eBird Field Checklist
Canterbury, NZ
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241 species (+69 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Cassowaries and Emu
Emu
Kiwis
Great Spotted Kiwi
Waterfowl
Graylag Goose
Domestic goose sp. (Domestic type)
Canada Goose
Graylag x Canada Goose (hybrid)
Cape Barren Goose
Mute Swan
Graylag Goose x Mute Swan (hybrid)
Black Swan
Australian Shelduck
Paradise Shelduck
Muscovy Duck
Wood 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
Chestnut Teal
Gray/Chestnut Teal
Brown Teal
Anas sp.
dabbling duck sp.
Hardhead
New Zealand Scaup
duck sp.
waterfowl sp.
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Helmeted Guineafowl
California Quail
Wild Turkey
Golden Pheasant
Lady Amherst's Pheasant
Golden x Lady Amherst's Pheasant (hybrid)
Ring-necked Pheasant
Indian Peafowl
pheasant sp.
Red Junglefowl
Red-legged Partridge
Chukar
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
African Collared-Dove
Spotted Dove
Crested Pigeon
New Zealand Pigeon
pigeon/dove sp.
Cuckoos
Long-tailed Koel
Shining Bronze-Cuckoo
Pallid Cuckoo
Swifts
Pacific Swift
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
Weka
Black-tailed Nativehen
Eurasian Coot
Australasian Swamphen
swamphen sp.
Baillon's Crake
Spotless Crake
Shorebirds
Pied Stilt
Black Stilt
Pied x Black Stilt (hybrid)
Pied/Black Stilt
stilt/avocet sp.
South Island Oystercatcher
Variable Oystercatcher
South Island x Variable Oystercatcher (hybrid)
oystercatcher sp.
Black-bellied Plover
Pacific Golden-Plover
Black-fronted Dotterel
Masked Lapwing
Oriental Plover
Siberian Sand-Plover
Greater Sand-Plover
sand-plover sp.
Double-banded Plover
Wrybill
Red-breasted Dotterel
Australian Painted-Snipe
Whimbrel
Little Curlew
Far Eastern Curlew
curlew sp.
Bar-tailed Godwit
Black-tailed Godwit
Hudsonian Godwit
godwit sp.
Asian Dowitcher
Latham's Snipe
Wilson's Phalarope
Red Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Terek Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Gray-tailed Tattler
Wandering Tattler
Gray-tailed/Wandering Tattler
Marsh Sandpiper
Lesser Yellowlegs
Common Greenshank
Ruddy Turnstone
Great Knot
Red Knot
Ruff
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Long-toed Stint
Red-necked Stint
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Sanderling
Little Stint
Pectoral Sandpiper
Curlew x Pectoral Sandpiper (hybrid)
Sharp-tailed/Pectoral Sandpiper
peep sp.
Oriental Pratincole
shorebird sp.
Skuas and Jaegers
Long-tailed Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger
Long-tailed/Parasitic Jaeger
Pomarine Jaeger
Parasitic/Pomarine Jaeger
Brown Skua
South Polar Skua
jaeger sp.
skua sp.
jaeger/skua sp.
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Silver Gull
Black-billed Gull
Silver/Black-billed Gull
Kelp Gull
gull sp.
Little Tern
Gull-billed Tern
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Australian Tern
Gull-billed/Australian Tern
Caspian Tern
Whiskered Tern
Black-fronted Tern
White-winged Tern
Arctic Tern
Antarctic Tern
Common Tern
White-fronted Tern
Sterna sp.
Great Crested Tern
tern sp.
gull/tern sp.
Grebes
Australasian Grebe
Hoary-headed Grebe
New Zealand Grebe
Great Crested Grebe
grebe sp.
Penguins
Adelie Penguin
Yellow-eyed Penguin
Little Penguin
Fiordland Penguin
Erect-crested Penguin
Southern Rockhopper Penguin
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
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
Antarctic Petrel
Pintado Petrel
Gray-faced Petrel
Great-winged/Gray-faced Petrel
Magenta Petrel
Soft-plumaged Petrel
White-headed Petrel
Mottled Petrel
White-necked Petrel
Black-winged Petrel
Chatham Islands Petrel
Cook's Petrel
Pycroft'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
Parkinson's Petrel
Westland Petrel
Procellaria sp.
Pink-footed Shearwater
Flesh-footed Shearwater
Buller's Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Short-tailed Shearwater
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Sooty/Short-tailed Shearwater
Hutton's Shearwater
Fluttering Shearwater
Hutton's/Fluttering Shearwater
Subantarctic Shearwater
Little/Subantarctic Shearwater
small shearwater sp.
shearwater sp.
Common 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
Bounty Islands Shag
Stewart Island Shag
cormorant sp.
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
Glossy Ibis
Royal Spoonbill
Australasian Bittern
Pacific Reef-Heron
Little Egret
White-faced Heron
Eastern Cattle-Egret
Great Egret
Plumed Egret
heron sp.
Pelicans
Australian Pelican
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Swamp Harrier
Owls
Little Owl
Morepork
Laughing Owl
Kingfishers
Sacred Kingfisher
Falcons and Caracaras
New Zealand Falcon
New Zealand Parrots
Kea
New Zealand Kaka
Cockatoos
Cockatiel
Galah
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Yellow-crowned 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
Whiteheads
Yellowhead
Pipipi
Bellmagpies and Allies
Australian Magpie
Fantails
New Zealand Fantail
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Rook
Australasian Robins
Tomtit
South Island Robin
Larks
Eurasian Skylark
Reed Warblers and Allies
Australian Reed Warbler
Grassbirds and Allies
New Zealand Fernbird
Martins and Swallows
Welcome Swallow
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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
Redpoll
European Goldfinch
finch sp.
Old World Buntings
Cirl Bunting
Yellowhammer
Others
passerine sp.
bird sp.
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