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In 2023, we’re searching for our Bird of the Century.

Aotearoa New Zealand’s favourite election is back, and the stakes are higher than ever before. This year marks a whole century of Forest & Bird speaking up for nature.

Join us in celebrating our 100th birthday by sharing the love for our fantastic feathered friends. But vote carefully... this year the winner is not just Bird of the Year, but Bird of the Century!

Which New Zealand native bird from the last 100 years has captured your heart?

Meet the candidates below – including a few new faces.

Voting opens 9am, Monday 30 October.

Meet the contestants

  • Pūkeko details and campaigner

    Pūkeko

    Pūkeko
    Pūkeko

    Doing OK

    Learn about me →
  • Subantarctic skua details and campaigner

    Subantarctic skuaHākoakoa

    Subantarctic skua
    Subantarctic skua

    In some trouble

    Learn about me →
  • Buller's mollymawk details and campaigner

    Buller's mollymawkToroa

    Buller's mollymawk
    Buller's mollymawk

    In some trouble

    Learn about me →
  • Paradise shelduck details and campaigner

    Paradise shelduckPūtangitangi

    Paradise shelduck
    Paradise shelduck

    Doing OK

    Learn about me →
  • North Island brown kiwi details and campaigner

    North Island brown kiwiKiwi

    North Island brown kiwi
    North Island brown kiwi

    In some trouble

    Learn about me →
  • Kingfisher details and campaigner

    KingfisherKōtare

    Kingfisher
    Kingfisher

    Doing OK

    Learn about me →
  • Variable oystercatcher details and campaigner

    Variable oystercatcherTōrea pango

    Variable oystercatcher
    Variable oystercatcher

    Doing OK

    Learn about me →
  • Shore plover details and campaigner

    Shore ploverTūturuatu | Tchūriwat'

