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New Zealand 2015 Species List BIRD CHECKLIST Leaders: Russell Cannings Eagle-Eye Tours 2015 New Zealand Paul Prior New Zealand 2015 Seen/ No. Common Name Latin Name Heard KIWIS 1 Southern Brown Kiwi Apteryx australis S 2 Okarito Brown Kiwi Apteryx rowi S 3 North Island Brown Kiwi Apteryx mantelli H 4 Great Spotted Kiwi Apteryx haastii H DUCKS, GEESE, AND WATERFOWL 5 Graylag Goose Anser anser S 6 Canada Goose Branta canadensis S 7 Black Swan Cygnus atratus S 8 Paradise Shelduck Tadorna variegata S 9 Blue Duck Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos S 10 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos S 11 Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa S 12 Australian Shoveler Anas rhynchotis S 13 Gray Teal Anas gracilis S 14 Brown Teal Anas chlorotis S 15 New Zealand Scaup Aythya novaeseelandiae S NEW WORLD QUAIL 16 California Quail Callipepla californica S PHEASANTS, GROUSE, AND ALLIES 17 Brown Quail Coturnix ypsilophora S 18 Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus S 19 Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus S 20 Jungle Fowl Gallus gallus S 21 Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo S GREBES 22 Australasian Grebe Tachybaptus novaehollandiae S 23 New Zealand Grebe Poliocephalus rufopectus S 24 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus S PENGUINS 25 Yellow-eyed Penguin Megadyptes antipodes S 26 Little Penguin Eudyptula minor S 27 Fiordland Penguin Eudyptes pachyrhynchus S ALBATROSSES Page 1 of 7 www.eagle-eye.com BIRD CHECKLIST Leaders: Russell Cannings Eagle-Eye Tours 2015 New Zealand Paul Prior New Zealand 2015 Seen/ No. Common Name Latin Name Heard 28 White-capped Albatross Thalassarche cauta S 29 Salvin's Albatross Thalassarche salvini S 30 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris S 31 Northern Royal Albatross Diomedea sanfordi S 32 Southern Royal Albatross Diomedea epomophora S 33 New Zealand Albatross Diomedea antipodensis S SHEARWATERS AND PETRELS 34 Northern Giant-Petrel Macronectes halli S 35 Cape Petrel Daption capense S 36 Great-winged Petrel Pterodroma macroptera S 37 Cook's Petrel Pterodroma cookii S 38 Fairy Prion Pachyptila turtur S 39 White-chinned Petrel Procellaria aequinoctialis S 40 Parkinson's Petrel Procellaria parkinsoni S 41 Westland Petrel Procellaria westlandica S 42 Flesh-footed Shearwater Puffinus carneipes S 43 Buller's Shearwater Puffinus bulleri S 44 Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus S 45 Short-tailed Shearwater Puffinus tenuirostris S 46 Hutton's Shearwater Puffinus huttoni S 47 Fluttering Shearwater Puffinus gavia S 48 Little Shearwater Puffinus assimilis S 49 Subantarctic Shearwater Puffinus assimilis elegans S DIVING-PETRELS 50 Common Diving-Petrel Pelecanoides urinatrix S STORM-PETRELS 51 White-faced Storm-Petrel Pelagodroma marina S BOOBIES AND GANNETS 52 Australasian Gannet Morus serrator S CORMORANTS AND SHAGS 53 Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris S 54 Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo S 55 Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius S 56 Rough-faced (King) Shag Phalacrocorax carunculatus S Page 2 of 7 www.eagle-eye.com BIRD CHECKLIST Leaders: Russell Cannings Eagle-Eye Tours 2015 New Zealand Paul Prior New Zealand 2015 Seen/ No. Common Name Latin Name Heard 57 Bronze (Stewart Isl.) Shag Phalacrocorax chalconotus S 58 Spotted Shag Phalacrocorax punctatus S 59 Little Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax melanoleucos S HERONS, EGRETS, AND BITTERNS 60 Australasian Bittern Botaurus poiciloptilus S 61 Great Egret Ardea alba S 62 White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae S IBISES AND SPOONBILLS 63 Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia S HAWKS, EAGLES, AND KITES 64 Swamp Harrier Circus approximans S RAILS, GALLINULES, AND COOTS 65 Weka Gallirallus australis S 66 Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis S 67 Baillon's Crake Porzana pusilla H 68 Spotless Crake Porzana tabuensis H 69 Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio S 70 Takahe Porphyrio mantelli S 71 Eurasian Coot Fulica atra S STILTS AND AVOCETS 72 Pied Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus S 73 Black Stilt Himantopus novaezelandiae S OYSTERCATCHERS 74 South Island Oystercatcher Haematopus finschi S 75 Variable Oystercatcher Haematopus unicolor S PLOVERS AND LAPWINGS 76 Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles S 77 Red-breasted (NZ) Dotterel Charadrius obscurus S 78 Double-banded Plover Charadrius bicinctus S 79 Black-fronted Dotterel Elseyornis melanops S 80 Wrybill Anarhynchus frontalis S SANDPIPERS AND ALLIES 81 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis S 82 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus S Page 3 of 7 www.eagle-eye.com BIRD CHECKLIST Leaders: Russell Cannings Eagle-Eye Tours 2015 New Zealand Paul Prior New Zealand 2015 Seen/ No. Common Name Latin Name Heard 83 