large Fruit Pigeon (Columbidae) from the Early Miocene of New Zealand

scholarly article published in The Auk, July 2009

A Paleocene penguin from New Zealand substantiates multiple origins of gigantism in fossil Sphenisciformes

scientific article published on 12 December 2017

A bittern (Aves: Ardeidae) from the early Miocene of New Zealand

article

A critical evaluation of how ancient DNA bulk bone metabarcoding complements traditional morphological analysis of fossil assemblages

scholarly article

A heron (Aves: Ardeidae) from the Early Miocene St Bathans fauna of southern New Zealand. In Proceedings of the VII International Meeting of the Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution, ed. W.E. Boles and T.H. Worthy ⬇️

article

A new extinct species of Polynesian sandpiper (Charadriiformes: Scolopacidae: Prosobonia) from Henderson Island, Pitcairn Group, and the phylogenetic relationships of Prosobonia

journal article from 'Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society' published in 2020

A new fossil from the mid-Paleocene of New Zealand reveals an unexpected diversity of world's oldest penguins.

scientific article published on 23 February 2017

A new species of Manuherikia (Aves: Anatidae) provides evidence of faunal turnover in the St Bathans Fauna, New Zealand ⬇️

scientific article published in February 2022

A new species of extinct Late Quaternary giant tortoise from Hispaniola

scientific article published on 15 June 2017

A new species of lapwing (Charadriidae: Vanellus) from the late Pliocene of central Australia

article

A new species of the diving duckManuherikiaand evidence for geese (Aves: Anatidae: Anserinae) in the St Bathans Fauna (Early Miocene), New Zealand

article

A new, large-bodied omnivorous bat (Noctilionoidea: Mystacinidae) reveals lost morphological and ecological diversity since the Miocene in New Zealand

scientific article published on 10 January 2018

A population estimate of the Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus in the Wollaston and Hermite Island Groups, Cape Horn Archipelago, Chile, and concerns over conservation in the area

scientific article published on 09 April 2014

A swan-sized fossil anatid (Aves: Anatidae) from the early Miocene St Bathans Fauna of New Zealand ⬇️

scientific article published on 20 July 2022

A well-preserved new mid-paleocene penguin (Aves, Sphenisciformes) from the Waipara Greensand in New Zealand

article

AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds

scientific article

Achyranthes aspera(Amaranthaceae) a new indigenous addition to the flora of the Kermadec Islands group

scientific article published in June 2004

An early Miocene diversity of parrots (Aves, Strigopidae, Nestorinae) from New Zealand

article

An extinct nestorid parrot (Aves, Psittaciformes, Nestoridae) from the Chatham Islands, New Zealand

article

Ancient DNA analyses of early archaeological sites in New Zealand reveal extreme exploitation of moa (Aves: Dinornithiformes) at all life stages

article

Ancient DNA analyses reveal contrasting phylogeographic patterns amongst kiwi (Apteryx spp.) and a recently extinct lineage of spotted kiwi

scientific article (publication date: 2012)

Ancient DNA and morphometric analysis reveal extinction and replacement of New Zealand's unique black swans

article

Ancient DNA of crested penguins: Testing for temporal genetic shifts in the world's most diverse penguin clade

Ancient DNA of crested penguins: Testing for temporal genetic shifts in the world’s most diverse penguin clade

scholarly article by Theresa L. Cole published in February 2019

Ancient crested penguin constrains timing of recruitment into seabird hotspot

scientific article published on 12 August 2020

Ancient genetic variation in one of the world's rarest seabirds.

scientific article published on 3 September 2008

Ancient mitochondrial genome reveals unsuspected taxonomic affinity of the extinct Chatham duck (Pachyanas chathamica) and resolves divergence times for New Zealand and sub-Antarctic brown teals

scientific article published on 28 August 2013

Ancient mitochondrial genomes clarify the evolutionary history of New Zealand's enigmatic acanthisittid wrens.

scientific article

Archival DNA reveals cryptic biodiversity within the Spotted Shag (Phalacrocorax punctatus) from New Zealand

scholarly article

Big birds and their brains: paleoneurology of the New Zealand moa.

scientific article published on 21 November 2007

Biogeographical and phylogenetic implications of an early Miocene wren (Aves: Passeriformes: Acanthisittidae) from New Zealand

article

Bone growth marks reveal protracted growth in New Zealand kiwi (Aves, Apterygidae).

scientific article published on 10 June 2009

Bone histology, phylogeny, and palaeognathous birds (Aves: Palaeognathae)

scholarly article by Lucas J. Legendre et al published 22 July 2014 in Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Bone stable isotopes indicate a high trophic position for New Zealand’s extinct South Island adzebill (Aptornis defossor) (Gruiformes: Aptornithidae)

article

Chatham Island Paleocene fossils provide insight into the palaeobiology, evolution, and diversity of early penguins (Aves, Sphenisciformes)

scientific article published in 2019

Checklist of the birds of New Zealand, Norfolk and Macquarie islands, and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica (2010)

fourth edition of the official checklist of New Zealand bird species

Comprehensive evidence for subspecies designations in Cook’s Petrel Pterodroma cookii with implications for conservation management

scientific article

Conservation status of New Zealand birds, 2012. ⬇️

scientific article published in November 2013

Conservation status of New Zealand birds, 2016 ⬇️

journal article from 'New Zealand Threat Classification Series' published in 2017

