Birds of New Zealand

For visitors 200 species is the magic target. Below are common and some rare ones.

Click on each group and scroll down to see images with titles.

A few to begin Albatrosses and Mollymawks Australasian Robins Australasian Warblers Butcherbirds and Allies Buntings Cockatoos Cormorants and Shags Cuckoos Ducks, Geese and Swans 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

Shining Bronze Cuckoo

Southern Brown Kiwi

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

Snowy Albatross. Exulans Gisborne NZ

Black-browed Albatross

Antipodensis Juvenile

NZ Wandering Albatross Antipodensis Juvenile Gisborne NZ

Snowy Albatross

Seen off Fiordland

Grey-headed Albatross Adult-

Seen off Stewart Island

South Island Robin Female

South Island Robin Male

North Island Robin male

North Island Robin Female

North Island Robin

SI tomtit female

Chatham Island Grey Warbler

Australian Magpie

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo-3899

Little Black Shag

Pitt Island 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

Shining Bronze Cuckoo

Shining Bronze Cuckoo

Australian Wood Duck

Paradise Shelduck

Australian Shelduck

Northern Shoveler

Australasian Shoveler

New Zealand Scaup

Campbell Island Teal

Campbell Island Teal

Auckland Island Teal

European Greenfinch

European Goldfinch

Great Frigatebird Male

Kermadec Islands

Great Frigatebird Male

Kermadec Islands

Great Frigatebird Female

Kermadec Islands 2021

Great Frigatebird Feeding

Feeding on the wing

Three Kings 2015

Macauley Island March 2021

Red-footed Booby

Raoul Island March 2021

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

Black-fronted Tern

Gull-billed Tern

Gull-billed Tern

Sooty Tern and Chick

Plumed Whistling Duck

Black-billed Gull

Black-billed Gull

Red-billed Gull

Southern Black-backed Gull

White-fronted Tern

Raoul Island March 2021

Macauley Island March 2021

White-winged Black Tern

White-winged Black Tern

Australasian Bittern

White-faced Heron

White-faced Heron

Nankeen Night Heron

New Zealand Bellbird

Royal Spoonbill

Sacred kingfisher

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

New Zealand Fantail

New Zealand Fantail Dark Morph

Yellow-crowned Parakeet

Red-crowned Parakeet

Orange-fronted Parakeet

Eastern Rosella

Reischek's Parakeet

Antipodes Island

Antipodes Island Parakeet

Unique to Antipodes Island

Leucistic House Sparrow

Chatham Island Oystercatcher

South Island Pied Oystercatcher

Variable Oystercatcher

Macaroni Penguin

Chinstrap Penguin

Chinstrap penguuin

Adelie Penguins

Southern Rockhopper Penguin

Southern Rockhopper Penguin

Yellow-eyed Penguin

Little Blue Penguin

Yellow-eyed Penguin

Fiordland Crested Penguin

Fiordland Crested Penguin

Fiordland Crested 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

Providence Petrel

Kermadec Petrel

Black-bellied Storm-Petrel

Grey-backed Storm-petrel

NZ Storm-petrel

North Kermadec Sea Mount

Kermadec Storm-Petrel

White-faced storm-petrel

Wilson's Storm-Petrel

White-bellied Storm-petrel

Bulwer's 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

Westland Petrel

Southern and Northern Giant Petrel

Northern Giant Petrel

Grey-faced Petrel

Sooty Shearwater

White-necked Petrel

Black-winged Petrel

Pycroft 's Petrel

Soft-plumaged Petrel

Westland Petrel

Broad-billed prion

Stewart Island 2018

Gisborne NZ,2021

Wood Pigeon; Kereru

Chatham Island Pigeon

Antarctic prion

Antarctic Prion, Kermadecs 2021

Antarctic prion

Snares Island 2020

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

Pacific Golden Plover

Pectoral Sandpiper

New Zealand Dotterel

Banded Dotterel

Black-fronted Dotterel

Eurasian Whimbrel

Ruddy Turnstone

Bar-tailed Godwit

Black-tailed Godwit

Black-tailed Godwit

Hudsonian Godwit

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

South Island Dotterel with bling-

South Island NZ Dotterel

South Island NZ Dotterel Female

Californian Quail

Pekapeka wetlands Hawkes Bay, January 2021

Homer Tunnel Site

South Polar Skua

Pomarine Jaeger

Pomarine Jaeger

Pomarine Jaeger

Long-tailed Jaeger

Northern Kermadecs April 2021

South Polar Skua

Northern Kermadecs April 2021

Long-tailed jaeger

Long-tailed Jaeger

Auckland Island Snipe

Campbell Island Snipe

Common Starling

Eurasian Blackbird

Leucistic Blackbird

Welcome Swallow

Red-tailed tropicbird

Raoul Island March 2021

North Island Saddleback

South Island Saddleback;Jackbird

South Island Saddleback

North Island Kokako