10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WRYBILL»
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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Wrybill or Ngutuparore (M ori) Anarhynchus frontalis is a species of plover endemic to New Zealand.
Lambert M Surhone, Mariam T Tennoe, Susan F Henssonow,
2011
2
Ria the Reckless
Wrybill
Children will love this lively story about a feisty native bird. Jenny Cooper's stunning illustrations evoke the humour of Buxton's writing and portray these rare birds in their riverbed habitat.
3
New Zealand Wildlife: A Visitor's Guide
They are now everywhere, beneficiaries of the large areas of open farmland.
Small native waders Smaller native waders are represented by three species of
dotterel, the very rare shore plover (Thinornis novaeselandiae) and the wrybill ...
4
The Lost World of the Moa: Prehistoric Life of New Zealand
The wrybill is a typical Charadrius plover, differing only by having a bill that is
always bent to the right (Burton 1972) (Fig. 11.1). The deflected bill appears to be
a specialization that allows the bird to feed more effectively around cobbles in the
...
T. H. Worthy, Richard N. Holdaway,
2002
5
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Wry-bill plover USE Wrybill plover Wry-billed plover USE Wrybill plover Wrybill
plover (May Subd Geog) [QL696. C43 (Zoology); UF Anarhynchus frontalis Wry-
bill plover Wry-billed plover BT Anarhynchus Wryneck USE Torticollis Wryneck ...
Library of Congress,
2002
6
Aileen: A Pioneering Archaeologist
With his wife Olwyn, we had some good days on the extensive mudflats on the
Manukau harbour, South Auckland, and at Miranda on the Firth of Thames,
watching the great flocks of god- wits, knots, stilts and wrybill, swirling across the
sky ...
WHY DOES THE WRYBILL/NGUTUPARORE HAVE A SIDEWAYS-TURNING
BEAK? The New Zealand wrybill is an original: it is the only bird in the world with
a beak that turns sideways — all the better to prise food out from under stones on
...
8
Encyclopedia of endangered species
Description and Biology The wrybill, also known as the wry-necked plover, is a
rare shorebird of New Zealand. Its body length is about 8 in (20 cm). It has a blue-
gray back and white underparts, with a black stripe across the chest. The wrybill ...
Bill Freedman, Todd Leon Keith,
1998
9
The Emu: Official Organ of the Australasian Ornithologists' ...
For forty years following the discovery of the Wrybill Plover nothing was heard of
the species : at least, it did not attract attention sufficiently to be recorded. Then a
very competent bird observer, T. H. Potts, appeared on the scene and studied ...
THE WRYBILL REMEMBERS. WISDOM-LINK WITH REMOTE PAST.
VANISHING KITE. A PREDATOR THAT IS WANTED BACK. THE DEER. As a
challenge to New Zealand youth to take up bird-watching, with all its charms and
hardships ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WRYBILL»
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wrybill is used in the context of the following news items.
Nicole's bright idea is a winner
The latest prize from Christchurch was the Environment Canterbury school award, the Wrybill Trophy, which saw her project named the best from all Central ... «Timaru Herald, Oct 14»
Bird expert warns public about special gulls
Last week, Dowding was by the Ashley River checking on the black-fronted tern, the wrybill and the banded dotterell. "Just about all of these species are in ... «The Press, Dec 13»
New guide includes Māori names for 200 New Zealand birds
He is co-owner of Wrybill Birding Tours, NZ (www.wrybill-tours.com), along with Sav Saville, and in 2003 they rediscovered the New Zealand storm petrel, ... «Scoop.co.nz, Sep 13»
Birds of a feather ...
One fetching flock of wrybill, we could have watched all day. They'd regularly reposition, en masse, forming a shimmering cloud above the sands. With their ... «New Zealand Herald, Jul 13»
The Basin back from the brink
... critically-endangered black stilt, and the only bird in the world that has a bend in its beak, which the wrybill uses for searching for food under small riverstones. «The Press, May 13»
Hedgehogs head Mackenzie predator list
''But the real success of the programme is in the good breeding success of black stilt and wrybill over the last few years. Their habitat has become a lot safer as a ... «Stuff.co.nz, May 13»
Rare birds on the rise
There were 429 of the nationally vulnerable wrybill, compared to 128 last year and 125 in 2011. Critically endangered black stilts were also spotted. About 530 ... «The Press, Feb 13»
Station under Crown review
... that were "at risk", or "critically underprotected", while several threatened native bird species were recorded in this area, including the black stilt and wrybill. «Stuff.co.nz, Feb 13»
NZ bird calls part of online collection
Two, the calls of the black-fronted tern and the wrybill, were recorded by Ornithological Society of New Zealand member William V. Ward in 1969. Mr Ward also ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jan 13»
Gull chicks stoned to death
However, people were willing to travel around the world to see such birds as the kiwi, wrybill and others. "If we don't make an effort, these birds will be in the ... «3News NZ, Dec 12»