eBird Field Checklist
Otago, NZ
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222 species (+64 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Kiwis
Southern Brown Kiwi
Waterfowl
Graylag Goose
Graylag x Swan Goose (hybrid)
Canada Goose
Graylag x Canada Goose (hybrid)
Cape Barren Goose
Mute Swan
Black Swan
goose sp.
Australian Shelduck
Paradise Shelduck
Muscovy Duck
Blue Duck
Australasian Shoveler
Northern Shoveler
Pacific Black Duck
Mallard
Muscovy Duck x Mallard (hybrid)
Mallard x Pacific Black Duck (hybrid)
Mallard/Pacific Black Duck
Gray Teal
Chestnut Teal
Brown Teal
Anas sp.
dabbling duck sp.
New Zealand Scaup
duck sp.
waterfowl sp.
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Helmeted Guineafowl
California Quail
Wild Turkey
Golden Pheasant
Ring-necked Pheasant
Indian Peafowl
pheasant sp.
Red Junglefowl
Chukar
Grebes
Australasian Grebe
Great Crested Grebe
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
African Collared-Dove
New Zealand Pigeon
Cuckoos
Long-tailed Koel
Shining Bronze-Cuckoo
Fan-tailed Cuckoo
Oriental Cuckoo
Swifts
White-throated Needletail
fork-tailed swift sp.
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
Weka
Dusky Moorhen
Eurasian Coot
South Island Takahe
Australasian Swamphen
Baillon's Crake
Spotless Crake
rail/crake sp.
Shorebirds
Pied Stilt
Black Stilt
Pied x Black Stilt (hybrid)
South Island Oystercatcher
Variable Oystercatcher
oystercatcher sp.
Black-bellied Plover
Pacific Golden-Plover
Black-fronted Dotterel
Masked Lapwing
Siberian Sand-Plover
Greater Sand-Plover
Double-banded Plover
Wrybill
Red-breasted Dotterel
Red-capped Plover
plover sp.
Whimbrel
Far Eastern Curlew
Bar-tailed Godwit
Hudsonian Godwit
godwit sp.
Subantarctic Snipe
Red Phalarope
phalarope sp.
Terek Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Gray-tailed Tattler
Wandering Tattler
Gray-tailed/Wandering Tattler
Marsh Sandpiper
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Red-necked Stint
Pectoral Sandpiper
Sharp-tailed/Pectoral Sandpiper
large shorebird sp.
Skuas and Jaegers
Long-tailed Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger
Long-tailed/Parasitic Jaeger
Pomarine Jaeger
Parasitic/Pomarine Jaeger
Brown Skua
jaeger sp.
jaeger/skua sp.
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Silver Gull
Black-billed Gull
Silver/Black-billed Gull
Franklin's Gull
Kelp Gull
Larus sp.
gull sp.
Little Tern
Caspian Tern
Whiskered Tern
Black-fronted Tern
White-winged Tern
Arctic Tern
Antarctic Tern
Common Tern
White-fronted Tern
Sterna sp.
tern sp.
Penguins
King Penguin
Adelie Penguin
Gentoo Penguin
Chinstrap Penguin
Yellow-eyed Penguin
Little Penguin
Fiordland Penguin
Erect-crested Penguin
Royal Penguin
Southern Rockhopper Penguin
Snares Penguin
penguin sp.
Albatrosses
Northern Royal Albatross
Southern Royal Albatross
Northern/Southern Royal Albatross
Snowy Albatross
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Antipodean Albatross
Snowy/Tristan/Antipodean Albatross
large albatross sp.
Sooty Albatross
Light-mantled Albatross
Gray-headed Albatross
Buller's Albatross
White-capped Albatross
Salvin's Albatross
Chatham Albatross
White-capped/Salvin's/Chatham Albatross
Black-browed Albatross
small albatross sp.
albatross sp.
Storm-Petrels
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Gray-backed Storm-Petrel
White-faced Storm-Petrel
Black-bellied Storm-Petrel
storm-petrel sp.
Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving-Petrels
Southern Giant-Petrel
Northern Giant-Petrel
Southern/Northern Giant-Petrel
Southern Fulmar
Cape Petrel
Kerguelen Petrel
Gray-faced Petrel
Great-winged/Gray-faced Petrel
Soft-plumaged Petrel
White-headed Petrel
Mottled Petrel
Juan Fernandez Petrel
Black-winged Petrel
Cook's Petrel
Gould's Petrel
Cookilaria petrel sp.
Pterodroma sp.
Blue Petrel
Fairy Prion
Broad-billed Prion
Antarctic Prion
Slender-billed Prion
Fulmar Prion
prion sp.
Gray Petrel
White-chinned Petrel
Westland Petrel
Procellaria sp.
Flesh-footed Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Buller's Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Short-tailed Shearwater
Sooty/Short-tailed Shearwater
Hutton's Shearwater
Fluttering Shearwater
Hutton's/Fluttering Shearwater
Little Shearwater
Subantarctic Shearwater
Little/Subantarctic Shearwater
black-and-white shearwater sp.
shearwater sp.
Common Diving-Petrel
South Georgia Diving-Petrel
diving-petrel sp.
procellariid sp.
Frigatebirds, Boobies, and Gannets
Australasian Gannet
Cormorants and Anhingas
Little Pied Cormorant
Great Cormorant
Spotted Shag
Little Black Cormorant
Pied Cormorant
Stewart Island Shag
cormorant sp.
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
Australasian Bittern
Nankeen Night Heron
Pacific Reef-Heron
Little Egret
White-faced Heron
Eastern Cattle Egret
Pacific Heron
Great Egret
Plumed Egret
heron sp.
Glossy Ibis
Straw-necked Ibis
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Royal Spoonbill
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Swamp Harrier
harrier sp.
Owls
Little Owl
Morepork
Kingfishers
Laughing Kookaburra
Sacred Kingfisher
Bee-eaters, Rollers, and Allies
Dollarbird
Falcons and Caracaras
Nankeen Kestrel
New Zealand Falcon
small falcon sp.
New Zealand Parrots
Kea
New Zealand Kaka
Cockatoos
Cockatiel
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
Antipodes Parakeet
Red-crowned Parakeet
Reischek's Parakeet
Yellow-crowned Parakeet
Red-crowned x Yellow-crowned Parakeet (hybrid)
Cyanoramphus sp.
Eastern Rosella
parakeet sp.
New Zealand Wrens
Rifleman
South Island Wren
Honeyeaters
Tui
New Zealand Bellbird
Tui/New Zealand Bellbird
Thornbills and Allies
Gray Gerygone
Cuckooshrikes
White-winged Triller
Whiteheads
Yellowhead
Pipipi
Woodswallows
Masked Woodswallow
White-browed Woodswallow
Bellmagpies and Allies
Australian Magpie
Fantails
New Zealand Fantail
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Rook
Wattlebirds
South Island Saddleback
Australasian Robins
Tomtit
South Island Robin
Larks
Eurasian Skylark
Grassbirds and Allies
New Zealand Fernbird
Martins and Swallows
Welcome Swallow
Fairy Martin
Tree Martin
White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies
Silvereye
Starlings and Mynas
European Starling
Common Myna
Thrushes
Song Thrush
Eurasian Blackbird
Turdus sp.
Accentors
Dunnock
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
New Zealand Pipit
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
Common Chaffinch
European Greenfinch
Lesser Redpoll
European Goldfinch
finch sp.
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Old World Buntings
Cirl Bunting
Yellowhammer
Emberiza sp.
Others
passerine sp.
bird sp.
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