Voting now open! Help make history and add your voice in the 20th annual Bird of the Year election. Choose up to five birds and don't forget to verify your vote. Who will join the class of champions in 2025?

Voting closes: 5pm Sunday 28 September
Winner announced Monday 29 September

Pipit details and campaigner
PipitPīhoihoi
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Black-fronted tern details and campaigner
Black-fronted ternTarapirohe
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Tūī details and campaigner
Tūī
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Black stilt details and campaigner
Black stiltKakī
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Hutton's shearwater details and campaigner
Hutton's shearwaterKaikōura tītī
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Southern New Zealand dotterel details and campaigner
Southern New Zealand dotterelPukunui
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Harrier details and campaigner
HarrierKāhu
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Blue duck details and campaigner
Blue duckWhio
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Fantail details and campaigner
FantailPīwakawaka
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Kea details and campaigner
Kea
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Brown teal details and campaigner
Brown tealPāteke
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Whitehead details and campaigner
WhiteheadPōpokotea
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Weka details and campaigner
Weka
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Orange-fronted parakeet details and campaigner
Orange-fronted parakeetKākāriki karaka
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Royal spoonbill details and campaigner
Royal spoonbillKōtuku ngutupapa
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Banded rail details and campaigner
Banded railMoho pererū
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Spotted shag details and campaigner
Spotted shagKawau tikitiki
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New Zealand dabchick details and campaigner
New Zealand dabchickWeweia
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Tomtit details and campaigner
TomtitMiromiro
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Spotless crake details and campaigner
Spotless crakePūweto
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Antipodean albatross details and campaigner
Antipodean albatrossToroa
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Fairy prion details and campaigner
Fairy prionTītī wainui
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Paradise shelduck details and campaigner
Paradise shelduckPūtangitangi
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Subantarctic snipe details and campaigner
Subantarctic snipeTutukiwi
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Black robin details and campaigner
Black robinKarure | Kakaruia
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Cook's petrel details and campaigner
Cook's petrelTītī
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Kererū details and campaigner
Kererū
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Brown creeper details and campaigner
Brown creeperPīpipi
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Fernbird details and campaigner
FernbirdMātātā
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Westland petrel details and campaigner
Westland petrelTāiko
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Scaup details and campaigner
ScaupPāpango
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Australasian crested grebe details and campaigner
Australasian crested grebePūteketeke
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Subantarctic skua details and campaigner
Subantarctic skuaHākoakoa
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Banded dotterel details and campaigner
Banded dotterelPohowera
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Fairy tern details and campaigner
Fairy ternTara iti
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Bar-tailed godwit details and campaigner
Bar-tailed godwitKuaka
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Long-tailed cuckoo details and campaigner
Long-tailed cuckooKoekoeā
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Australasian bittern details and campaigner
Australasian bitternMatuku-hūrepo
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Northern New Zealand dotterel details and campaigner
Northern New Zealand dotterelTūturiwhatu
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Pūkeko details and campaigner
Pūkeko
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Kingfisher details and campaigner
KingfisherKōtare
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Kākā details and campaigner
Kākā
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Kākāpō details and campaigner
Kākāpō
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White heron details and campaigner
White heronKōtuku
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Wrybill details and campaigner
WrybillNgutu pare
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Fiordland crested penguin details and campaigner
Fiordland crested penguinTawaki
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Red-billed gull details and campaigner
Red-billed gullTarāpunga
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Shining cuckoo details and campaigner
Shining cuckooPīpīwharauroa
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New Zealand falcon details and campaigner
New Zealand falconKārearea
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Variable oystercatcher details and campaigner
Variable oystercatcherTōrea pango
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Rifleman details and campaigner
RiflemanTitipounamu
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Takahē details and campaigner
Takahē
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Saddleback details and campaigner
SaddlebackTīeke
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Australasian gannet details and campaigner
Australasian gannetTākapu
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Yellow-eyed penguin details and campaigner
Yellow-eyed penguinHoiho
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Grey duck details and campaigner
Grey duckPārera
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Stitchbird details and campaigner
StitchbirdHihi
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Bellbird details and campaigner
BellbirdKorimako
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Red knot details and campaigner
Red knotHuahou
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Rock wren details and campaigner
Rock wrenPīwauwau
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Little spotted kiwi details and campaigner
Little spotted kiwiKiwi pukupuku
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Reef heron details and campaigner
Reef heronMatuku moana
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Eastern rockhopper penguin details and campaigner
Eastern rockhopper penguinTawaki piki toka
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Yellowhead details and campaigner
YellowheadMohua
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New Zealand robin details and campaigner
New Zealand robinToutouwai
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South Island kōkako details and campaigner
South Island kōkakoKōkā
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Morepork details and campaigner
MoreporkRuru
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Silvereye details and campaigner
SilvereyeTauhou
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Black-billed gull details and campaigner
Black-billed gullTarāpuka
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Little penguin details and campaigner
Little penguinKororā
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Grey warbler details and campaigner
Grey warblerRiroriro
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Kōkako details and campaigner
Kōkako
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Shore plover details and campaigner
Shore ploverTūturuatu | Tchūriwat'
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