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Please report any interesting Waharau sightings to the manager at the Whakatiwai Firth Miranda Shorebird Centre Kaiaua of Miranda Coast Rd Taramaire Thames Thames R D 3 POKENO Shorebird Centre Miranda Produced By Ph/fax 09-232-2781 Email [email protected] Miranda Naturalists' Trust

Waitakaruru February 2013 Birds of Miranda & the Firth of Thames √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ California Quail * Callipepla californica U Broad-billed Sandpiper Limicola falcinellus V Sulphur-crested Cockatoo * Cacatua galerita U Pheasant Phasianus colchicus U Ruff Philomachus pugnax V Eastern Rosella Platycercus eximius U Brown Quail Coturnix ypsilophorus V Asiatic Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus V Shining Cuckoo Chrysococcyx lucidus U Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa V Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis R Long-tailed Cuckoo * Eudynamys taitensis R Black Swan Cygnus atratus C Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus U Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sancta A Canada Goose Branta canadensis U Little Whimbrel Numenius minutus R Grey Warbler Gerygone igata A Paradise Shelduck Tadorna variegata C Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica A Bellbird * Anthornis melanura U Grey Teal Anas gracillis A Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa U Tui * Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae C Brown Teal Anas aucklandica V Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica U Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen A Mallard Anas platyrhynchos A Wandering Tattler Tringa incana V White-browed Woodswallow Artamus superciliosus V Grey Duck Anas supercilliosa C Siberian Tattler Tringa brevipes U North Island Fantail Rhipidura fuliginosa C Australasian Shoveler Anas rhynchotis C Common Sandpiper Tringa hypoleucos V Rook Corvus frugilegus U New Zealand Scaup Aythya novaeseelandiae V Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia V North Island Tomtit * Petroica macrocephala U New Zealand Dabchick Poliocephalus rufopectus R Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatalis U Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis A Little Penguin Eudyptula minor U Terek Sandpiper Tringa cinereus U Fernbird Bowdleria punctata U Royal Albatross sp Diomedea sp V Turnstone Arenaria interpres C Silvereye Zosterops lateralis C Light-mantled Sooty Albatross Phoebetria palpebrata V Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus V Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena A Giant Petrel sp Macronectes sp V Variable Oystercatcher Haematopus unicolor C Tree Martin Petrochelidon nigricans V Cape Petrel Daption capense V South Island Pied Oystercatcher Haematopus finschi A Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula C Kerguelen Petrel Lugensa brevirostris V Pied Stilt Himantopus himantopus A Song Thrush Turdus philomelos C Buller's Shearwater Puffinus bulleri C Black Stilt Himantopus novaezelandiae R Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris A Fluttering Shearwater Puffinus gavia C Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva C Common Myna Acridotheris tristis A Gannet Morus serrator C Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola R House Sparrow Passer domesticus A Masked Booby Sula dactylatra V New Zealand Dotterel Charadrius obscurus C New Zealand Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae C Little Shag Phalacrocorax melanoleucos A Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus V Dunnock Prunella modularis R Black Shag Phalacrocorax carbo A Banded Dotterel Charadrius bicinctus A Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs C Pied Shag Phalacrocorax varius A Lesser Sand Plover Charadrius mongolus U Europian Greenfinch Carduelis chloris A Little Black Shag Phalacrocorax sulcirostris A Greater Sand Plover Charadrius leschenaulti U Europian Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis A Spotted Shag Stictocarbo punctatus C Oriental Dotterel Charadrius veredus V Common Redpoll Cardueiis flammea U Frigatebird sp Fregata sp V Wrybill Anarhynchus frontalis A Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella A White Heron Ardea Modesta U Black-fronted Dotterel Elseyornis melanops U Cattle Egret Ardea ibis C Shore Plover Thinornis novaeseelandiae V 134 Species White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae A Spur-winged Plover Vanellus miles A Little Egret Egretta garzetta U Pomarine Skua Coprotheres pomarinus V Species with * were seen at Waharau Regional Park Reef Heron Egretta sacra U Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus C Bittern Botaurus poiciloptilus U Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus V Species order follows Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus R Southern Black-backed Gull Larus dominicanus A Checklist of the Birds of New Zealand 4th Edition 2010 Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia C Red-billed Gull Larus bulleri A Swamp Harrier Circus approximans A Black-billed Gull Larus novaehollandiae C Banded Rail Gallirallus phillippensis C Little Tern Sternula albifrons C Spotless Crake Porzana tabuensis V New Zealand Fairy Tern Sternla nereis U Pukeko Porphyrio melanotus A Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica V Red Knot Calidris canutus A Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia A Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris V White-winged Black Tern Childonias leucopterus V Sanderling Calidris alba V Black-fronted Tern Childonias albostriata R Dunlin Calidris alpina V White-fronted Tern Sterna striata A Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea U Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea V Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata C Common Tern Sterna hirundo Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotus U Crested Tern Sterna bergii V Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii V Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis U Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis C New Zealand Pigeon * Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae C Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri V Kaka * Nestor meridionalis R