In April 2017 50 tōutōuwai/North Island robin were returned to Mt Taranaki by environmental project Taranaki Mounga.
Through this NatureWatch NZ project you can help us keep track of the birds. The information you provide will enable us to help the tōutōuwai/robin flourish in their new home.
Click the link at the top of the page to join the project. Keep a look out for the ...more ↓
In April 2017 50 tōutōuwai/North Island robin were returned to Mt Taranaki by environmental project Taranaki Mounga.
Through this NatureWatch NZ project you can help us keep track of the birds. The information you provide will enable us to help the tōutōuwai/robin flourish in their new home.
Click the link at the top of the page to join the project. Keep a look out for the birds and snap some photos if you can. You might even plan a few extra walks in the national park just to help us along!
About Taranaki Mounga
Taranaki Mounga is a collaboration between the Taranaki iwi Chairs Forum, philanthropic investor NEXT Foundation and Department of Conservation (DOC), supported by founding sponsors Shell New Zealand, Jasmine Social Investments, TSB Community Trust and Landcare Research.
The project will push the boundaries in landscape-scale ecological restoration over an area that includes the 34,000 ha of national park encompassing Taranaki, Pouakai, Kaitake and the protected Ngā Motu/Sugar Loaf Islands. Taranaki Mounga will restore and revitalise the environment so wildlife will once again flourish in this treasured place.
The national park provides the only habitat for many of Taranaki’s bird species. At last count 28 native and 15 introduced bird species are found in the Park. A number of vulnerable native species have already been lost or severely depleted. Over time Taranaki Mounga hope to return lost birds to the project area including black petrels, an unknown variety of other seabirds, brown teal/pāteke, kākā and saddleback/tīeke. Taranaki Mounga will also return threatened species like the North Island brown kiwi, fernbird/mātatā and whio/blue duck. Without committed action against predators, we might lose even more existing species such as the New Zealand falcon/kārearea, long-tailed cuckoo/koekoeā, shining cuckoo/pīpīpiwharauroa, bellbird/makomako and New Zealand pipit/pīhoihoi.
Find out more about tōutōwai and other birds on Mt Taranaki here:
http://taranakimounga.nz/restoration/our-birds/
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Taranaki Mounga tōutōuwai/robin project
