banded dotterel, pohowera, on a beach at kaikoura

animal aotearoa aves avian banded bay beach beak beautiful bicinctus bird birding brown camouflaged charadrius close closeup colourful colours dotterel down endangered endemic energetic exotic fauna feather island kaikoura native natural nature new ornithology plover plumage pohowera rare red sand seabird small south stony threatened unbanded wader wild wildlife zealand