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Search Criteria: New Zealand Full List Showing: breeding, regular, extinct, vagrant, formerly present Name NZ status Site status Name NZ status Site status Name NZ status Site status Little bush moa Helmeted guineafowl Pink-eared duck Ext Ext Int Br Vag Vag Anomalopteryx didiformis Numida meleagris Malacorhynchus membranaceus Upland moa Chukor Scarlett's duck Ext Ext Int Br Ext Ext Megalapteryx didinus Alectoris chukar Malacorhynchus scarletti Heavy-footed moa New Zealand quail New Zealand blue-billed duck Ext Ext Ext Ext Ext Ext Pachyornis elephantopus Coturnix novaezelandiae Oxyura vantetsi Mantell's moa Brown quail New Zealand musk duck Ext Ext Int Br Ext Ext Pachyornis geranoides Coturnix ypsilophora Biziura delautouri Crested moa Common pheasant Paradise shelduck Ext Ext Int Br NT Br Pachyornis australis Phasianus colchicus Tadorna variegata Eastern moa Peafowl Chestnut-breasted shelduck Ext Ext Int Br Vag Vag Emeus crassus Pavo cristatus Tadorna tadornoides Stout-legged moa Wild turkey Auckland Island merganser Ext Ext Int Br Ext Ext Euryapteryx curtus Meleagris gallopavo Mergus australis North Island giant moa Plumed whistling duck Australian wood duck Ext Ext Vag Vag Vag Vag Dinornis novaezealandiae Dendrocygna eytoni Chenonetta jubata South Island giant moa Mute swan Finsch's duck Ext Ext Int Br Ext Ext Dinornis robustus Cygnus olor Chenonetta finschi North Island brown kiwi Black swan Blue duck NV Br NT Br NV Br Apteryx mantelli Cygnus atratus Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos Okarito brown kiwi Cape Barren goose Chatham Island duck NC Br Int Br Ext Ext Apteryx rowi Cereopsis novaehollandiae Pachyanas chathamica Southern brown kiwi North Island goose Grey teal NV Br Ext Ext NT Br Apteryx australis Cnemiornis gracilis Anas gracilis Little spotted kiwi South Island goose Chestnut teal Rec Br Ext Ext Vag Vag Apteryx owenii Cnemiornis calcitrans Anas castanea Great spotted kiwi Greylag goose Brown teal NV Br Int Br Rec Br Apteryx haastii Anser anser Anas chlorotis California quail Canada goose Auckland Island teal Int Br Int Br NV Br Callipepla californica Branta canadensis Anas aucklandica Name NZ status Site status Name NZ status Site status Name NZ status Site status Campbell Island teal Fiordland crested penguin White-capped mollymawk NC Br NE Br Dec Br Anas nesiotis Eudyptes pachyrhynchus Thalassarche cauta Northern pintail Snares crested penguin Chatham Island mollymawk Vag Vag NU Br NU Br Anas acuta Eudyptes robustus Thalassarche eremita Mallard Erect-crested penguin Salvin's mollymawk Int Br Dec Br NC Br Anas platyrhynchos Eudyptes sclateri Thalassarche salvini Grey duck Macaroni penguin Sooty albatross NC Br Vag Vag Vag Vag Anas superciliosa Eudyptes chrysolophus Phoebetria fusca Australasian shoveler Royal penguin Light-mantled sooty albatross NT Br Vag Vag Dec Br Anas rhynchotis Eudyptes schlegeli Phoebetria palpebrata Northern shoveler Yellow-eyed penguin Southern giant petrel Vag Vag NV Br Mig Reg Anas clypeata Megadyptes antipodes Macronectes giganteus Australian white-eyed duck Waitaha penguin Northern giant petrel Vag Vag Ext Ext NU Br Aythya australis Megadyptes waitaha Macronectes halli New Zealand scaup Little penguin Antarctic fulmar NT Br Dec Br Mig Reg Aythya novaeseelandiae Eudyptula minor Fulmarus glacialoides Australasian crested grebe Wandering albatross Antarctic