Drones Help Find Nests of Rare New Zealand Birds
In the app: the whole story at your level, listening, the quiz and the word cards.
The same story at six levels
How the first sentence reads at every level, from A1 to C2.
- A1
The Department of Conservation is a government group.
- A2
The Department of Conservation is studying the bittern.
- B1
The New Zealand Department of Conservation is using a new tool to study the rare bittern.
- B2
Equipped with high-resolution video and thermal cameras, drones are being used by the New Zealand Department of Conservation.
- C1
The rare bittern, also known as the matuku-hūrepo, is a highly secretive bird that lives in hard-to-reach wetland environments.
- C2
The bittern, also known as the matuku-hūrepo, is a master of natural camouflage, relying on its intricately patterned plumage to vanish into the dense, inaccessible wetlands of New Zealand.
Key words
Words from the B1 text, with their meaning.
- rare
- Not common and very hard to find.
- thermal
- Connected with heat.
- remain
- Still existing or left after other parts have gone.
- wetland
- A large area of land covered with water or swamp.
- distress
- A feeling of extreme worry, sadness, or pain.
- bother
- To annoy or cause trouble for someone.
Rewritten with AI from facts reported by Department of Conservation (New Zealand). Read the original for the full report.