Birds of New Zealand
For visitors 200 species is the magic target. Below are common and some rare ones.
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A few to begin
Albatrosses and Mollymawks
Australasian Robins
Australasian Warblers
Butcherbirds and Allies
Buntings
Cockatoos
Cormorants and Shags
Cuckoos
Ducks, Geese and Swans
Emu
Finches
Frigatebirds
Gannets and Boobies
Grebes
Gulls ,Terns and Noddies
Herons and Bitterns
Honeyeaters
Ibises and Spoonbills
Kingfishers etc
Kites, Hawks and Eagles
Kiwi
Larks, Grassbirds and Allies
Mohoua
New Zealand Fantail
New Zealand Parrots
Old world Parrots
Old World Sparrows/Accentors
Owls
Oystercatchers
Penguins
Petrels, Shearwaters and Diving Petrels
Pigeons and Doves
Prions and Fulmars
Storm-petrels
Plovers
Quails, Pheasants and Allies
Rails, Crakes and Coots
Rock Wren
Skuas
Snipes
Starlings and Allies
Stilts
Stitchbird
Swallows, Martins and White-Eyes
Thrushes
Tropicbirds
New Zealand Wattlebirds
Wren-Like Birds
Grey Warbler
Morepork
Shining Bronze Cuckoo
White Heron
Southern Brown Kiwi
Black stilt
Campbell Albatross
Chatham Albatross
Chatham Albatross chick
Gibson's Albatross
Grey-headed Albatross Juvenile-
Seen off Fiordland
Grey-headed Albatross
Northern Royal Albatross
Salvin's Albatross ..Juvenile
Southern Royal Albatross
Wandering Albatross
White-capped Albatross
Light-mantled Sooty Albatross
Buller's Albatross
Wandering Albatross exulans
Snowy Albatross. Exulans
Gisborne NZ
Exulans
Snowy Albatross. Exulans
Gisborne NZ
Black-browed Albatross
Gisborne NZ
Antipodensis Juvenile
NZ Wandering Albatross Antipodensis Juvenile
Gisborne NZ
Snowy Albatross
Seen off Fiordland
Grey-headed Albatross Adult-
Seen off Stewart Island
NI Tomtit
South Island Robin Female
South Island Robin Male
North Island Robin male
North Island Robin Female
North Island Robin
Snares Tomtit
Snares Tomtit
SI tomtit male
SI tomtit male
SI tomtit male
SI tomtit female
SI tomtit
NI Tomtit
Black Robin
Chatham Island Grey Warbler
Grey Warbler
Australian Magpie
Rook
Yellowhammer
Cirl Bunting
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo-3899
Galah-4109
Black Shag
Pied Shag
Spotted Shag
Foveaux Shag
Black Shag
Little Shag
Little Black Shag
Pitt Island Shag
King Shag
Pied Shag
Pied Shag with Snapper
Pied Shag with Snapper
Auckland Island Shag
Auckland Island Shag
Campbell Island Shags
Campbell Island Shags
Bounty Island Shag
Shining Bronze Cuckoo
Pallid Cuckoo
Pallid Cuckoo
Pallid Cuckoo
Shining Bronze Cuckoo
Shining Bronze Cuckoo
Mute Swan
Black Swan
Canada Goose
Australian Wood Duck
Wood ducks
Wood Ducks or maned ducks
Wood ducks 2
Paradise Shelduck
Australian Shelduck
Northern Shoveler
Blue Duck
Grey Teal
Brown Teal
Mallard
Grey Duck
Australasian Shoveler
New Zealand Scaup
Campbell Island Teal
Campbell Island Teal
Auckland Island Teal
Graylag Goose
Near Playhouse Ponds Mapua
Graylag Goose
East Cape Emus
East Cape Emus
Found wild on remote East Cape
Chaffinch
European Greenfinch
European Goldfinch
Female Redpoll
Male Redpoll
Great Frigatebird Male
Kermadec Islands
Great Frigatebird Male
Kermadec Islands
Great Frigatebird Female
Kermadec Islands 2021
Great Frigatebird Feeding
Feeding on the wing
Lesser Frigatebird
Lesser Frigatebird
Brown Booby
Three Kings 2015
Masked Booby
Macauley Island March 2021
Red-footed Booby
