Significados de fairy tern en inglés

Papakanui Spit is one of four fairy tern nesting sites in New Zealand.

The fairy tern is on the edge of extinction, with fewer than 40 birds left.

The fairy tern population remains static at about 40.

Last year's winner was the kea, and previous titleholders include the fairy tern and mōhua.

Bad weather has hit the struggling population of New Zealand's most endangered bird, the fairy tern.

It has been a tough summer for New Zealand's most endangered bird - the fairy tern.

Previous winners included the fairy tern and mōhua.

Flashes of pure white amid the almond leaves overhead are the new plumage of fairy tern chicks.

The fairy tern population usually hovers around just 40 birds, but this year they're down to just six.

Only two fairy tern chicks fledged this summer: the worst result in years for the critically endangered birds.

Two dedicated DoC fairy tern wardens have been fencing nesting sites and preparing them by laying down shell.

But at present DOC did not have the technology needed to raise fairy tern chicks in captivity, Dr Beauchamp said.

A limited edition $5 coin has been released to raise money for efforts to save the fairy tern.

The Madagascar pochard are only slightly more endangered than New Zealand's fairy tern, of which fewer than a dozen pairs remain.

That is despite fears the fairy tern could become extinct if the development on Te Arai Beach, south of Mangawhai proceeds.

The council could turn the land into a reservation, which would further protect the threatened fairy tern, which nests in the area.