Morepork (owl, Southern Boobook, Ninox novaeseelandiae), Fiordland National Park, South Island, New Zealand
A small owl known locally as a morepork (Southern Boobook or Ninox novaeseelandiae), hides camouflaged in forest on the Tuatapere Hump Ridge Track, in Fiordland National Park, South Island, New Zealand. In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area.