The most significant work carried out that looks into the distribution (and biology) of the New Zealand falcon was carried out in the 1970's by Dr Nick Fox as part of his PhD research. Click on the following link for further information: www.falconsforgrapes.org

RANZ/DOC New Zealand falcon breeding survey 1994-98

The Raptor Association of New Zealand in conjunction with the Department of Conservation (DOC) and others conducted a survey of the breeding success of the NZ falcon at twenty-eight sites. You may download a copy of the report (PDF file, 161KB).

New Zealand Falcon (Falco novaeseelandiae) in Taranaki

Produced by Native Birds Taranaki this report collated a total of 113 sighting records from the Taranaki region for the period 1981 to September 2004. Records were collected from the then NZ Wildlife Service, Department of Conservation, Barry Hartley from the Ornithological Society of NZ and by the author. View a copy of the report, including maps (PDF file, 588KB).

RANZ National Falcon Sighting Survey

Progressive updates on the current sighting survey (by Region) listed as data comes in are shown below:

RANZ National Falcon Survey Last updated 31 May 2008
North Island		South Island
Northland	0	Tasman	86
Auckland	23	Nelson	9
Waikato	108	Marlborough	41
Bay of Plenty	43	West Coast	83
Gisborne	17	Canterbury	234
Hawke’s Bay	90	Otago	224
Taranaki	166	Southland	63
Manawatu-Wanganui	228
Wellington	143
Total =	818	Total =	740
Total for New Zealand = 1558

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