    Shore plover
    Shore plover

    In serious trouble

    Learn about me →
  • Orange-fronted parakeet details and campaigner

    Orange-fronted parakeetKākāriki karaka

    Orange-fronted parakeet
    Orange-fronted parakeet

    In serious trouble

    Learn about me →
  • Stitchbird details and campaigner

    StitchbirdHihi

    Stitchbird
    Stitchbird

    In serious trouble

    Learn about me →
  • South Island snipe details and campaigner

    South Island snipeTutukiwi

    South Island snipe
    South Island snipe

    Extinct

    Learn about me →
  • Pied shag details and campaigner

    Pied shagKāruhiruhi

    Pied shag
    Pied shag

    In some trouble

    Learn about me →
  • Fairy tern details and campaigner

    Fairy ternTara iti

    Fairy tern
    Fairy tern

    In serious trouble

    Learn about me →
  • Bar-tailed godwit details and campaigner

    Bar-tailed godwitKuaka

    Bar-tailed godwit
    Bar-tailed godwit

    In some trouble

    Learn about me →
  • Rifleman details and campaigner

    RiflemanTitipounamu / Tuke

    Rifleman
    Rifleman

    Doing OK

    Learn about me →
  • Laughing owl details and campaigner

    Laughing owlWhēkau

    Laughing owl
    Laughing owl

    Extinct

    Learn about me →
  • Fiordland crested penguin details and campaigner

    Fiordland crested penguinTawaki

    Fiordland crested penguin
    Fiordland crested penguin

    In serious trouble

    Learn about me →
  • Tūī details and campaigner

    Tūī

    Tūī
    Tūī

    Doing OK

    Learn about me →
  • Banded rail details and campaigner

    Banded railMoho pererū

    Banded rail
    Banded rail

    In some trouble

    Learn about me →
  • Black-billed gull details and campaigner

    Black-billed gullTarāpuka

    Black-billed gull
    Black-billed gull

    In serious trouble

    Learn about me →
  • Northern New Zealand dotterel details and campaigner

    Northern New Zealand dotterelTūturiwhatu

    Northern New Zealand dotterel
    Northern New Zealand dotterel

    In some trouble

    Learn about me →
  • Southern New Zealand dotterel details and campaigner

    Southern New Zealand dotterelTūturiwhatu

    Southern New Zealand dotterel
    Southern New Zealand dotterel

    In serious trouble

    Learn about me →
  • Eastern rockhopper penguin details and campaigner

    Eastern rockhopper penguinTawaki piki toka

    Eastern rockhopper penguin
    Eastern rockhopper penguin

    In serious trouble

    Learn about me →
  • Red-billed gull details and campaigner

    Red-billed gullTarāpunga

    Red-billed gull
    Red-billed gull

    In some trouble

    Learn about me →
  • Kākā details and campaigner

    Kākā

    Kākā
    Kākā

    In some trouble

    Learn about me →
  • Hutton's shearwater details and campaigner

    Hutton's shearwaterKaikōura tītī

    Hutton's shearwater
    Hutton's shearwater

    In serious trouble

    Learn about me →
  • Cook's petrel details and campaigner

    Cook's petrelTītī

    Cook's petrel
    Cook's petrel

    In some trouble

    Learn about me →
  • White heron details and campaigner

    White heronKōtuku

    White heron
    White heron

    In serious trouble

    Learn about me →
  • Little penguin details and campaigner

    Little penguinKororā

    Little penguin
    Little penguin

    In some trouble

    Learn about me →
  • Banded dotterel details and campaigner

    Banded dotterelPohowera

    Banded dotterel
    Banded dotterel

    In serious trouble

    Learn about me →
  • Weka details and campaigner

    Weka

    Weka
    Weka

    In some trouble

    Learn about me →
  • Black robin details and campaigner

    Black robinKarure | Kakaruia

    Black robin
    Black robin

    In serious trouble

    Learn about me →
  • Huia details and campaigner

    Huia

    Huia
    Huia

    Extinct

    Learn about me →
  • Antipodean albatross details and campaigner

    Antipodean albatrossToroa

    Antipodean albatross
    Antipodean albatross

    In serious trouble

    Learn about me →
  • New Zealand thrush details and campaigner

    New Zealand thrushPiopio

    New Zealand thrush
    New Zealand thrush

    Extinct

    Learn about me →
  • South Island kōkako details and campaigner

    South Island kōkakoKōkā

    South Island kōkako
    South Island kōkako

    In serious trouble

    Learn about me →
  • Spotless crake details and campaigner

    Spotless crakePūweto

    Spotless crake
    Spotless crake

    In some trouble

    Learn about me →
  • Australasian bittern details and campaigner

    Australasian bitternMatuku-hūrepo

    Australasian bittern
    Australasian bittern

    In serious trouble

    Learn about me →
  • Yellow-eyed penguin details and campaigner

    Yellow-eyed penguinHoiho

    Yellow-eyed penguin
    Yellow-eyed penguin

    In serious trouble

    Learn about me →
  • Takahē details and campaigner

    Takahē

    Takahē
    Takahē

    In serious trouble

    Learn about me →
  • Australasian gannet details and campaigner

    Australasian gannetTākapu

    Australasian gannet
    Australasian gannet

    Doing OK

    Learn about me →
  • Rock wren details and campaigner

    Rock wrenPīwauwau

    Rock wren
    Rock wren

    In serious trouble

    Learn about me →
  • Scaup details and campaigner

    ScaupPāpango

    Scaup
    Scaup

    Doing OK

    Learn about me →
  • Pipit details and campaigner

    PipitPīhoihoi

    Pipit
    Pipit

    In some trouble

    Learn about me →
  • Royal spoonbill details and campaigner

    Royal spoonbillKōtuku ngutupapa

    Royal spoonbill
    Royal spoonbill

    In some trouble

    Learn about me →
  • Australasian crested grebe details and campaigner

    Australasian crested grebePūteketeke

    Australasian crested grebe
    Australasian crested grebe

    In serious trouble

    Learn about me →
  • Yellowhead details and campaigner

    YellowheadMohua

    Yellowhead
    Yellowhead

    In some trouble

    Learn about me →
  • Blue Duck details and campaigner

    Blue DuckWhio

    Blue Duck
    Blue Duck

    In serious trouble

    Learn about me →
  • Red knot details and campaigner

    Red knotHuahou

    Red knot
    Red knot

    In serious trouble

    Learn about me →
  • Saddleback details and campaigner

    SaddlebackTīeke

    Saddleback
    Saddleback

    In some trouble

    Learn about me →
  • Morepork details and campaigner

    MoreporkRuru

    Morepork
    Morepork

    Doing OK

    Learn about me →
  • Red-crowned parakeet details and campaigner

    Red-crowned parakeetKākāriki

    Red-crowned parakeet
    Red-crowned parakeet

    In some trouble

    Learn about me →
  • Grey duck details and campaigner

    Grey duckPārera

    Grey duck
    Grey duck

    In serious trouble

    Learn about me →
  • Bush wren details and campaigner

    Bush wrenMātuhituhi

    Bush wren
    Bush wren

    Extinct

    Learn about me →
  • Shining cuckoo details and campaigner

    Shining cuckooPīpīwharauroa

    Shining cuckoo
    Shining cuckoo

    Doing OK

    Learn about me →
  • Wrybill details and campaigner

    WrybillNgutu pare

    Wrybill