petrel NV Br Mig Reg Vag Vag Podiceps cristatus Diomedea exulans Thalassoica antarctica New Zealand dabchick Antipodean albatross Cape petrel NV Br NC Br NU Br Poliocephalus rufopectus Diomedea antipodensis Daption capense Hoary-headed grebe Southern royal albatross Snow petrel Vag Vag NU Br Vag Poliocephalus poliocephalus Diomedea epomophora Pagodroma nivea Australasian little grebe Northern royal albatross Kerguelen petrel Col Br NU Br Mig Vag Tachybaptus novaehollandiae Diomedea sanfordi Lugensa brevirostris Emperor penguin Black-footed albatross Grey-faced petrel Vag Vag Vag Vag NT Br Aptenodytes forsteri Phoebastria nigripes Pterodroma macroptera King penguin Laysan albatross White-headed petrel Vag Reg Vag Vag NT Br Aptenodytes patagonicus Phoebastria immutabilis Pterodroma lessonii Adelie penguin Atlantic yellow-nosed mollymawk Providence petrel Vag Vag Vag Vag Vag Vag Pygoscelis adeliae Thalassarche chlororhynchos Pterodroma solandri Gentoo penguin Indian Ocean yellow-nosed Chatham Island taiko Vag Vag NC Br Pygoscelis papua mollymawk Col Br Pterodroma magentae Thalassarche carteri Chinstrap penguin Kermadec petrel Vag Vag Rel Br Pygoscelis antarctica Grey-headed mollymawk Pterodroma neglecta NV Br Thalassarche chrysostoma Western rockhopper penguin Soft-plumaged petrel Vag Vag Col Br Eudyptes chrysocome Black-browed mollymawk Pterodroma mollis Col Br Thalassarche melanophris Eastern rockhopper penguin Mottled petrel NC Br Rel Br Eudyptes filholi Campbell black-browed mollymawk Pterodroma inexpectata NU Br Thalassarche impavida Moseley's rockhopper penguin Juan Fernandez petrel Vag Vag Vag Vag Eudyptes moseleyi Buller's mollymawk Pterodroma externa NU Br Thalassarche bulleri Name NZ status Site status Name NZ status Site status Name NZ status Site status White-naped petrel Cory's shearwater Kermadec storm petrel Rel Vag Vag Vag NC Br Pterodroma cervicalis Calonectris borealis Pelagodroma albiclunis Black-winged petrel Streaked shearwater New Zealand storm petrel NT Br Vag Vag NE Br Pterodroma nigripennis Calonectris leucomelas Fregetta maoriana Chatham petrel Wedge-tailed shearwater Black-bellied storm petrel NV Br Rel Br NT Br Pterodroma axillaris Puffinus pacificus Fregetta tropica Cook's petrel Buller's shearwater White-bellied storm petrel Rel Br NU Br NE Br Pterodroma cookii Puffinus bulleri Fregetta grallaria Stejneger's petrel Flesh-footed shearwater Leach's storm petrel Vag Vag NV Br Vag Vag Pterodroma longirostris Puffinus carneipes Oceanodroma leucorhoa Pycroft's petrel Pink-footed shearwater Common diving petrel Rec Br Vag Vag NT Br Pterodroma pycrofti Puffinus creatopus Pelecanoides urinatrix Gould's petrel Great shearwater South Georgian diving petrel Vag Vag Vag Vag NC Br Pterodroma leucoptera Puffinus gravis Pelecanoides georgicus Blue petrel Sooty shearwater Red-tailed tropicbird Mig Vag Dec Br NE Br Halobaena caerulea Puffinus griseus Phaethon rubricauda Broad-billed prion Short-tailed shearwater White-tailed tropicbird Rel Br Mig Reg Vag Vag Pachyptila vittata Puffinus tenuirostris Phaethon lepturus Salvin's prion Christmas Island shearwater Australian pelican Mig Vag Vag Vag Vag Vag Pachyptila salvini Puffinus nativitatis Pelecanus conspicillatus Antarctic prion Newell's shearwater Cape gannet NU Br Vag Vag Vag Vag Pachyptila desolata Puffinus newelli Morus capensis Thin-billed prion Manx shearwater Australasian gannet Mig Reg Vag Vag NT Br Pachyptila