Eagle-Eye Tours www.eagle-eye.com [email protected] 1-800-373-5678
New Zealand November 2009 with Richard Knapton & Lucy Chang
BIRD SPECIES No. Common Name Latin Name Seen or Heard KIWIS 1 Great Spotted Kiwi Apteryx haastii H PENGUINS 2 Fiordland Penguin Eudyptes pachyrhynchus S 3 Yellow-eyed Penguin Megadyptes antipodes S 4 Little (Blue) Penguin Eudyptula minor S GREBES 5 New Zealand Grebe Poliocephalus rufopectus S 6 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus S ALBATROSSES 7 Gibson’s Albatross Diomedea [exulans] gibsoni S 8 Antipodean Albatross Diomedea [exulans] antipodensis S 9 Southern Royal Albatross Diomedea epomophora epomophora S 10 Northern Royal Albatross Diomedea epomophora sanfordi S 11 Salvin’s Mollymawk Diomedea [cauta] salvini S 12 White-capped Mollymawk Diomedea [cauta] steadi S SHEARWATERS AND PETRELS 13 Antarctic Giant Petrel Macronectes giganteus S 14 Hall's Giant Petrel Macronectes halli S 15 Cape Petrel Daption capense S 16 Cook's Petrel Pterodroma cookii S 17 Broad-billed Prion Pachyptila vittata S 18 Fairy Prion Pachyptila turtur S 19 White-chinned Petrel Procellaria aequinoctialis S 20 Parkinson's (Black) Petrel Procellaria parkinsoni S 21 Westland Petrel Procellaria westlandica S 22 Flesh-footed Shearwater Puffinus carneipes S 23 Buller's Shearwater Puffinus bulleri S 24 Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus S 25 Short-tailed Shearwater Puffinus tenuirostris S 26 Hutton's Shearwater Puffinus huttoni S 27 Fluttering Shearwater Puffinus gavia S 28 Little Shearwater Puffinus assimilis S STORM-PETRELS 29 New Zealand Storm Petrel Oceanitis (Pealeornis) maorianus S 30 White-faced Storm-Petrel Pelagodroma marina S DIVING-PETRELS Page 1 of 5 No. Common Name Latin Name Seen or Heard 31 Common Diving-Petrel Pelecanoides urinatrix S GANNETS AND BOOBIES 32 Australian Gannet Morus serrator S CORMORANTS 33 Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris S 34 Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo S 35 Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius S 36 Rough-faced (King) Shag Phalacrocorax carunculatus S 37 Bronze (Stewart Island) Shag Phalacrocorax chalconotus S 38 Spotted Shag Phalacrocorax punctatus S 39 Little Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax melanoleucos S HERONS, EGRETS AND BITTERNS 40 Great Egret Ardea alba S 41 Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra S 42 White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae S IBIS AND SPOONBILLS 43 Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia S DUCKS, GEESE AND SWANS 44 Black Swan Cygnus atratus S 45 Greylag (Feral) Goose Anser anser S 46 Cape Barren Goose Cereopsis novaehollandiae S 47 Canada Goose Branta canadensis S 48 Paradise Shelduck Tadorna variegata S 49 Blue Duck Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos S 50 Gray Teal Anas gracilis S 51 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos S 52 Pacific Black (Gray) Duck Anas superciliosa S 53 Australian Shoveler Anas rhynchotis S 54 New Zealand Scaup Aythya novaeseelandiae S HAWKS, EAGLES AND KITES 55 Swamp Harrier Circus approximans S TURKEYS 56 Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo S NEW WORLD QUAIL 57 California Quail Callipepla californica S PHEASANTS AND PARTRIDGES 58 Brown Quail Coturnix ypsilophora S 59 Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus S 60 Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus S RAILS, GALLINULES AND COOTS 61 Weka Gallirallus australis S 62 Australasian Swamphen (Pukeko) Porphyrio melanotus S 63 Takahe Porphyrio mantelli S 64 Eurasian Coot Fulica atra S OYSTERCATCHERS 65 South Island Oystercatcher Haematopus finschi S
