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Beaks and Feathers
Beaks and Feathers

Beaks and Feathers

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Beaks and Feathers is a locally owned and operated guiding business on Stewart Island. We specialise in Bird Watching tours on Ulva Island. 

Ulva Island is renown for its diverse and abundant birdlife, and is home to, saddle back, yellowhead,Stewart Island robin, kaka, red and yellow crowned parakeet, weka, tomtit, bellbird, and tui,  just to name a few of the prolific birdlife. The forest is dominated in Rimu, Rata, Totara and Miro.  

Beaks and Feathers offers tours of small group numbers  (2 - 8 people)  and also offers exclusive tours for those wanting a more personal experience. 


Beaks and Feathers Contact Details

Postal Address

P O Box 138 
Oban Stewart Island 9846
New Zealand

Phone  +64 (0)27 316 3077
Email:  info@beaksandfeathers.co.nz

email: info@beaksandfeathers.co.nz
website: https://www.beaksandfeathers.co.nz


Birds always seen

about:Stewart Island Robin Stewart Island Robin

about:Spotted Shag Spotted Shag

about:Pied Shag Pied Shag

Little Shag
about:Little Shag Little Shag

about:Stewart Island Shag, Bronze Shag Stewart Island Shag, Bronze Shag

about:Stewart Island Weka Stewart Island Weka

about:Little Penguin (Blue) Little Penguin (Blue)

Black backed Gull
about:Southern Black-backed Gull Southern Black-backed Gull

Red billed gull portrait
about:Red-billed Gull Red-billed Gull

about:South Island Fantail South Island Fantail

about:Red-crowned Parakeet Red-crowned Parakeet

about:South Island Kaka South Island Kaka

about:Brown Creeper Brown Creeper

Variable Oystercatchers
about:Variable Oystercatcher Variable Oystercatcher

about:Grey Warbler Grey Warbler

about:Yellowhead Yellowhead

about:South Island Tomtit South Island Tomtit

Tui
about:Tui Tui

Bell Bird
about:Bellbird Bellbird

about:South Island Saddleback South Island Saddleback

Birds very likely seen

about:South Island Rifleman South Island Rifleman

about:Yellow-crowned Parakeet Yellow-crowned Parakeet

about:Morepork (Ruru) Morepork (Ruru)

White faced Heron
about:White-faced Heron White-faced Heron

about:New Zealand Kingfisher New Zealand Kingfisher

about:Stewart Island Brown Kiwi Stewart Island Brown Kiwi

about:Northern Buller's albatross Northern Buller's albatross

White capped (Shy) Albatross
about:White-capped Albatross White-capped Albatross

Birds seasonally seen

about:Shining Cuckoo Shining Cuckoo

about:Long-tailed Cuckoo Long-tailed Cuckoo

about:Caspian Tern Caspian Tern

about:Yellow Eyed Penguin Yellow Eyed Penguin

Yellow-eyed Penguins are one of the rarest of the world's 18 species of penguin. There are only 5,000 - 6,000 Yellow-eyed Penguins in the wild and they only live in New Zealand.

about:Fiordland Crested Penguin Fiordland Crested Penguin


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