Birds Of New Zealand
A beautiful selection of images of New Zealands unique bird life printed on canvas or aluminium and available as stock photos in jpeg format. These bird images are really stunning when printed on aluminium with a matt finish using the high definition Chromaluxe process. The prints look great when put together in sets providing a feature in any room.
I frequently head out to do more nature photography and also have a backlog of wildlife photos that I'm still sorting out so will be making regular updates to these bird collections. If you can't find what you're looking for then check back in a few months time or contact me with any specific requests.
All image by photographer Alec Messenger
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Female Paradise Shelduck-1
$82.00A female paradise shelduck (putangitangi) pearing over the edge of a hill at the back of our garden in New Plymouth.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye...$82.00 -
Whitehead-2
$100.00A whitehead in the manuka forest on Kapiti Island. Kapiti Island has a large population of whitehead with their song filling the forest. Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the...$100.00 -
Weka-2
$100.00A closeup shot of Weka On Kapiti IslandFraming & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We recommend aluminium prints due to their high definition,...$100.00 -
Tui-2
$100.00A tui showing off its colours during spring. Tui often seem to be just dark blackish birds but when you see them in the right light they are beautiful and colourful bird.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched...$100.00 -
Pied Stilt-5
$100.00A pied stilt/poaka soaring low over the water at the Waiwhakaio river mouth in New Plymouth.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We recommend...$100.00 -
Silvereye On Flower
$82.00A silvereye/tauhou balances on a flower in the garden outside the cottage we stayed in at Glenfern sanctuary on Great Barrier Island. Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the...$82.00 -
Saddleback (Tieke)-2
$82.00A saddleback, or tieke, clinging to the trunk of a tree in the bush at Zealandia ecosanctuary in Wellington.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation...$82.00 -
White Faced Heron On Rock-2
$100.00A white faced heron (matuku moana) on the beach at the Waiwhakaio river mouth at dawn.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We recommend...$100.00 -
Swamp Harrier-3
$100.00A swamp harrier (kahu) lifting off in front of some flax seed heads at the Waiwhakaio river mouth in New Plymouth. Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation...$100.00 -
Kereru Launching From A Tawa
$100.00A kereru or NZ wood pigeon launching itself out of the top of a tawa. I had just finished mowing the lawns when two kereru landed in the tawa. I raced inside and got my camera and had only just zoomed in on one of them when it took off catching me a bit...$100.00 -
Gray Warbler
$82.00A beautiful little gray warbler or riro riro in our garden.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We recommend aluminium prints due to their...$82.00 -
White Head At Zealandia-1
$100.00A young white head searching for insects in the forest at Zealandia ecosanctury in Wellington.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We...$100.00 -
Pied Stilt With Reflection-2
$100.00A pied stilt/poaka wading with its reflection in the still water in one of the pools at the Pauatahanui wildlife reserve.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye...$100.00 -
North Island Robin At Zealandia-1
$100.00Close up of a North Island robin/toutouwai at Zealandia ecosanctuary in Wellington.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We recommend aluminium...$100.00 -
Swamp Harrier With Its Prey-1
$135.00A swamp harrier/kahu down on the ground spreading its wings.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We recommend aluminium prints due to their...$135.00 -
Goldfinch In The Water Lillies
$100.00Goldfinch bathing in the water lillies at the bowl of brooklands in New Plymouth.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We recommend aluminium...$100.00 -
Goldfinch Flock
$220.00A flock of goldfinch feeding at the New Plymouth forshore.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We recommend aluminium prints due to their high...$220.00 -
Pacific Golden Plover
$100.00A pacific golden plover at the Manawatu estuary. One of several arctic migrants that w see in our coastal estuaries in New Zealand.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe...$100.00 -
Wrybill-2
$100.00A wrybill/ngutuparore looking ever so cute as it stands still in the sand at the Manawatu estuary.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We...$100.00 -
NI Robin At Bushy Park-1
$82.00A gorgeous little North Island robin/toutouwai on one of the paths at Bushy park, Whanganui.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We recommend...$82.00 -
Oystercatcher Portrait-2
$100.00A portrait image of a variable oyster catcher/torea pango as it foraged amongst the roacks along the edge of the Waiwhakaio river.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe...$100.00 -
Oystercatcher On The Beach-1
$82.00A variable oystercatcher, torea pango, on the beach at the Waiwhakaio river mouth in New Plymouth.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We...$82.00 -
Canada Goose In Golden Water-1
$100.00A canada goose floating in the golden water at dawn on lake Mangamahoe.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We recommend aluminium prints due...$100.00 -
Kaka At Zealandia-1
$100.00A kaka showing off some of its beautiful colours at Zealandia in Wellington. Kaka are one of the great success stories at Zealandia and are now spreading out into the Wellington hills. It's amazing to see and hear these beautiful parrots flying over...$100.00 -
Female Paradise Shelduck In Flight-2
$135.00A female paradise shelduck/putangitangi flyinh in th eclear skies above lake Rotokare in South Taranaki.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process...$135.00 -
Grey Warbler/Riririro-5
$100.00A busy little grey warbler/riroriro on the hunt ofr insects in our garden.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We recommend aluminium prints...$100.00 -
Kingfisher In The Rockpools-6
$220.00Kotare/NZ sacred kingfisher flying low over the rocks at the New Plymouth foreshore.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We recommend...$220.00 -
Takahe-2
$100.00A takahe at Zealandia Ecosanctuary In Wellington.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We recommend aluminium prints due to their high...$100.00 -
Hihi or Stitchbird-17
$135.00A pair of male hihi (stitchbird) perching on a branch adjacent to one of the feeding stations at Zealandia Ecosanctuary in Wellington. I spent two mornings watching these birds at the feeding stations and only ever saw males turning up to feed. There...$135.00 -
Kereru In Kowhai-3
$100.00A kereru (or NZ wood pigeon) in the top of a kowhai picking away at the new growth. This is one of the kererus favourite sources of food during Autumn and Winter and by the time spring comes they will have stripped nearly all the growth from the last...$100.00 -
Scaup/Black Teal 2
$100.00A lovely image of a scaup or black teal (papango) making waves above its reflection in the Waiteti stream in Ngongotaha. Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye...$100.00 -
Tui In The Kowhai-4
$82.00A tui in spring feeding in the kowhai tree.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We recommend aluminium prints due to their high definition,...$82.00 -
Black Swan-2
$100.00A pair of black swan catching the light from the late afternoon sun at Whakamaru.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We recommend aluminium...$100.00 -
Pied Shag-1
$135.00A pied shag (also known as the pied cormorant) on its nest with a chick at Zealandia ecosantuary in Wellington.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation...$135.00 -
Kaka-8
$100.00A kaka picking at the dead wood on an old branch in the Zealandia ecosanctuary in Wellington. Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We...$100.00 -
Australian Coot-1
$100.00An Australian coot on the water at Lake Mangamohoe. Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We recommend aluminium prints due to their high...$100.00 -
Rosella In The Flax-3
$82.00A close up shot of an Eastern Rosella taken as it was feedin gon the flax in our gardenFraming & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We recommend...$82.00 -
Oystercatcher At Sandy Bay-1
$100.00A variable oyster catcher (torea pango) resting on the sand at Sandy Bay in Taranaki.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We recommend...$100.00 -
Goldfinch Gathering Puha Seeds
$100.00A goldfinch gathering puha seeds (or milk thistle seeds) to take back to its young.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We recommend aluminium...$100.00 -
Banded Dotterel At Sandy Bay-2
$100.00A banded dotterel (pohowera) exploring the beach at Sandy Bay, Taranaki.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We recommend aluminium prints due...$100.00