Regional Map < > l A Not To Scale e u d Checklist c k n l a an Kawakawa Hwy d m Bay o r 1 o C Checklist Key Clevedon Birds of Miranda Manurewa Firth 5 A Abundant 2 and the of y C Common Kaiaua Thames Hw U Uncommon Firth of Thames R Rare S horebird Centre V Vagrant * Waharau Regional Park & Others Hwy 2 Miranda Thames Hwy 25a Pokeno Including - Waharau Regional Park Waitakaruru H w Abundant Seen at all times of year, y 2 Ngatea 6 H H sometimes in large numbers M w H w y a H a y T 1 t a m w e.g some migrants. a u 2 y r i m 7 a l 2 W t n a Common Seen in small numbers most o g t n a a a ih > > i years, often as a migrant. > > Uncommon Generally present but difficult to see. Rare Only seen very occasionally. Vagrant Less than five records. Local Map Not To Scale Orere Point 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.