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BIRDLIST FOR NEW ZEALAND    9th Nov  -  3rd Dec 2001

SPECIES Scientific Name

No of days out of  23 recorded

Highest daily count
C.= Common
LC = Locally Common
H.= Heard only
N/C.= No count

Brown Kiwi (Stewart Island) Apteryx australis lawryi 1 1
Brown Kiwi (North Island) Apteryx australis mantelli 1 H
Little Spotted Kiwi Apteryx owenii 1 H
Fiordland Crested Penguin Eudyptes pachyrhynchus 3 20
Yellow-eyed Penguin Megadyptes antipodes 3 25
Blue Penguin Eudyptula minor 10 90
New Zealand Grebe Poliocephalus rufopectus 1 8
Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus australis 2 8
Snowy (Wandering) Albatross Diomedea exulans 2 5
Gibson's (Wandering) Albatross Diomedea gibsoni 2 2
Antipodean (Wandering) Albatross Diomedea antipodensis 2 3
Northern Royal Albatross Diomedea sandfordi 3 15
Buller's Mollymawk Diomedea bulleri 1 1
Salvin's Mollymawk Diomedea salvini 6 20
White-capped Mollymawk Diomedea steadi 4 5
Southern Giant Petrel Macronectes giganteus 1 1
Norhern Giant Petrel Macronectes halli 7 10
Cape Pigeon Daption capense 5 150
Grey-faced Petrel Pterodroma macroptera 2 2
Fairy Prion Pachyptila turtur 2 50
White-chinned Petrel Procellaria aequinoctialis 2 20
Westland Petrel Procellaria westlandica 4 40
Flesh-footed Shearwater Puffinus carneipes 2 20
Buller's Shearwater Puffinus bulleri 2 15
Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus 1 70
Short-tailed Shearwater Puffinus tenuirostris 1 2
Hutton's Shearwater Puffinus huttoni 4 320,000
Fluttering Shearwater Puffinus gavia 5 400
Common Diving-petrel Pelecanoides urinatrix 4 100
Australasian Gannet Morus serrator 9 200
Little Black Shag Phalacrocorax sulcirostris 3 LC
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 13 C
Pied Shag Phalacrocorax varius 9 70+
King Shag Phalacrocorax carunculatus 1 72
Stewart Island Shag Phalacrocorax chalconotus 4 LC
Spotted Shag Phalacrocorax punctatus 13 C
Little Shag Phalacrocorax melanoleucos 11 C
Great White Egret Egretta alba 1 50
White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae 17 C
Pacific Reef-heron Egretta sacra 3 3
Australasian Bittern Botaurus poiciloptilus 1 1
Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia 6 42
Black Swan Cygnus atratus 16 C
Canada Goose Branta canadensis 9 20+
Cape Barren Goose Cereopsis novaehollandiae 1 3
Paradise Shelduck Tadorna variegata 20 C
Blue Duck Hymenolaimus malacorhynchus 1 1 adult + 1 chick
Grey Teal Anas gracilis 5 N/C
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 21 C
Grey Duck Anas superciliosa 7 N/C
Australasian Shoveler Anas rhynchotis 6 LC
New Zealand Scaup Aythya novaeseelandiae 12 LC
Australasian Harrier Circus approximans 20 20+
New Zealand Falcon Falco novaeseelandiae 4 2
Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo 3 30+
California Quail Callipepla californica 4 6
Brown Quail Coturnix ypsilophora australis 2 20
Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 3 4
Weka (North Island) Gallirallus australis greyi 1 3
Weka (South Island) Gallirallus australis australis 2 12
Weka (Stewart Island) Gallirallus australis scotti 2 20
Pukeko (Purple Swamphen) Porphyrio porphyrio melanotus 15 C
Takahe Porphyrio mantelli 2 5
Eurasian Coot (Australian Coot) Fulica atra 7 LC
Pied Oystercatcher (South Island) Haematopus ostralegus finschi 13 LC
Variable Oystercatcher Haematopus unicolor 17 LC
Pied Stilt Himantopus himantopus leucocephalus 16 C
Black Stilt Himantopus novaezelandiae 2 3
Wattled Lapwing Vanellus miles 20 C
New Zealand Dotterel Charadrius obscurus 1 5
Banded Dotterel Charadrius bicinctus 6 6+
Wrybill Anarhynchus frontalis 1 30+
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 3 500+
