In 2008, a panel of ornithologists assessed the conservation status of New Zealand birds against the NZ Threat Classification System. The results of this analysis were published in the September 2008 issue of Notornis (Vol 55: 117-135). The next revision of the threat status list for New Zealand birds is soon underway. Status will be assessed using the same criteria as used in 2008.
We would be very grateful for any submissions providing new information, especially any census or trend data, on bird species, subspecies, etc. that you consider to be threatened or at risk, or very poorly known but seldom encountered and possibly threatened. We would also be very interested in receiving arguments why you think that the 2008 panel got a particular classification wrong, or where you think that the status has changed sufficiently since 2008 to warrant a change in classification.
The 2012 expert panel will meet to review the classification of New Zealand birds on 12-13 June 2012, so please let us have your submissions by 10 June. More information and submission forms can be found here:
