Hugh Robertson is one of DOC's bird experts. He is also one of the authors of The field guide to the birds of New Zealand. Hugh features in the series Birdwatching with This Way Up on Radio New Zealand.
In this series, he talks about the features, behaviours and distribution of these birds:
- Banded dotterel
- Bar-tailed godwit
- Bellbird
- Blackbird
- Black-backed gull
- Black swan
- California quail
- Fantail
- Finches
- Fluttering shearwater
- Grey warbler
- Harrier
- Kaka
- Kereru
- Kingfisher
- Kiwi
- Little blue penguin
- Little shag
- Oystercatcher
- Paradise duck
- Pukeko
- Rifleman
- Rosella
- Royal spoonbill
- Saddleback
- Shining cuckoo
- Sparrow
- Starling
- Takahē
- Tomtit
- Tui
- Welcome swallow
- White-faced heron
- White-fronted tern
- Whitehead
- Wrybill