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Australasian Bittern (Matuku)

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Species: Botaurus poiciloptilus

also known as the Brown Bittern

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about:Pukorokoro Miranda Shorebird Centre Pukorokoro Miranda Shorebird Centre

Extensive tidal flats and saltmarsh bordered by a rare shellbank chenier plain, create at Miranda, a world renowned and very accessible site for migratory and endemic waders

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Farewell Spit is a Wetland of International Importance, Nature Reserve and Bird Sanctuary at the top of the South Island that protrudes 35 kilometres into Cook Strait like a long crooked finger

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Situated within the South Westland World Heritage area, Okarito Lagoon contains over 5000 hectares of shallow waterways and wetlands

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Our speciality is our night tour to see North Island Brown Kiwi with a very high success rate

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