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Download 2019 Cruise Route Species Seen List As Cruise: New Zealand, the Tasman Sea and Australia 2019 Route - Species Seen List Column A: number of past tours (out of 1) species has been seen Column B: Number of days this species was seen on the 2019-2020 tour Column C: The maximum daily count for this species on the 2019-2020 tour Column D: NX = Auckland, NZ extension; AX = Sydney, AUS extension A B C D 1 North Island Brown Kiwi 1 4 NX Apteryx mantelli 1 Australian Brushturkey 1 2 AX Alectura lathami 1 Magpie Goose 1 95 AX Anseranas semipalmata 1 Canada Goose 6 75 Branta canadensis 1 Musk Duck 1 8 Biziura lobata 1 Freckled Duck 1 8 Stictonetta naevosa 1 Cape Barren Goose 1 16 Cereopsis novaehollandiae 1 Black Swan 9 375 Cygnus atratus 1 Blue Duck 1 5 Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos 1 Australian Shelduck 1 27K Tadorna tadornoides 1 Paradise Shelduck 5 72 Tadorna variegata 1 Australian Wood Duck 6 70 Chenonetta jubata 1 Pink-eared Duck 1 4500 Malacorhynchus membranaceus 1 Australasian Shoveler 3 280 Anas rhynchotis 1 Grey Teal 6 550 Anas gracilis 1 Chestnut Teal 5 500 Anas castanea 1 Brown Teal 4 2 Anas chlorotis 1 Pacific Black Duck 8 140 Anas superciliosa 1 Mallard 6 52 Anas platyrhynchos 1 New Zealand Scaup 4 120 Aythya novaeseelandiae 1 Hardhead 4 450 Aythya australis 1 Blue-billed Duck 1 400 Oxyura australis 1 California Quail 3 5 Callipepla californica 1 Wild Turkey 2 2 Meleagris gallopavo 1 Ring-necked Pheasant 1 6 NX Phasianus colchicus 1 Brown Quail 3 3 Coturnix ypsilophora 1 Australasian Grebe 3 4 Tachybaptus novaehollandiae 1 New Zealand Grebe 4 4 Poliocephalus rufopectus 1 Hoary-headed Grebe 2 400 Poliocephalus poliocephalus 1 Great Crested Grebe 1 1 Podiceps cristatus ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ WINGS ● 1643 N. Alvernon Way Ste. 109 ● Tucson ● AZ ● 85712 ● www.wingsbirds.com (866) 547 9868 Toll free US + Canada ● Tel (520) 320-9868 ● Fax (520) 320 9373 Cruise: NZ, Australia, & the Tasman Sea Cumulative Bird List… 2 1 Yellow-eyed Penguin 1 3 Megadyptes antipodes 1 Little Penguin 1 1 NX Eudyptula minor 1 Snowy (Wandering) Albatross 2 1 Diomedea exulans 1 New Zealand (Wandering) Albatross 6 6 Diomedea antipodensis/gibsoni 1 Southern Royal Albatross 5 17 Diomedea epomophora 1 Northern Royal Albatross 4 22 Diomedea sanfordi 1 Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross 1 2 Thalassarche carteri 1 Black-browed Albatross 1 3 Thalassarche melanophris 1 Buller's Albatross 6 2 Thalassarche bulleri 1 White-capped Albatross 11 114 Thalassarche cauta 1 Salvin's Albatross 5 25 Thalassarche salvini 1 Northern Giant Petrel 4 3 Macronectes halli 1 Cape Petrel 2 10 Daption capense 1 Gray-faced Petrel 7 158 Pterodroma gouldi 1 Providence (Solander's) Petrel 1 7 Pterodroma solandri 1 White-headed Petrel 3 10 Pterodroma lessonii 1 Soft-plumaged Petrel 2 1 Pterodroma mollis 1 Mottled Petrel 4 42 Pterodroma inexpectata 1 Black-winged Petrel 2 11 Pterodroma nigripennis 1 Pycroft's Petrel 1 1 Pterodroma pycrofti 1 Cook's Petrel 6 152 Pterodroma cookii 1 Gould's Petrel 1 7 Pterodroma leucoptera 1 Fairy Prion 5 2750 Pachyptila turtur 1 Slender-billed Prion 1 1 Pachyptila belcheri 1 Antarctic