- Conservation status
- In some trouble
These are the endemic songster of our swamps and saltmarshes. You are more likely to hear them before you see them - and if you are lucky enough, there may be another nearby. While living in pairs, they communicate with a high pitched "u-tick". If you click two stones together, you may see one poke its head up out of its hiding spot in curiosity. Their wetland homes have vanished from much of Aotearoa, making every patch of habitat precious.
Campaign Manager
Kotahitanga mō te Taiao
Kotahitanga mō te Taiao is a conservation alliance of government, councils and iwi working to restore the threatened landscapes of the top of the South. We're championing the fernbird as a taonga species of coastal wetlands and swamps - habitats that were once common but are now under threat in our rohe.
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