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres 4 20+
Red Knot Calidris canutus 1 500
Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis 1 3
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata 1 7
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 1 1
Brown Skua Stercorarius antarctica lonnbergi 1 6
Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 3 1
Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 10 10+
Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus 21 C
Red-billed Gull Larus novaehollandiae 20 C
Black-billed Gull Larus bulleri 13 LC
Caspian Tern Sterna caspia 7 5
White-fronted Tern Sterna striata 17 300+
Little Tern Sterna albifrons 1 2
Black-fronted Tern Sterna albostriata 9 30+
Feral Pigeon Columba livia 'feral' 20 C
New Zealand Pigeon Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae 10 20+
Kea Nestor notabilis 6 7+
Kaka (North Island) Nestor meridionalis septentrionalis 1 6
Kaka (South Island) Nestor meridionalis meridionalis 5 20
Red-crowned Parakeet Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae 4 30+
Yellow-crowned Parakeet Cyanoramphus auriceps 2 6
Eastern Rosella Platycercus eximius 2 2
Shining Cuckoo Chrysococcyx lucidus 6 2
Long-tailed Cuckoo Eudynamys taitensis 3 2
Morepork Ninox novaeseelandiae 1 with 3 H 2
Sacred Kingfisher Todirhamphus sanctus 8 10
Rifleman Acanthisitta chloris 4 4
Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis 22 C
Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena 17 LC
New Zealand Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae 6 4
Dunnock Prunella modularis 13 N/C
Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula 22 C
Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 21 C
Fernbird (North Island) Megalurus punctatus vealeae 1 1
Fernbird (South Island) Megalurus punctatus punctata 1 1
Grey Fantail (North Island) Rhipidura fuliginosa placabilis 5 8
Grey Fantail (South Island) Rhipidura fuliginosa fuliginosa 11 4
Tomtit (North Island) Petroica macrocephala toitoi 1 3
Tomtit (South Island) Petroica macrocephala macrocephala 7 5+
New Zealand Robin (North Island) Petroica australis longipes 3 6
New Zealand Robin (South Island) Petroica australis australis 3 2
New Zealand Robin (Stewart Island) Petroica australis rakiura 1 1
Whitehead Mohoua albicilla 3 12
Yellowhead Mohoua ochrocephala 1 14
Brown Creeper Mohoua novaeseelandiae 4 10
Grey Warbler Gerygone igata 19 LC
Silver-eye Zosterops lateralis 16 LC
Stitchbird Notiomystis cincta 2 10
Bellbird Anthornis melanura 16 LC
Tui Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae 18 LC
Kokako (North Island) Callaeas cinerea wilsoni 2 2
Saddleback (North Island) Creadion carunculatus rufusater 2 25
Saddleback (South Island) Creadion carunculatus carunculatus 2 3
Australasian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen 21 C
Rook Corvus frugilegus 2 6
Common Myna Acridotheres tristis 5 C
European Starling Sturnus vulgaris 22 C
House Sparrow Passer domesticus 22 C
Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 20 C
Redpoll Carduelis flammea 12 LC
European Greenfinch Carduelis chloris 15 C
European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 22 C
Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 19 C

OTHER

Dusky Dolphin Brown Trout Spotted Jellyfish
Bottle-nosed Dolphin Hare Blue Bottle Jellyfish
Hector's Dolphin Rabbit Magpie Moth
Orca (Killer Whale) Hedgehog Cinnabar Moth
Long-finned Pilot Whale Stoat Puriri Moth
New Zealand Sealion Possum Australasian Red Admiral
New Zealand Fur Seal Glow-worm Common Copper
Elephant Seal Shore Crab Green-hooded Orchid
Spotted Wrasse Chitin Mount Cook Lily

 

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