Page 2 of 5 No. Common Name Latin Name Seen or Heard 66 Variable Oystercatcher Haematopus unicolor S AVOCETS AND STILTS 67 White-headed Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus S 68 Black Stilt Himantopus novaezelandiae S PLOVERS AND LAPWINGS 69 Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles S 70 New Zealand Dotterel Charadrius obscurus S 71 Double-banded Plover Charadrius bicinctus S 72 Wrybill Anarhynchus frontalis S SANDPIPERS 73 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica S 74 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres S JAEGERS AND SKUAS 75 Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus S 76 Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus S GULLS 77 Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus S 78 Red-billed Gull Larus scopulinus S 79 Black-billed Gull Larus bulleri S TERNS 80 Caspian Tern Sterna caspia S 81 White-fronted Tern Sterna striata S 82 Arctic Tern Sterna macrura S 83 Black-fronted Tern Sterna albostriata S 84 Gray Ternlet Procelsterna albivitta S PIGEONS AND DOVES 85 Rock Pigeon Columba livia S 86 Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis S 87 New Zealand Pigeon Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae S PARROTS 88 Kea Nestor notabilis S 89 New Zealand Kaka Nestor meridionalis S 90 Red-fronted Parakeet Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae S 91 Yellow-fronted Parakeet Cyanoramphus auriceps S 92 Eastern Rosella Platycercus eximius S CUCKOOS 93 Shining Bronze-Cuckoo Chrysococcyx lucidus S 94 Long-tailed Koel Eudynamys taitensis S OWLS 95 Morepork Ninox novaeseelandiae S KINGFISHERS 96 Sacred Kingfisher Todirhamphus sanctus S NEW ZEALAND WRENS 97 Rifleman Acanthisitta chloris S 98 South Island Wren Xenicus gilviventris S LARKS
Page 3 of 5 No. Common Name Latin Name Seen or Heard 99 Sky Lark Alauda arvensis S SWALLOWS 100 Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena S WAGTAILS AND PIPITS 101 Australasian Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae S ACCENTORS 102 Dunnock Prunella modularis S THRUSHES 103 Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula S 104 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos S OLD WORLD WARBLERS 105 Fernbird Megalurus punctatus S FANTAILS 106 Gray Fantail Rhipidura fuliginosa S AUSTRALASIAN ROBINS 107 Tomtit Petroica macrocephala S 108 New Zealand Robin Petroica australis S WHISTLERS AND ALLIES 109 Whitehead Mohoua albicilla S 110 Yellowhead Mohoua ochrocephala S 111 Pipipi Mohoua novaeseelandiae S THORNBILLS AND ALLIES 112 Gray Gerygone Gerygone igata S WHITE-EYES 113 Silver-eye Zosterops lateralis S HONEYEATERS 114 Stitchbird Notiomystis cincta S 115 New Zealand Bellbird Anthornis melanura S 116 Tui Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae S WATTLEBIRDS 117 Kokako Callaeas cinerea H 118 Saddleback (South Island) Philesturnus carunculatus carunculatus S 119 Saddleback (North Island) Philesturnus carunculatus rufusater S BELLMAGPIES AND ALLIES 120 Australasian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen S STARLINGS 121 Common Myna Acridotheres tristis S 122 European Starling Sturnus vulgaris S OLD WORLD SPARROWS 123 House Sparrow Passer domesticus S FINCHES, SISKINS, CROSSBILLS 124 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs S 125 European Greenfinch Carduelis chloris S 126 Common Redpoll Carduelis flammea S 127 European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis S BUNTINGS, SEEDEATERS, ALLIES
Page 4 of 5 No. Common Name Latin Name Seen or Heard 128 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella S 129 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus S
MAMMALS 1 Common Brushtail Possum Trichosurus vulpecula 2 Old World Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus S 3 Brown Hare Lepus capensis S 4 Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus S 5 Stoat Mustela erminea S 6 Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis S 7 Dusky Dolphin Lagenorhynchus obscurus S
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