Wrybill  (Anarhynchus frontalis)

Range

Endemic to New Zealand, wrybills migrate annually from breeding grounds in Canterbury and Otago (on South Island), to spend the winter in northern areas of North Island (2).

View a distribution map for this species at UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre.

Habitat

Breeding occurs on rivers where there are large amounts of bare shingle. The wintering sites to the north tend to consist of mudflats at the mouths of large rivers (4).

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