Conservation status of birds in Aotearoa New Zealand, 2021 ⬇️

scholarly article published from 'New Zealand Threat Classification Series' in 2021

Continued survival of Hispaniolan solenodon Solenodon paradoxus in Haiti

scientific article (publication date: October 2008)

Correction to 'The unexpected survival of an ancient lineage of anseriform birds into the Neogene of Australia: the youngest record of Presbyornithidae'

scientific article published on 11 November 2020

Correction to ‘Evidence for a giant parrot from the Early Miocene of New Zealand’

correction published in December 2021

Evidence for a giant parrot from the Early Miocene of New Zealand

scientific article published in August 2019

Evidence for breeding of Megadyptes penguins in the North Island at the time of human arrival

article

Extinction and recolonization of coastal megafauna following human arrival in New Zealand

scientific article (publication date: 7 July 2014)

Factors (type, colour, density, and shape) determining the removal of marine plastic debris by seabirds from the South Pacific Ocean: Is there a pattern?

scientific article published in 2020

First monk seal from the Southern Hemisphere rewrites the evolutionary history of true seals

scientific article published on 11 November 2020

First record of Palaelodus (Aves: Phoenicopteriformes) from New Zealand. In Proceedings of the VII International Meeting of the Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution, ed. W.E. Boles and T.H. Worthy

article

Fish Remains, Mostly Otoliths, from the Non-Marine Early Miocene of Otago, New Zealand

scientific article published in June 2012

Flightless rails (Aves: Rallidae) from the early Miocene St Bathans Fauna, Otago, New Zealand

article

Fossils reveal an early Miocene presence of the aberrant gruiform Aves: Aptornithidae in New Zealand

article

Genetic and morphological evidence for two species ofLeucocarboshag (Aves, Pelecaniformes, Phalacrocoracidae) from southern South Island of New Zealand

article

Geographically contrasting biodiversity reductions in a widespread New Zealand seabird.

scientific article published on 30 July 2015

Highly skewed sex ratios and biased fossil deposition of moa: ancient DNA provides new insight on New Zealand's extinct megafauna

article

Human-mediated extirpation of the unique Chatham Islands sea lion and implications for the conservation management of remaining New Zealand sea lion populations.

scientific article

Invader or resident? Ancient-DNA reveals rapid species turnover in New Zealand little penguins ⬇️

scientific article published in February 2016

Leg bones of a new penguin species from the Waipara Greensand add to the diversity of very large-sized Sphenisciformes in the Paleocene of New Zealand

scientific article published on 12 August 2019

Lost in translation or deliberate falsification? Genetic analyses reveal erroneous museum data for historic penguin specimens

scientific article (publication date: 7 April 2010)

Miocene Fossils Reveal Ancient Roots for New Zealand's Endemic Mystacina (Chiroptera) and Its Rainforest Habitat

scientific article published in 2015

Miocene fossils show that kiwi (Apteryx, Apterygidae) are probably not phyletic dwarves ⬇️

scholarly article in conference proceedings

Miocene mystacinids (Chiroptera, Noctilionoidea) indicate a long history for endemic bats in New Zealand

article

Miocene skinks and geckos reveal long-term conservatism of New Zealand's lizard fauna

scientific article (publication date: 23 December 2009)

Mitochondrial Genomes from New Zealand’s Extinct Adzebills (Aves: Aptornithidae: Aptornis) Support a Sister-Taxon Relationship with the Afro-Madagascan Sarothruridae

article

Mitogenomic evidence of close relationships between New Zealand’s extinct giant raptors and small-sized Australian sister-taxa

article

Moa diet fits the bill: virtual reconstruction incorporating mummified remains and prediction of biomechanical performance in avian giants ⬇️

scientific article

Moa’s Ark: Miocene fossils reveal the great antiquity of moa (Aves: Dinornithiformes) in Zealandia. In Proceedings of the VII International Meeting of the Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution, ed. W.E. Boles and T.H. Worthy

Molecular and morphological analyses of avian eggshell excavated from a late thirteenth century earth oven

scholarly article

Molecular evidence for the identity of the Magenta petrel

scientific article

Morphological, behavioural, and genetic evidence supports reinstatement of full species status for the grey-faced petrel,Pterodroma macroptera gouldi(Procellariiformes: Procellariidae)

article

Multivariate skeletal analyses support a taxonomic distinction between New Zealand and Australian Eudyptula penguins (Sphenisciformes: Spheniscidae)

article

New avian remains from the Paleocene of New Zealand: the first early Cenozoic Phaethontiformes (tropicbirds) from the Southern Hemisphere

article

Non-breeding behaviour in the Brown Skua (Stercorarius antarcticus lonnbergi): insights from modelling moulting patterns and stable isotope analyses

