![Dunnock Dunnock](img6/Bird285.jpg)
279 - Dunnock/Juvenile - Prunella modularis - 14cm - Rate Photo
Matua Gardens Retreat/Akaroa/New Zealand
Nesting in a feijoa bush
Photographer: Matua Gardens Retreat
Picture Rating: 9.00
![Shining Cuckoo Shining Cuckoo](img6/Bird292.jpg)
286 - Shining Cuckoo - Chrysococcyx lucidus - 16cm - Rate Photo
Matua Gardens Retreat/Akaroa/New Zealand
Otherwise known as Pipiwharauroa. This particular bird had stunned itself hitting a window, but after spending a night under a cardboard box, flew off the next morning.
Photographer: Matua Gardens Retreat
![Grey Fantail Grey Fantail](img6/Bird284.jpg)
278 - Grey Fantail/Female - Rhipidura fuliginosa - 16cm - Rate Photo
Matua Gardens Retreat/Akaroa/New Zealand
A small bird, very sociable as movement disturbs insects upon which they feed.
Photographer: Matua Gardens Retreat
Picture Rating: 7.00
![Grey Warbler Grey Warbler](img6/Bird291.jpg)
285 - Grey Warbler - Gerygone igata - 10cm - Rate Photo
Matua Gardens Retreat/Akaroa/New Zealand
Otherwise known as a Riroiro, this bird is grey with a conspicuous white tipped tail and is endemic to New Zealand
Photographer: Matua Gardens Retreat
![Red Billed Gull Red Billed Gull](img6/Bird1828.jpg)
1798 - Red Billed Gull - Chroicocephalus scopulinus - 37cm - Rate Photo
Harbour/Auckland/New Zealand
A common gull in New Zealand. Maori name is tarapunga or akiaki.
Photographer: Patrick