eBird Field Checklist
Avon-Heathcote Estuary/Ihutai--Southshore Spit Reserve
Christchurch City, Canterbury, NZ
ebird.org/hotspot/L3400718
59 species (+7 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Waterfowl
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Black Swan
Paradise Shelduck
Pacific Black Duck
Mallard
Mallard x Pacific Black Duck (hybrid)
Gray Teal
New Zealand Scaup
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Ring-necked Pheasant
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
Australasian Swamphen
Shorebirds
Pied Stilt
South Island Oystercatcher
Variable Oystercatcher
South Island x Variable Oystercatcher (hybrid)
Masked Lapwing
Double-banded Plover
Bar-tailed Godwit
Black-tailed Godwit
Red Knot
Skuas and Jaegers
Parasitic Jaeger
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Silver Gull
Black-billed Gull
Silver/Black-billed Gull
Kelp Gull
Caspian Tern
Black-fronted Tern
White-winged Tern
White-fronted Tern
Penguins
Little Penguin
Albatrosses
Southern Royal Albatross
Frigatebirds, Boobies, and Gannets
Australasian Gannet
Cormorants and Anhingas
Little Pied Cormorant
Great Cormorant
Spotted Shag
Little Black Cormorant
Pied Cormorant
cormorant sp.
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
Royal Spoonbill
Pacific Reef-Heron
White-faced Heron
Great Egret
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Swamp Harrier
Kingfishers
Sacred Kingfisher
Honeyeaters
New Zealand Bellbird
Thornbills and Allies
Gray Gerygone
Bellmagpies and Allies
Australian Magpie
Fantails
New Zealand Fantail
Larks
Eurasian Skylark
Martins and Swallows
Welcome Swallow
White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies
Silvereye
Starlings and Mynas
European Starling
Thrushes
Song Thrush
Eurasian Blackbird
Accentors
Dunnock
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
New Zealand Pipit
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
Common Chaffinch
European Greenfinch
Redpoll
European Goldfinch
finch sp.
Old World Buntings
Yellowhammer
Others
passerine sp.
bird sp.