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Stubs to work on if you like birds

If you want to write about birds there are several native species that are very stubby. I've incorporated a few linked articles to get you started.

• White-fronted tern - Feeding associations between white-fronted terns and Hector's dolphins in New Zealand influence of age on laying date, clutch size, and egg size of the white-fronted tern, Sterna
• Pacific long-tailed cuckoo - Distribution and age-specific plumage states of the long-tailed cuckoo (Eudynamys taitensis) - Piecing together the epic transoceanic migration of the Long-tailed Cuckoo (Eudynamys taitensis): an analysis of museum and sighting records - A recent specimen of a Long-tailed Cuckoo from Lord Howe Island - Phylogenetic relationships of the genus Mohoua, endemic hosts of New Zealand's obligate brood parasitic Long-tailed Cuckoo (Eudynamys taitensis)
• Fluttering shearwater The comparative biology of Fluttering Shearwater and Hutton's Shearwater and their relationship to other shearwater species Population sizes of shearwaters (Puffinus spp.) breeding in New Zealand, with recommendations for monitoring
• Auckland shag
• Eastern rockhopper penguin
• Reischek's parakeet
• White-headed petrel
• Soft-plumaged petrel
• Subantarctic shearwater
• Chatham shag (Critically endangered)
• Campbell shag
• Chatham snipe http://notornis.osnz.org.nz/system/files/Notornis_46_1_207.pdf Breeding ecology of Snares Island snipe (Coenocorypha aucklandica huegeli) and Chatham Island snipe (C. pusilla) [Aerial displaying and flying ability of Chatham Island snipe Coenocorypha pusilla and New Zealand snipe C. aucklandica]

Be sure to use Google Scholar and New Zealand Birds Online to find even more sources. Sabine's Sunbird talk 19:12, 1 March 2019 (UTC)