One pair seen.
Photos courtesy of Steven Neville - Auckland Sports Photography
deformed wing or feathers, appears promptly when ground is disturbed by weeding, unusually fearless in approaching. Not observed to fly, and may be surviving here beside busy road with benefit of food scraps thrown from cars or in litter
the "which NZ bird book" says welcome swallow, but has Pacific Swallow's scientific name so not sure which is the correct species :/