Native animals - all regions
This atlas provides species descriptions, habitat information, images and distribution maps. The observations cover over 100 species.
DOC's bat recovery plan has a goal of conserving all bat sub-species throughout their present range and establishing new populations where possible.
Learn about DOC's native frog recovery group and conservation work to protect our native frogs.
Learn the objectives of the Takahē Recovery Plan and current conservation efforts to save this endangered species.
Find out about DOC's Powelliphanta snail conservation work.
DOC is actively trying to save the kākā through a national kākā recovery programme.
Did you know earthworms are the preferred diet of Powelliphanta snails? Learn more facts about these giant snails.
Did you know that the tuatara's closest relatives (of the Order Sphenodontia) became extinct about 60 million years ago? Learn more about this fascinating species.
Did you know that whio/blue duck are one of only three species of waterfowl in the world that live on fast flowing rivers year round? Learn more about this threatened species.
Did you know young kākā leave the nest before they can fly? Find out facts about kākā in this section.
Did you know that New Zealand's native frogs don't croak regularly like most frogs? Find out more about pepeketua and how to identify them.
Did you know the lesser short-tailed bat is the only member of its family, Mystacinidae, known to still survive? Learn more about New Zealand's short-tailed bats in this section.
The nationally endangered Hutton's shearwater/tītī is the only New Zealand seabird that breeds in a sub-alpine environment.
Advice for attracting birds to your garden if you are designing a new garden or developing an existing one.
The mohua/yellowhead is a small, insect eating bird which lives only in the forests of New Zealand's South Island and Stewart Island.
Conservation - all regions