At risk bird, Hutton’s Shearwater, has lost an estimated quarter of their population

A landslip caused by the 7.5 earthquake has wiped away half of a breeding colony for the at-risk Hutton’s Shearwater bird. The Hutton’s Shearwater is an endemic bird that only breeds on New Zealand land, and as a result of human contact, predators and lost habitat, its numbers are declining… Source