2022 scholarly article

Novel insights into early neuroanatomical evolution in penguins from the oldest described penguin brain endocast.

scientific article

Nuclear DNA sequences detect species limits in ancient moa

scientific article (publication date: 11 September 2003)

Oldest, smallest and phylogenetically most basal pelagornithid, from the early Paleocene of New Zealand, sheds light on the evolutionary history of the largest flying birds ⬇️

scholarly article published in 2019

On the taxonomic composition and phylogenetic affinities of the recently proposed clade Vegaviidae Agnolín et al., 2017 ‒ neornithine birds from the Upper Cretaceous of the Southern Hemisphere

article

Origin and timing of New Zealand's earliest domestic chickens: Polynesian commensals or European introductions?

scientific article

Partial skeleton from the Paleocene of New Zealand illuminates the early evolutionary history of the Phaethontiformes (tropicbirds)

scientific article published in 2023

Phylogenetic relationships and terrestrial adaptations of the extinct laughing owl, Sceloglaux albifacies (Aves: Strigidae)

scholarly article by Jamie R. Wood et al published August 2016 in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Population Estimate of Breeding Northern Giant Petrels <i>Macronectes halli</i> on Campbell Island, New Zealand

scientific article published on 04 January 2006

Procellariiform extinctions in the Holocene: threat processes and wider ecosystem-scale implications

Radiocarbon-dating and ancient DNA reveal rapid replacement of extinct prehistoric penguins

scholarly article

Recent advances in avian palaeobiology in New Zealand with implications for understanding New Zealand’s geological, climatic and evolutionary histories

article

Relict or colonizer? Extinction and range expansion of penguins in southern New Zealand

scientific article

Settling the name Diomedea exulans Linnaeus, 1758 for the Wandering Albatross by neotypification

scientific article (publication date: 21 February 2017)

Speciation, range contraction and extinction in the endemic New Zealand King Shag complex

scientific article

Strong phylogeographic structure in a sedentary seabird, the Stewart Island Shag (Leucocarbo chalconotus)

scientific article (publication date: 2014)

Subsistence practices, past biodiversity, and anthropogenic impacts revealed by New Zealand-wide ancient DNA survey

article published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Survival, density and population composition of bellbirds<i>(Anthornis melanura)</i>on the Poor Knights Islands, New Zealand

scientific article published on 13 August 2010

Tempo and Pattern of Avian Brain Size Evolution

scientific article published on 18 April 2020

Terrestrial Turtle Fossils from New Zealand Refloat Moa's Ark

article

Testing species limits of New Zealand’s leiopelmatid frogs through morphometric analyses

scientific article published in 2017

The Systematist and the Starlet: The mystery of the honourees in Tom Iredale’s scientific names ⬇️

scholarly article published in Records of the Canterbury Museum

The architecture of cancellous bone in the hindlimb of moa (Aves: Dinornithiformes), with implications for stance and gait

scientific article published in 2019

The breeding biology and factors affecting reproductive success in rockhopper penguins Eudyptes chrysocome at Macquarie Island

The earliest European record of a Stone-curlew (Charadriiformes, Burhinidae) from the late Oligocene of France

article

The evolutionary history of the extinct ratite moa and New Zealand Neogene paleogeography

scientific article (publication date: 8 December 2009)

The half-life of DNA in bone: measuring decay kinetics in 158 dated fossils

scientific article (publication date: 7 December 2012)

The origin and phylogenetic relationships of the New Zealand ravens

scientific article

The owl that fell from the sky: stories of a museum curator.

2013 book review

The unexpected survival of an ancient lineage of anseriform birds into the Neogene of Australia: the youngest record of Presbyornithidae

scientific article

Titi (sooty shearwaters) on Whero Island: Analysis of historic data using modern techniques

Two new neoavian taxa with contrasting palaeobiogeographical implications from the early Miocene St Bathans Fauna, New Zealand

scientific article published in 2022

Using Holocene fossils to model the future: Distribution of climate suitability for tuatara, the last rhynchocephalian

scientific article published in 2021

Using miniaturized radiotelemetry to discover the breeding grounds of the endangered New Zealand Storm PetrelFregetta maoriana

article

Wading a lost southern connection: Miocene fossils from New Zealand reveal a new lineage of shorebirds (Charadriiformes) linking Gondwanan avifaunas

article

Who, Where, What, Wren? Using Ancient DNA to Examine the Veracity of Museum Specimen Data: A Case Study of the New Zealand Rock Wren (Xenicus gilviventris)

scientific article

Whole-genome analyses resolve early branches in the tree of life of modern birds

scientific article

“Mr Lyall’s boy”: the Lyall Family and the Stephens Island Wren ⬇️

scholarly article published in Records of the Canterbury Museum

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