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica S 84 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres S 85 Red Knot Calidris canutus S 86 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata S 87 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea S 88 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis S 89 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos S SKUAS AND JAEGERS 90 Brown Skua Stercorarius antarcticus S 91 Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus S GULLS, TERNS, AND SKIMMERS 92 Black-billed Gull Chroicocephalus bulleri S 93 Red-billed Gull Chroicocephalus scopulinus S 94 Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus S 95 Fairy Tern Sternula nereis S 96 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia S 97 Black-fronted Tern Chlidonias albostriatus S 98 White-fronted Tern Sterna striata S PIGEONS AND DOVES 99 Rock Pigeon Columba livia S 100 African Collared-Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea S 101 Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis S 102 New Zealand Pigeon Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae S CUCKOOS 103 Shining Bronze-Cuckoo Chrysococcyx lucidus H 104 Long-tailed Koel Eudynamys taitensis H OWLS 105 Southern Boobook Ninox novaeseelandiae S KINGFISHERS 106 Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus S FALCONS AND CARACARAS 107 New Zealand Falcon Falco novaeseelandiae S NEW ZEALAND PARROTS 108 Kea Nestor notabilis S Page 4 of 7 www.eagle-eye.com BIRD CHECKLIST Leaders: Russell Cannings Eagle-Eye Tours 2015 New Zealand Paul Prior New Zealand 2015 Seen/ No. Common Name Latin Name Heard 109 New Zealand Kaka Nestor meridionalis S OLD WORLD PARROTS 110 Red-fronted Parakeet Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae S 111 Yellow-fronted Parakeet Cyanoramphus auriceps S 112 Malherbe's Parakeet Cyanoramphus malherbi S 113 Eastern Rosella Platycercus eximius S NEW ZEALAND WRENS 114 Rifleman Acanthisitta chloris S HONEYEATERS 115 Tui Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae S 116 New Zealand Bellbird Anthornis melanura S THORNBILLS AND ALLIES 117 Gray Gerygone Gerygone igata S WHITEHEADS 118 Whitehead Mohoua albicilla S 119 Yellowhead Mohoua ochrocephala S 120 Pipipi (NZ Brown Creeper) Mohoua novaeseelandiae S WATTLEBIRDS 121 Kokako Callaeas cinereus S 122 North Island Saddleback Philesturnus rufusater S 123 South Island Saddleback Philesturnus carunculatus S STITCHBIRD 124 Stitchbird Notiomystis cincta S BELLMAGPIES AND ALLIES 125 Australasian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen S FANTAILS 126 New Zealand Fantail Rhipidura fuliginosa S CROWS, JAYS, AND MAGPIES 127 Rook Corvus frugilegus S AUSTRALASIAN ROBINS 128 South Island Tomtit Petroica macrocephala S 129 North Island Tomtit Petroica macrocephala toitoi S 130 South Island Robin Petroica australis S 131 North Island Robin Petroica longipes S Page 5 of 7 www.eagle-eye.com BIRD CHECKLIST Leaders: Russell Cannings Eagle-Eye Tours 2015 New Zealand Paul Prior New Zealand 2015 Seen/ No. Common Name Latin Name Heard LARKS 132 Sky Lark Alauda arvensis S SWALLOWS 133 Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena S GRASSBIRDS AND ALLIES 134 Fernbird Megalurus punctatus S WHITE-EYES, YUHINAS, AND ALLIES 135 Silver-eye Zosterops lateralis S THRUSHES AND ALLIES 136 Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula S 137 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos S STARLINGS 138 Common Myna Acridotheres tristis S 139 European Starling Sturnus vulgaris S ACCENTORS 140 Dunnock Prunella modularis S WAGTAILS AND PIPITS 141 Australasian Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae S BUNTINGS AND NEW WORLD SPARROWS 142 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella S FINCHES, EUPHONIAS, AND ALLIES 143 Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs S 144 European Greenfinch Chloris chloris S 145 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea S 146 European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis S OLD WORLD SPARROWS 147 House Sparrow Passer domesticus S MAMMALS New Zealand Fur Seal Arctocephalus forsteri S European Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus S European Hare Lepus europaeus S Orca Orcinus orca S Dusky Dolphin Lagenorhynchus obscurus S Hector's Dolphin Cephalorhynchus hectori S Page 6 of 7 www.eagle-eye.com BIRD CHECKLIST Leaders: Russell Cannings Eagle-Eye Tours 2015 New Zealand Paul Prior New Zealand 2015 Seen/ No. Common Name Latin Name Heard Bryde's Whale Balaenoptera brydei S Wild Boar Sus scrofa S Brush-tailed Possum Trichosurus vulpecula S HERPETOFAUNA Australian Brown Tree Frog Litoria ewingii S Golden Bell Frog Litoria aurea S Skink sp S LEPIDOPTERA Cabbage White Pieris rapae S Yellow Admiral Vanessa itea S Monarch Danaus plexippus S Boulder Copper sp Lycaena (boldenarum) S Common Copper Lycaena salustius S Puriri Moth Aenetus virescens S Page 7 of 7 www.eagle-eye.com.
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