Raoul Island March 2021
Brown Booby
Muriwai Gannet Colony
Red-footed Booby
Muriwai Gannet Colony
Red-footed Booby
Muriwai Gannet Colony
Australasian Little Grebe
Hoary-headed Grebe
New Zealand Dabchick
Australasian Crested Grebe
Southern Black-backed Gull
Antarctic Tern
Antarctic Tern
Antarctic Tern
Black-fronted Tern
Caspian Tern
Common Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Gull-billed Tern
NZ Fairy Tern
NZ Fairy Tern
Sooty Tern
Sooty Tern and Chick
White Tern
White tern
Grey Noddy
Grey Noddy
Black Noddy
Plumed Whistling Duck
Black-billed Gull
Black-billed Gull
Red-billed Gull
Laughing Gull
Southern Black-backed Gull
White-fronted Tern
Antarctic Tern
Brown Noddy
Raoul Island March 2021
Black Noddy
Macauley Island March 2021
White-winged Black Tern
White-winged Black Tern
Black tern
Common Tern
Australasian Bittern
Little egret
White-faced Heron
White-faced Heron
Nankeen Night Heron
Reef Heron
Cattle Egret
Tui
New Zealand Bellbird
Glossy Ibis
Royal Spoonbill
Sacred kingfisher
Black Kite
swamp Harrier
swamp Harrier
NZ Falcon
Albino Northern Brown Kiwi
Little spotted kiwi
Southern Brown Kiwi
Northern Brown Kiwi
North Island Fernbird
Snares Island Fernbird
South Island Fernbird
Eurasian Skylark
New Zealand Pipit
Eurasian Skylark
New Zealand Pipit
Whitehead
Yellowhead
Brown Creeper
Brown Creeper
New Zealand Fantail
New Zealand Fantail Dark Morph
Kea
Kaka
Kakapo
Yellow-crowned Parakeet
Red-crowned Parakeet
Orange-fronted Parakeet
Eastern Rosella
Reischek's Parakeet
Antipodes Island Parakeet
Antipodes Island Parakeet
Unique to Antipodes Island
Forbes Parakeet
The best image I could get from the boat
Leucistic House Sparrow
House Sparrow
Dunnock
Morepork
Little Owl
Barn Owl
Morepork
Barn Owl
Chatham Island Oystercatcher
South Island Pied Oystercatcher
Variable Oystercatcher
Gentoo Penguin
King Penguin
Macaroni Penguin
Chinstrap Penguin
Gentoo Penguin
Chinstrap penguuin
Adelie Penguins
Gentoo Penguin
Southern Rockhopper Penguin
Southern Rockhopper Penguin
Yellow-eyed Penguin
Little Blue Penguin
Yellow-eyed Penguin
Fiordland Crested Penguin
Fiordland Crested Penguin
Fiordland Crested Penguin
Snares Penguin
Eastern Rockhopper Peng
Eastern Rockhopper Peng
Eastern Rockhopper Peng
Erect-crested Penguins
Collared Petrel
North Kermadec Sea Mount
Southern Fulmar
Southern Fulmar NZ
Southern Fulmar
Southern Fulmar NZ
Streaked Shearwater
Bulwer's PetrelGreat Barrier Island
White morph Southern Giant Petrel
Wedge-tailed Shearwater
Buller's Shearwater
Diving Petrel
Providence Petrel
Kermadec Petrel
Black-bellied Storm-Petrel
Grey-backed Storm-petrel
NZ Storm-petrel
Gould's Petrel
North Kermadec Sea Mount
Kermadec Storm-Petrel
White-faced storm-petrel
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
White-bellied Storm-petrel
Mottled Petrel
Bulwer's Petrel
Cape Petrel
ssp Capense
Cape Petrel
ssp Australe
Gisborne NZ 2021
Northern Giant Petrel
Gisborne NZ 2021
Flesh-footedShearwater
Northern Giant Petrel
Northern Giant Petrel
Southern Giant Petrel
White-chinned Petrel
Southern Giant Petrel
Flesh-footed Shearwater
Southern and Northern Giant Petrel
Northern Giant Petrel
Black Petrel
Grey-faced Petrel
Sooty Shearwater
White-necked Petrel
Black-winged Petrel
Mottled Petrel
Pycroft 's Petrel
Cook's Petrel
prion sp
Chatham Petrel
Westland Petrel