belcheri Puffinus puffinus Morus serrator Fairy prion Fluttering shearwater Brown booby Rel Br Rel Br Vag Vag Pachyptila turtur Puffinus gavia Sula leucogaster Fulmar prion Scarlett's shearwater Masked booby NU Br Ext Ext NE Br Pachyptila crassirostris Puffinus spelaeus Sula dactylatra Bulwer's petrel Hutton's shearwater Little shag Vag Vag Dec Br NT Br Bulweria bulwerii Puffinus huttoni Phalacrocorax melanoleucos White-chinned petrel Little shearwater Black shag Dec Br Rec Br NU Br Procellaria aequinoctialis Puffinus assimilis Phalacrocorax carbo Westland petrel Subantarctic little shearwater Pied shag NU Br NU Br NV Br Procellaria westlandica Puffinus elegans Phalacrocorax varius Black petrel Wilson's storm petrel Little black shag NV Br Mig Reg NU Br Procellaria parkinsoni Oceanites oceanicus Phalacrocorax sulcirostris Grey petrel Grey-backed storm petrel New Zealand king shag NU Br Rel Br NE Br Procellaria cinerea Garrodia nereis Leucocarbo carunculatus Tahiti petrel White-faced storm petrel Stewart Island shag Vag Vag Rel Br NV Br Pseudobulweria rostrata Pelagodroma marina Leucocarbo chalconotus Name NZ status Site status Name NZ status Site status Name NZ status Site status Chatham Island shag Little bittern Banded rail NC Br Vag Vag Dec Br Leucocarbo onslowi Ixobrychus minutus Gallirallus philippensis Bounty Island shag New Zealand little bittern Dieffenbach's rail NE Br Ext Ext Ext Ext Leucocarbo ranfurlyi Ixobrychus novaezelandiae Gallirallus dieffenbachii Auckland Island shag Glossy ibis Weka NV Br Vag Vag Dec Br Leucocarbo colensoi Plegadis falcinellus Gallirallus australis Campbell Island shag White ibis Chatham Island rail NU Br Vag Vag Ext Ext Leucocarbo campbelli Threskiornis molucca Cabalus modestus Macquarie Island shag Straw-necked ibis Snipe-rail Br Vag Vag Ext Ext Leucocarbo purpurascens Threskiornis spinicollis Capellirallus karamu Spotted shag Royal spoonbill Hawkins' rail NT Br NU Br Ext Ext Stictocarbo punctatus Platalea regia Diaphorapteryx hawkinsi Pitt Island shag Yellow-billed spoonbill Spotless crake NC Br Vag Vag Rel Br Stictocarbo featherstoni Platalea flavipes Porzana tabuensis Darter Black kite Marsh crake Vag Vag Vag Vag Rel Br Anhinga melanogaster Milvus migrans Porzana pusilla Great frigatebird Swamp harrier Australian crake Vag Vag NT Br Vag Vag Fregata minor Circus approximans Porzana fluminea Lesser frigatebird Eyles' harrier Black-tailed native-hen Vag Vag Ext Ext Vag Vag Fregata ariel Circus teauteensis Gallinula ventralis Grey heron White-bellied sea eagle Common moorhen Vag Vag Vag Vag Vag Vag Ardea cinerea Haliaeetus leucogaster Gallinula chloropus Pacific heron Haast's eagle Dusky moorhen Vag Vag Ext Ext Vag Vag Ardea pacifica Aquila moorei Gallinula tenebrosa White heron Nankeen kestrel Hodgens' waterhen NC Br Vag
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    Bó & Copello: Deception Island breeding birds’ distribution and abundance 39 DISTRIBUTION AND ABUNDANCE OF BREEDING BIRDS AT DECEPTION ISLAND, SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS, ANTARCTICA, FEBRUARY TO APRIL 2000 MARÍA SUSANA BÓ & SOFÍA COPELLO Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Departamento de Biología, Laboratorio de Vertebrados, Funes 3350, 7600 Mar del Plata, Argentina ([email protected]) Received 20 September 2000, accepted 15 January 2001 SUMMARY BÓ, M.S. & COPELLO, S. 2000. Distribution and abundance of breeding