Prion 2 6 Pachyptila desolata 1 White-chinned Petrel 8 19 Procellaria aequinoctialis 1 Parkinson's (Black) Petrel 2 4 Procellaria parkinsoni 1 Westland Petrel 1 4 Procellaria westlandica 1 Flesh-footed Shearwater 4 22 Ardenna carneipes 1 Wedge-tailed Shearwater 5 350 Ardenna pacifica 1 Buller's Shearwater 9 120 Ardenna bulleri 1 Sooty Shearwater 11 980 Ardenna grisea 1 Short-tailed Shearwater 4 5200 Ardenna tenuirostris 1 Little Shearwater 2 16 Puffinus assimilis 1 Hutton's Shearwater 3 2170 Puffinus huttoni 1 Fluttering Shearwater 10 225 Puffinus gavia 1 Gray-backed Storm-Petrel 1 1 Garrodia nereis 1 White-faced Storm-Petrel 7 32 Pelagodroma marina 1 Black-bellied Storm-Petrel 2 4 Fregetta tropica 1 Common Diving-Petrel 1 1 Pelecanoides urinatrix 1 Australian Pelican 6 37 Pelecanus conspicillatus ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ WINGS ● 1643 N. Alvernon Way Ste. 109 ● Tucson ● AZ ● 85712 ● www.wingsbirds.com (866) 547 9868 Toll free US + Canada ● Tel (520) 320-9868 ● Fax (520) 320 9373 Cruise: NZ, Australia, & the Tasman Sea Cumulative Bird List… 3 1 Australasian Gannet 13 77 Morus serrator 1 Little Pied Cormorant 14 40 Microcarbo melanoleucos 1 Great Cormorant 13 16 Phalacrocorax carbo 1 Little Black Cormorant 7 25 Phalacrocorax sulcirostris 1 Pied Cormorant 10 22 Phalacrocorax varius 1 Spotted Shag 3 110 Phalacrocorax punctatus 1 Black-faced Cormorant 2 12 Phalacrocorax fuscescens 1 New Zealand King Cormorant 1 28 Leucocarbo carunculatus 1 Otago Shag 1 240 Leucocarbo chalconotus 1 Australasian Darter 2 1 AX Anhinga novaehollandiae 1 Pacific (White-necked) Heron 3 2 AX Ardea pacifica 1 Great Egret 5 5 Ardea alba 1 Cattle Egret 2 40 AX Bubulcus ibis 1 White-faced Heron 11 32 Egretta novaehollandiae 1 Little Egret 2 1 AX Egretta garzetta 1 Glossy Ibis 2 1 Plegadis falcinellus 1 Australian White Ibis 5 45 Threskiornis molucca 1 Straw-necked Ibis 6 90 Threskiornis spinicollis 1 Royal Spoonbill 6 8 Platalea regia 1 Yellow-billed Spoonbill 2 12 Platalea flavipes 1 Eastern Osprey 1 1 AX Pandion cristatus 1 Black-shouldered Kite 2 4 AX Elanus axillaris 1 Pacific Baza 1 1 AX Aviceda subcristata 1 White-bellied Sea-Eagle 2 4 AX Haliaeetus leucogaster 1 Whistling Kite 3 10 Haliastur sphenurus 1 Black Kite 1 5 Milvus migrans 1 Brown Goshawk 2 2 AX Accipiter fasciatus 1 Collared Sparrowhawk 1 1 AX Accipiter cirrocephalus 1 Grey Goshawk 1 1 AX Accipiter novaehollandiae 1 Swamp Harrier 8 6 Circus approximans 1 Wedge-tailed Eagle 2 5 AX Aquila audax 1 Nankeen Kestrel 1 3 AX Falco cenchroides 1 Brown Falcon 3 5 AX Falco berigora 1 Black Falcon 1 1 AX Falco subniger 1 Australian Hobby 3 2 AX Falco longipennis 1 Australasian Swamphen 11 40 Porphyrio melanotus 1 South Island Takahe 3 1 Porphyrio hochstetteri 1 Weka 1 4 Gallirallus australis 1 Buff-banded Rail 1 1 NX Gallirallus philippensis 1 Baillon's Crake 1 2 Porzana pusilla 1 Australian Spotted Crake 1 4 Porzana fluminea ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ WINGS ● 1643 N. Alvernon Way Ste. 109 ● Tucson ● AZ ● 85712 ● www.wingsbirds.com (866) 547 9868 Toll free US + Canada ● Tel (520) 320-9868 ● Fax (520) 320 9373 Cruise: NZ, Australia, & the Tasman Sea Cumulative Bird List… 4 1 Spotless Crake 1 1 NX Porzana