Banded railMoho pererū

Banded rails are rarely seen, with excellent camouflage and a penchant for mooching in mangroves and sneaking in saltmarshes – unless you're on Aotea Great Barrier Island, where banded rails have become quite bold. Once widespread across Aotearoa, habitat loss means banded rails have disappeared from many places. Strongholds remain in the upper North Island and the Nelson/Marlborough region of the South Island.