When preparing this post, it dawned on me this is one of a few native birds I had not used the Māori name for. I did that, I recall, because this bird self-introduced long after European colonisation of Aotearoa New Zealand, and so I considered its English name canonical. Yet, I have used Warou instead of Welcome Swallow.

Anyway, for consistency I have switched to Matuku moana (White-faced Heron, Egretta novaehollandiae) for this post and have altered the previous entry as well.

This one was seen at Waimanu Lagoons at the Waikanae River mouth.