eBird Field Checklist
New Zealand
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260 species (+60 other taxa) - Year-round, Current year
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Cassowaries and Emu
Emu
Kiwis
Southern Brown Kiwi
Okarito Brown Kiwi
North Island Brown Kiwi
Little Spotted Kiwi
Great Spotted Kiwi
Waterfowl
Plumed Whistling-Duck
Graylag Goose
Graylag x Swan Goose (hybrid)
Domestic goose sp. (Domestic type)
Canada Goose
Graylag x Canada Goose (hybrid)
Cape Barren Goose
Mute Swan
Black Swan
goose sp.
Australian Shelduck
Paradise Shelduck
Muscovy Duck
Maned 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
Auckland Islands Teal
Campbell Islands 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
Ring-necked Pheasant
Indian Peafowl
Red Junglefowl
Brown Quail
Red-legged Partridge
Chukar
Grebes
Australasian Grebe
Hoary-headed Grebe
New Zealand Grebe
Great Crested Grebe
grebe sp.
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
African Collared-Dove
Spotted Dove
New Zealand Pigeon
Chatham Island Pigeon
Cuckoos
Long-tailed Koel
Shining Bronze-Cuckoo
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
Auckland Islands Rail
Weka
Buff-banded Rail
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
Chatham Oystercatcher
Variable Oystercatcher
South Island x Variable Oystercatcher (hybrid)
oystercatcher sp.
Pacific Golden-Plover
Black-fronted Dotterel
Shore Plover
Masked Lapwing
lapwing sp.
Greater Sand-Plover
Double-banded Plover
Wrybill
Red-breasted Dotterel
plover sp.
Whimbrel
Little Curlew
Far Eastern Curlew
Bar-tailed Godwit
Black-tailed Godwit
Hudsonian Godwit
Chatham Islands Snipe
Snares Island Snipe
Subantarctic Snipe
Terek Sandpiper
Gray-tailed Tattler
Wandering Tattler
Marsh Sandpiper
Ruddy Turnstone
Great Knot
Red Knot
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Long-toed Stint
Red-necked Stint
Sanderling
Pectoral Sandpiper
peep sp.
large shorebird sp.
shorebird sp.
Skuas and Jaegers
Long-tailed Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger
Long-tailed/Parasitic Jaeger
Pomarine Jaeger
Long-tailed/Pomarine Jaeger
Parasitic/Pomarine Jaeger
Brown Skua
South Polar Skua
jaeger sp.
jaeger/skua sp.
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Silver Gull
Black-billed Gull
Silver/Black-billed Gull
Kelp Gull
gull sp.
White Tern
Black Noddy
Gray Noddy
Sooty Tern
Little Tern
Australian Fairy Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Australian Tern
Gull-billed/Australian Tern
Caspian Tern
Whiskered Tern
Black-fronted Tern
White-winged Tern
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Arctic Tern
Antarctic Tern
Common Tern
White-fronted Tern
tern sp.
gull/tern sp.
Tropicbirds
Red-tailed Tropicbird
Penguins
King Penguin
Adelie Penguin
Yellow-eyed Penguin
Little Penguin
Fiordland Penguin
Erect-crested Penguin
Southern Rockhopper Penguin
Snares Penguin
penguin sp.
Albatrosses
Northern Royal Albatross
Southern Royal Albatross
Northern/Southern Royal Albatross
Snowy Albatross
Antipodean Albatross
Snowy/Tristan/Antipodean Albatross
large albatross sp.
Light-mantled Albatross
Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross
Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross
Atlantic/Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross
Gray-headed Albatross
Buller's Albatross
White-capped Albatross
Salvin's Albatross
Chatham Albatross
Black-browed Albatross
small albatross sp.
albatross sp.
Storm-Petrels
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Gray-backed Storm-Petrel
White-faced Storm-Petrel
New Zealand Storm-Petrel
Black-bellied Storm-Petrel
storm-petrel sp. (white-rumped)
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
Kermadec Petrel
Magenta Petrel
Providence Petrel
Soft-plumaged Petrel
White-headed Petrel
Mottled Petrel
Juan Fernandez Petrel
White-necked Petrel
Black-winged Petrel
Chatham Petrel
Cook's Petrel
Gould's Petrel
Pycroft's Petrel
Cookilaria petrel sp.
Pterodroma sp.
Fairy Prion
Broad-billed Prion
Antarctic Prion
Fulmar Prion
prion sp.
Gray Petrel
White-chinned Petrel
Parkinson's Petrel
Westland Petrel
Procellaria sp.
Flesh-footed Shearwater
Wedge-tailed 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
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black-and-white shearwater sp.
shearwater sp.
Common Diving-Petrel
South Georgia Diving-Petrel
diving-petrel sp.
Frigatebirds, Boobies, and Gannets
Lesser Frigatebird
Australasian Gannet
Brown Booby
Cormorants and Anhingas
Little Pied Cormorant
Great Cormorant
Spotted Shag
Pitt Island Shag
Little Black Cormorant
Pied Cormorant
New Zealand King Shag
Stewart Island Shag
Chatham Islands Shag
Auckland Islands Shag
Campbell Islands Shag
cormorant sp.
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
Australasian Bittern
Nankeen Night Heron
Pacific Reef-Heron
Little Egret
White-faced Heron
Eastern Cattle Egret
Great Egret
heron sp.
Glossy Ibis
Royal Spoonbill
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Swamp Harrier
Owls
Barn Owl
Little Owl
Morepork
Kingfishers
Laughing Kookaburra
Sacred Kingfisher
Falcons and Caracaras
New Zealand Falcon
New Zealand Parrots
Kea
New Zealand Kaka
Kakapo
Cockatoos
Cockatiel
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Antipodes Parakeet
Red-crowned Parakeet
Reischek's Parakeet
Yellow-crowned Parakeet
Chatham Islands Parakeet
Malherbe's Parakeet
Cyanoramphus sp.
Eastern Rosella
Budgerigar
Rainbow Lorikeet
parakeet sp.
New Zealand Wrens
Rifleman
South Island Wren
Honeyeaters
Tui
New Zealand Bellbird
Tui/New Zealand Bellbird
Thornbills and Allies
Gray Gerygone
Chatham Island Gerygone
gerygone sp.
Whiteheads
Whitehead
Yellowhead
Pipipi
Bellmagpies and Allies
Australian Magpie
Fantails
New Zealand Fantail
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Rook
Wattlebirds
North Island Kokako
North Island Saddleback
South Island Saddleback
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Stitchbird
Stitchbird
Australasian Robins
Tomtit
Chatham Robin
North Island Robin
South Island Robin
Larks
Eurasian Skylark
Grassbirds and Allies
New Zealand Fernbird
Martins and Swallows
Welcome Swallow
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.
Old World Buntings
Cirl Bunting
Yellowhammer
Others
passerine sp.
bird sp.
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