Common and Scientific names of birds used in the Beach Patrol Scheme based on the Checklist of the Birds of New Zealand, 4th Edition, 2010 Common Name Scientific Name Adelie Penguin Pygoscelis adeliae albatrosses & mollymawks Diomedia spp. Antarctic Fulmar Fulmarus glacialoides Antarctic Petrel Thalassoica antarctica Antarctic Prion Pachyptila desolata Antarctic Tern Sterna vittata Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea Atlantic yellow-nosed Albatross (mollymawk) Thalassarche chlororhynchos Australasian Gannet Morus serrator Australasian Harrier Circus approximans Australian magpie Gymnorhina tibicen Banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis Black (white-capped) Noddy Anous minutus minutus Black Petrel Procellaria parkinsoni Black Shag Phalacrocorax carbo Black Swan Cygnus atratus Black-backed Gull Larus dominicanus Black-bellied Storm Petrel Fregatta tropica Black-billed Gull Larus bulleri Black-browed Albatross (mollymawk) Thalassarche melanophrys Black-fronted Tern Chlidonias albostriata Black-winged Petrel Pterodroma nigripennis Blue Petrel Halobaena caerulea Blue-grey Noddy (Grey Ternlet) Procelsterna cerulea Bridled Tern Sterna anaethetus Broad-billed Prion Pachyptila vittata Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Buller's Albatross (mollymawk) Thalassarche bulleri Buller's Shearwater Puffinus bulleri Californian Quail Callipepla californica Cape Petrel Daption capense Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia cauta mollymawks Diomedia cauta subspp. Chatham Island Albatross (mollymawk) Thalassarche eremita Chatham Island Shag Leucocarbo onslowi Christmas Island Shearwater Puffinus nativitatis Common Diving Petrel Pelecanoides urinatrix Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris Cook's Petrel Pterodroma cookii Crested Penguins Eudyptes spp. Eastern Little Tern Sterna albifrons sinensis Erect-crested Penguin Eudyptes sclateri ex White-Flippered Penguin Eudyptula minor Fairy Prion Pachyptila turtur Feral pigeon Columba livia Feral turkey Meleagris gallopavo Fernbird Bowdleria punctata Fiordland Crested Penguin Eudyptes pachyrhynchus Flesh-footed Shearwater Puffinus carneipes Fluttering Shearwater Puffinus gavia Fluttering/Hutton's Shearwater Puffinus gavia/huttoni Fulmar Prion Pachyptila crassirostris Giant Petrel Macronectes spp. Gould's Petrel Pterodroma leucoptera Grey Duck Anas superciliosa Grey Petrel Procellaria cinerea Grey-backed Storm Petrel Oceanites nereis Grey-faced Petrel Pterodroma macroptera Grey-headed Albatross (mollymawk) Thalassarche chrysostoma gulls Larus spp. heron Ardea & Egretta spp Hutton's Shearwater Puffinus huttoni Kaka Nestor meridionalis Kerguelen Petrel Lugensa brevirostris Kermadec Petrel Pterodroma neglecta Leach's Storm Petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa Lesser Frigate Bird Fregata ariel Light-mantled Sooty Albatross Phoebetria palpebrata Little (Blue) Penguin Eudyptula minor Little (or allied) Shearwater Puffinus assimilis Little Black Shag Phalacrocorax sulcirostris Little Shag Phalacrocorax melanoleucos Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus Masked Booby Sula dactylatra Morepork Ninox novaeseelandiae Mottled Petrel Pterodroma inexpectata New Zealand Dotterel Charadrius obscurus New Zealand Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus vagans New Zealand Pigeon Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae New Zealand Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae New Zealand White-capped Albatross Diomedia cauta steadi (mollymawk) NIL ('boring beach patrol') No birds counted North Island Brown Kiwi Apteryx mantelli Northern Giant Petrel Macronectes hallii Oriental cuckoo Cuculus optatus Paradise shelduck Tadorna variegata Pied oystercatcher Haematopus finschi Pied Shag Phalacrocorax varius Pied stilt Himantopus himantopus Pitt Island Shag Stictocarbo featherstoni Pomarine Skua Coprotheres pomarinus prions Pachyptila spp. procellaria petrels Procellaria spp. Providence Petrel Pterodroma solandri pterodroma petrels Pterodroma spp. Pukeko Porphyrio porphyrio Pycroft's Petrel Pterodroma pycrofti Racing pigeon/Rock Pigeon Columba sp. Red-billed Gull Larus novaehollandiae Red-tailed Tropic Bird Phaethon rubricauda Ring-necked pheasant Phasianus colchicus Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes chrysocome Royal Albatross (Southern) Diomedia epomophora Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres Salvin's (or lesser broad-billed) Prion Pachyptila salvini Salvin's Albatross (mollymawk) Thalassarche salvini shags Phalacrocorax & Leucocarbo spp. shearwaters Puffinus spp. Short-tailed Shearwater Puffinus tenuirostris skuas Stercorarius spp. Snares Crested Penguin Eudyptes robustus Soft-plumaged Petrel Pterodroma mollis Song thrush Turdus philomelos Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus serratus South Polar Skua Catharacta maccormicki Southern Giant Petrel Macronectes giganteus Spotted Shag Stictocarbo punctatus Spur-winged plover Vanellus miles Stejneger's Petrel Pterodroma longirostris Stewart Island Shag Leucocarbo chalconotus Fregetta, Pelagodroma, Oceanites, storm petrel Garrodia & Oceanodroma spp Subantarctic Skua Catharacta antarctica lonnbergi Tahitian Petrel Pseudobulweria rostrata Sterna, Sternula, Onychoprion, terns Hydroprogne & Chlidonias spp. Thin-billed Prion Pachyptila belcheri Tui Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae Variable oystercatcher Haematopus unicolor Wandering Albatross Diomedia exulans Wedge-tailed Shearwater Puffinus pacificus Westland Black Petrel Procellaria westlandica White (domestic) goose White Tern Gygis alba White-bellied Storm Petrel Fregetta grallaria White-chinned Petrel Procellaria aequinoctialis White-faced heron Egretta novaehollandiae White-faced Storm Petrel Pelagodroma marina White-fronted Tern Sterna striata White-headed Petrel Pterodroma lessonii White-naped Petrel Pterodroma cervicalis White-tailed Tropic Bird Phaethon lepturus Wilson's Storm Petrel Oceanites oceanicus Yellow-eyed Penguin Megadyptes antipodes.