Birds of New Zealand

Bird photographers and twitchers (listers) resident, and visiting, Aotearoa , New Zealand have in their mind the magic number of 200 species. It is a super easy target and this collection is representative. Contact us if you need advice.

Birds of New Zealand Butcherbirds and Allies Albatross Australasian Robins Buntings Cockatoos Cormorants and Shags Cuckoos Ducks,Geese and Swans Finches Grebes Gulls and Terns Herons and Bitterns Honeyeaters Ibises and Spoonbills Kingfishers etc Kites,Hawks and Eagles 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 Plovers Quails,Pheasants and Allies Rails,Crakes and Coots Skuas Starlings and Allies Stilts Stitchbird Swallows,Martins and White-Eyes Thrushes Pigeons and Doves New Zealand Wattlebirds Wren-Like Birds

Southern Royal Albatross

Wandering Albatross

White-capped Albatross

Light-mantled Sooty Albatross

Campbell Albatross

Chatham Albatross chick

Gibson's Albatross

Grey-headed Albatross

Northern Royal Albatross

Salvin's Albatross ..Juvenile

Australian Magpie

Buller's Albatross

South Island Robin Female

South Island Robin Male

North Island Robin male

North Island Robin Female

North Island Robin

SI tomtit female

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo-3899

Little Black Shag

Pitt Island Shag

Pied Shag with Snapper

Pied Shag with Snapper

Shining Bronze Cuckoo

South Wairarapa Dec 2020

Rare vagrant in South Taranaki 10.2.21

Rare vagrant in South Taranaki 10.2.21

Rare vagrant in South Taranaki 10.2.21

Australian Wood Duck

Paradise Shelduck

Australian Shelduck

Northern Shoveler

Australasian Shoveler

New Zealand Scaup

European Greenfinch

European Goldfinch

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

Australasian Bittern

White-faced Heron

Nankeen Night Heron

New Zealand Bellbird

Royal Spoonbill

Sacred kingfisher

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

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

White-chinned Petrel

Westland Petrel

Westland Petrel

Soft-plumaged Petrel

Pycroft 's Petrel

Black-winged Petrel

White-necked Petrel

Sooty Shearwater

Grey-faced Petrel

Flesh-footedShearwater

Bulwer's Petrel

Northern Giant Petrel

Southern and Northern Giant Petrel

Southern Giant Petrel

Southern Giant Petrel

White-bellied Storm-petrel

Wilson's Storm-Petrel

White-faced storm-petrel

NZ Storm-petrel

Grey-backed Storm-petrel

Kermadec Petrel

Black-bellied Storm-Petrel

Providence Petrel

Buller's Shearwater

Wedge-tailed Shearwater

White morph Southern Giant Petrel

Bulwer's PetrelGreat Barrier Island

Streaked Shearwater

Southern Fulmar

Southern Fulmar

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

Californian Quail

South Polar Skua

Pomarine Jaeger

Pomarine Jaeger

Pomarine Jaeger

Common Starling

Eurasian Blackbird

Leucistic Blackbird

Welcome Swallow

Wood Pigeon; Kereru

Chatham Island Pigeon

North Island Saddleback

South Island Saddleback;Jackbird

South Island Saddleback

North Island Kokako