tabuensis 1 Black-tailed Native-hen 1 2 Tribonyx ventralis 1 Tasmanian Native-hen 1 12 Tribonyx mortierii 1 Dusky Moorhen 2 18 AX Gallinula tenebrosa 1 Eurasian Coot 6 400 Fulica atra 1 Brolga 1 2 Grus rubicunda 1 Pacific Golden Plover 1 1 AX Pluvialis fulva 1 Red-capped Plover 4 28 Charadrius ruficapillus 1 Lesser Sandplover 1 2 AX Charadrius mongolus 1 New Zealand Dotterel 2 6 NX Charadrius obscurus 1 Double-banded Plover 2 10 NX Charadrius bicinctus 1 Black-fronted Dotterel 1 4 AX Elseyornis melanops 1 Red-kneed Dotterel 2 22 Erythrogonys cinctus 1 Banded Lapwing 2 30 AX Vanellus tricolor 1 Masked Lapwing 13 24 Vanellus miles 1 South Island Oystercatcher 3 14 Haematopus finschi 1 Variable Oystercatcher 7 30 Haematopus unicolor 1 Pied Oystercatcher 4 20 Haematopus longirostris 1 White-headed Stilt 10 220 Himantopus leucocephalus 1 Banded Stilt 1 2 AX Cladorhynchus leucocephalus 1 Red-necked Avocet 2 575 AX Recurvirostra novaehollandiae 1 Latham's Snipe 1 2 AX Gallinago hardwickii 1 Black-tailed Godwit 2 20 Limosa limosa 1 Bar-tailed Godwit 5 40 Limosa lapponica 1 Whimbrel 2 31 AX Numenius phaeopus 1 Far-Eastern Curlew 2 35 AX Numenius madagascariensis 1 Wrybill 1 100 NX Anarhynchus frontalis 1 Marsh Sandpiper 1 1 Tringa stagnatilis 1 Ruddy Turnstone 2 4 Arenaria interpres 1 Red Knot 3 3 Calidris canutus 1 Sanderling 1 18 AX Calidris alba 1 Red-necked Stint 2 1800 Calidris ruficollis 1 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper 2 1300 Calidris acuminata 1 Curlew Sandpiper 2 6 AX Calidris ferruginea 1 Silver Gull 5 100 Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae 1 Silver (Red-billed) Gull 8 2500 Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae scopulinus 1 Black-billed Gull 4 10 Chroicocephalus bulleri 1 Pacific Gull 3 10 Larus pacificus 1 Kelp Gull 9 4000 Larus dominicanus 1 Little Tern 2 180 Sternula albifrons 1 Fairy Tern 2 3 Sternula nereis ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ WINGS ● 1643 N. Alvernon Way Ste. 109 ● Tucson ● AZ ● 85712 ● www.wingsbirds.com (866) 547 9868 Toll free US + Canada ● Tel (520) 320-9868 ● Fax (520) 320 9373 Cruise: NZ, Australia, & the Tasman Sea Cumulative Bird List… 5 1 Caspian Tern 6 3 Hydroprogne caspia 1 Australian Tern 2 20 AX Geochelidon macrotarsa 1 Whiskered Tern 1 1250 Chlidonias hybrida 1 White-winged Black Tern 1 5 Chlidonias leucoptera 1 White-fronted Tern 8 42 Sterna striata 1 Common Tern 3 60 Sterna hiruno 1 Greater Crested Tern 5 35 Thalasseus bergii 1 Pomarine Jaeger 1 2 Stercorarius pomarinus 1 Parasitic Jaeger 7 2 Stercorarius parasiticus 1 Rock (Feral) Pigeon 13 40 Columba livia 1 White-headed Pigeon 1 5 AX Columba leucomela 1 Spotted Dove 8 15 Streptopelia chinensis 1 Brown Cuckoo-Dove 1 2 AX Macropygia amboinensis 1 Common Bronzewing 2 3 Phaps chalcoptera 1 Brush Bronzewing Phaps elegans 1 Crested Pigeon 6 50 Ocyphaps lophotes 1 Peaceful Dove 1 4 AX Geopelia placida 1 Bar-shouldered Dove 2 2 AX Geopelia humeralis 1 Topknot Pigeon 1 4 AX Lopholaimus antarcticus 1 New Zealand Pigeon 7 18 Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae 1 New Zealand Kaka 3 22 Nestor meridionalis 1 Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo
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