Fauna

Home to several threatened native species, visitors are likely to see common forest birds like Tomtits, Brown Creepers, Grey Warblers, Fantails, Tui, Bellbirds and Woodpigeons.

If you wish to use any of the photographs or imagery within this page, please contact the Destination Fiordland office via email info@fiordland.org.nz to request permission, clearly stating the Ref No. of the image you are wishing to use and we will be able to advise if there are any copyright issues involved with the images stipulated.

You can go directly to images of the following fauna by just clickng on the bookmarks below:
Dolphins	Fiordland Crested Penguins	Kea
Kotuku	Robin	Seals
Takahe	TomTit	Tui
		Other Wildlife
Dolphins
Destination Fiordland Image Library Sea Kayaking with Dolphins Ref No. DF 14	Photographer: Alan Caddick "Lets Race" Ref No. ACaddick 6	Photographer: Bruce Carter Milford Bottlenose Ref No. BCarter 2
Photographer: Naoko Komuro "The Acrobats" Ref No. NKomuro 4	Photographer: Naoko Komuro "The Life at Sea" Ref No. NKomuro 5	Destination Fiordland Image Library Dolphins Ref No. DF 15w
Photographer: John Murphy Doubtful Dolphins Ref No. JMurphy 4	Photographer: James King-Turner Bottlenose Ref No. JKing-Turner 8
Fiordland Crested Penguins
Photographer: Alan Caddick Fiordland Crested Penguin (Tawaki) Ref No. ACaddick 5	From Destination Fiordland Image Library Fiordland Crested Penguin Ref No. DF 28	Photographer: T Bootsma Penguins at Martin's Bay Ref No. TBootsma 5
Photographer: Mandy Abernethy Fiordland Crested Penguin Ref No. MAbernethy 4
Kea
Photographer: Tim Hughes "Tickets Please" Ref No. THughes 2	Photographer: Steven Hall "Kea Ora" Ref No. SHall 4	Photographer: Tim Hughes "Just the Ticket" Ref No. THughes 1
Photographer: Kerri Fleming "Kea" Ref No. KFleming 3	Photographer: Erin Smith "Nestor Notabilis" Ref No. ESmith 1	Photographer: Hope Lilly Christensen "Feathered Friend" Ref No. HChristensen 4
Photographer: Rod Hall-Jones "The Hungry Kea" Ref No. RHall-Jones 2	Photographer: Ray Willet "You'd Better Not Fly Home" Ref No. RWillett 10	Photographer: Roland Dale Nestor notabilis Ref No. RDale 2
Photographer: John Vale Mr Kea, Clinton River, Milford Track Ref No. JVale 6
Kotuku
Photographer: Andrew Clarke "Kotuku" Ref No. AClarke 3	Photographer: D Mulholland "Milford Sound Heron" Ref No. DMulholland 3
Robin
Photographer: Graham Dainty Robin Ref No. GD 34	Photographer: Clive Boyes Robin, Eglinton Valley Ref No. CBoyes 5	Photographer: Colin Kelly Robin Ref No. CKelly 6
Photographer: Ray Willett Robin Ref No. RWillett 11
Seals
Destination Fiordland Image Library Seals Milford Sound Ref No. DF 16w
Takahe
Photographer: Brad Patrick "Stepping Out" Ref No. BPatrick 4	Photographer: Brad Patrick "Amorous Bruce" Ref No. BPatrick 3	Destination Fiordland Image Library Takahe feeding Ref No. DF 17
Photograher: Sue Lovell Takahe Ref No. SLovell 30	Photographer: Steven Hall Takahe Chick Ref No. SHall 6	Photographer: Steven Hall Takahe, Murchison Mountains Ref No. SHall 5
TomTit
Photographer: Andrew Clarke "Tomtit - Deep Water Basin" Ref No. AClarke 4	Photographer: S A Connor "Tomtit" Ref No. SConnor 6
Tui
Photographer: Arie Van Bezooijen Tui's Lunch Ref No. AVanBezooijen 2	Photographer: Warren Brown The Tui's Breakfast Ref No. WBrown 21	Photographer: Pauline Boyes Majestic Tui Ref No. PaBoyes 9
Photographer: Clive Boyes Let's Negotiate Ref No. CBoyes 9
Other Wildlife
Photographer: Hope Lilly Christensen Jewelled Gecko Ref No. HChristensen 5	Photographer: Angela Morrissey "Bellbird the Sweetest Sound" Ref No. AMorrissey 4	Photographer: Chris Golding "Molly" Ref No. CGolding 2
Photographer: Santha Foote Falcon Ref No. SFoote 1	Photographer: Graham Dainty "Weka" Ref No. GD 35	Photographer: Chris Golding Pete & Phio (Blue Duck) Ref No. CGolding 3
Photographer: Diana Zadravec Marching into Spring Ref No. DZadravec 8	Photographer: Lee McRae Waxeye Ref No. LMcRae 3	Photographer: Nigel Dougherty Scaup Ref No. NDougherty 2
Photographer: Roland Dale Blue Duck on Nest Ref No. RDale 3	Photographer: Alex Mackay Kereru Ref No. AMackay 2	Photographer: Nola Sumner Weka Walk Ref No. NSumner 10
Photographer: Mandy Abernethy Fantail Ref No. MAbernethy 3