There are thought to be as few as 1700 tūturiwhatu remaining. They are particularly vulnerable as their coastal habitats are also preferable for urban development, and exposed to erosion, wave surges and mammalian predators from rats, to cats, stoats and hedgehogs (known to travel large distances every night eating eggs from their shallow nests - typically just a hole in the sand - as they go). The Southern NZ Dotteral subspecies, pictured here with breeding plumage, is now only found on Stewart Island with thanks to conservation efforts to eradicate cats. It is listed by the IUCN Redlist as Critically Endangered with only 60 - 80 mature individuals remaining.

This is now available at A3, A4 & A5 sizes as an artist prints. Please select your size using the dropdown menu.

Artist open edition prints are an affordable option made print on demand. When your purchase is complete an order is forwarded to a specialist fine art printer where it joins their print queue to be fulfilled and shipped directly to your door. Open edition prints are made using acid free, 300GSM, textured cotton rag paper for fully saturated images.

During peak times please allow up to two weeks for delivery <3

Each print is labelled and signed by the artist.

Dimensions available:

A3 - 297 x 420mm

A4 - 210 x 297mm

A5 - 148 x 210mm