Broad-billed prion
Stewart Island 2018
Grey Petrel
Gisborne NZ,2021
Wood Pigeon; Kereru
Chatham Island Pigeon
Spotted Dove
Barbary Dove
Antarctic prion
Antarctic Prion, Kermadecs 2021
Antarctic prion
Kermadecs 2021
Fairy prion
Snares Island 2020
Fulmar Prion
Antarctic (Southern) Fulmar
Kermadec storm-Petrel
Kermadec Islands 2021
White-bellied storm-petrel morning light-
Kermadec Islands 2021
White-bellied storm-petrel
Kermadec Islands 2021
Kermadec Storm-Petrel
Kermadec Islands 2021
White-faced storm-petrel
Bay of Plenty 2021
White-faced storm-petrel
Bay of Plenty 2021
Black-bellied Storm-Petrel
Snares island 2021
Grey-backed Storm-petrel
Stewart Island 2020
Wilson's Storm-petrel-
Kermadec Islands 2021
NZ Storm-petrel
Hauraki Gulf 2020
Grey Plover
Grey Plover
Pacific Golden Plover
Wrybill
Pectoral Sandpiper
Red Knot
New Zealand Dotterel
Banded Dotterel
Shore Plover
Black-fronted Dotterel
Masked Lapwing
Eurasian Whimbrel
Eastern Curlew
Ruddy Turnstone
Bar-tailed Godwit
Black-tailed Godwit
Black-tailed Godwit
Hudsonian Godwit
Sanderling
Red-necked Stint
Hudsonian Godwit
Curlew Sandpiper
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Wilson's Phalarope
Wilson's Phalarope
Marsh Sandpiper
Broad-billed Sandpiper
Grey-tailed Tattler
Terek sandpiper
Wandering Tattler
At Kermadec Islands
Southern NZ Dotterel
Southern NZ Dotterel
Southern NZ Dotterel
Southern NZ Dotterel
Greater Sand Plover
Found at Awarua,near Tiwai Point
Curlew Sandpiper
Found near Tiwai Point at Awarua
Chukar
Brown Quail
Californian Quail
Peafowl
Weka Chick
Weka
Takahe
Pukeko
Eurasian Coot
Spotless Crake
Marsh Crake
Banded Rail
Spotless Crake
Pekapeka wetlands Hawkes Bay, January 2021
Black tailed native hen
NZ Rare Vagrant
Black tailed native hen
Rock Wren
Homer Tunnel Site
Brown Skua
South Polar Skua
Arctic Jaeger
Pomarine Jaeger
Pomarine Jaeger
Pomarine Jaeger
Long-tailed Jaeger
Northern Kermadecs April 2021
South Polar Skua
Northern Kermadecs April 2021
Long-tailed jaeger
Kermadecs 2021
Long-tailed Jaeger
Kermadecs 2021
Auckland Island Snipe
Campbell Island Snipe
Common Starling
Eurasian Blackbird
Leucistic Blackbird
Song Thrush
Pied Stilt
Black Stilt
Stitchbird
Welcome Swallow
Silvereye
Red-tailed tropicbird
Raoul Island March 2021
North Island Saddleback
South Island Saddleback;Jackbird
South Island Saddleback
North Island Kokako
Rifleman
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Here’s a link to some of my Australian Wildlife Photos. It is safe, as is this website, and connects to my Adobe Account. Here it
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Three crazy birders hired a car and off we went. First target species picked up at the airport. A blackbird haha. We had days on
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February 4, 2024
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A description about a birding trip to The Chatham Islands.
The South Island of New Zealand is a birdwatcher’s paradise, with its diverse landscapes and abundant birdlife. Recently, I embarked on a birding adventure to Awarua Bay that left me in awe of the incredible avian wonders this region has to offer. It was a day filled with surprises, stunning sightings, and a deep appreciation for the natural world.
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