Colin is a curator of vertebrates at Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (Te Papa), and previously worked for the New Zealand Department of Conservation. He has undertaken research on seabirds and endemic snipe (Coenocorypha spp.) on all of New Zealand’s outlying island groups, and was closely involved in the development of techniques to translocate burrow-nesting petrels, including prions. Colin is the project manager and editor of New Zealand Birds Online, and current editor of the journal Notornis. He recently walked the 3,200 km Te Araroa Trail, counting every bird along the length of New Zealand.

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