Stewart Island
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Stewart Island is the third-largest and southernmost inhabited island of New Zealand, lying 30 kilometres south of the South Island, separated by Foveaux Strait.
Paterson Inlet at sunset
Mudflats near Oban
Northern part of Stewart Island, with a view over some of the bays
Overlooking Oban and Halfmoon Bay
Kākāpō
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The kākāpō, sometimes known as the owl-parrot, is a species of large, nocturnal, ground-dwelling parrot of the superfamily Strigopoidea. It is endemic to New Zealand.
Stewart Island
…Island / Whenua Hou is an island nature reserve of 1,396 ha (3,450 acres) located 3 km (1.9 mi) west of Stewart Island, known as a protected habitat for kākāpō. Ulva Island is within Paterson Inlet, and is a 267 ha (660 acres) sanctuary for native species. It is open to the public and is maintained free of…
Sirocco full length portrait
Lithograph by David Mitchell that accompanied Gray's original 1845 description
A year-old kākāpō on Codfish Island / Whenua Hou.
The "whiskers" around the beak