Bird species on public conservation land, estimated abundance 2013–16

Bird species on public conservation land, estimated abundance 2013–16

New Zealand's Environment Reporting Series: The Ministry for the Environment and Stats NZ

The status of our bird communities is an important indicator of the condition of our ecosystems. Many indigenous birds play key ecological roles, including dispersing seeds and pollinating flowers. In some situations, exotic bird species (not indigenous to New Zealand) can partially fulfil these roles. A reduction in the distribution and/or decline in numbers for common and widespread species can equate to large losses of individuals and ecosystem integrity. By measuring the composition of bird communities across public conservation land (forest and non-forest sites) we can monitor how they change over time.

This measure reports on the estimated abundance of seven common bird species on public conservation land, 2013–2016.Common species are species having occupancy over half of public conservation land.

Department of Conservation

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2013–2016; public conservation land, national

https://data.mfe.govt.nz/table/95337-bird-species-on-public-conservation-land-estimated-abundance-201316/

L18/001

Dataset

eng-nz

indigenous, exotic, biodiversity, Environmental reporting series: Our land 2018