birds at Deception Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, February to April 2000. Marine Ornithology 29: 39–42. A survey of breeding birds during the brooding stage was carried out from February to April 2000 in the southern portion of Deception Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. This island supports two Sites of Special Scien- tific Interest (SSSI Nos. 21 and 27). Nine species were found breeding in the study area: Chinstrap Penguin Pygoscelis antarctica (an estimated 6820 breeding pairs at two colonies surveyed), Pintado or Cape Petrel Daption capense (36), Wilson’s Storm Petrel Oceanites oceanicus (3), Antarctic Cormorant Phalacrocorax atriceps bransfieldensis (9), Greater Sheathbill Chionis alba (2), Subantarctic Skua Catharacta antarctica (4), South Polar Skua C. maccormicki (11), Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus (49) and Antarctic Tern Sterna vittata (5). Due to the increasing tourist activity at Deception Island, better information on the location and size of breeding populations is a particular requirement if effective precautionary conservation actions are to be taken. Key words: seabird censuses, Deception Island, Antarctica INTRODUCTION tal Protection to the Antarctic Treaty and the Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) Populations of most seabird species in Antarctica are stable or (Walton & Dingwall 1995).
  • Partridges, Quails, Pheasants and Turkeys Phasianidae Vigors, 1825: Zoological Journal 2: 402 – Type Genus Phasianus Linnaeus, 1758

    Partridges, Quails, Pheasants and Turkeys Phasianidae Vigors, 1825: Zoological Journal 2: 402 – Type Genus Phasianus Linnaeus, 1758

    D .W . .5 / DY a 5D t w[ { wt Ç"" " !W5 í ÇI &'(' / b ù b a L w 5 ! ) " í "* " Ç t+ t " h " * { b ù" t* &)/&0 Order GALLIFORMES: Game Birds and Allies The order of galliform taxa in Checklist Committee (1990) appears to have been based on Peters (1934). Johnsgard (1986) synthesised available data, came up with similar groupings of taxa, and produced a dendrogram indicating that turkeys (Meleagridinae) were the most primitive (outside Cracidae and Megapodiidae), with grouse (Tetraoninae), guineafowl (Numidinae), New World quails (Odontophorinae) and pheasants and kin (Phasianinae) successively more derived. Genetic evidence (DNA-hybridisation data) provided by Sibley & Ahlquist (1990) suggested Odontophorinae were the most basal phasianoids and guineafowl the next most basal group. A basal position of the New World quails among phasianoids has been supported by other genetic data (Kimball et al. 1999, Armstrong et al. 2001). A recent analysis based on morphological characters (Dyke et al. 2003) found support for megapodes as the most basal group in the order, then Cracidae, then Phasianidoidea, and within the latter, Numididae the most basal group. In contrast to the above genetic-based analyses, Dyke et al. (2003) found the Odontophorinae to be the most derived group within the order. A recent analysis using both mitochondrial ND2 and cytochrome-b DNA sequences, however, reinforces the basal position of the Odontophorinae (Pereira & Baker 2006). Here we follow a consensus of the above works and place Odontophorinae basal in the phasianids. Worthy & Holdaway (2002) considered that Cheeseman’s (1891) second-hand record of megapodes from Raoul Island, Kermadec Group, before the 1870 volcanic eruption has veracity.