The whitehead, which in the North Island occupies a similar niche to the brown creeper of the South Island. Fifty five of these birds have been released in the Waitakere Ranges of Auckland, where Waitakere Forest and Bird conducts intensive pest control over 600 hectares. This 'Ark in the Park' programme is planned to extend to 2000 hectares and the release of other locally extinct birds.
J L KENDRICK © DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION, TE PAPA ATAWHAI
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Forest and Bird, Issue 314, 1 November 2004, Page 8
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75The whitehead, which in the North Island occupies a similar niche to the brown creeper of the South Island. Fifty five of these birds have been released in the Waitakere Ranges of Auckland, where Waitakere Forest and Bird conducts intensive pest control over 600 hectares. This 'Ark in the Park' programme is planned to extend to 2000 hectares and the release of other locally extinct birds. J L KENDRICK © DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION, TE PAPA ATAWHAI Forest and Bird, Issue 314, 1 November 2004, Page 8
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