eBird Field Checklist
Kaikoura District County, Canterbury, NZ
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143 species (+39 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Waterfowl
Graylag Goose
Canada Goose
Graylag Goose x Mute Swan (hybrid)
Black Swan
Paradise Shelduck
Muscovy Duck
Australasian Shoveler
Pacific Black Duck
Mallard
Mallard x Pacific Black Duck (hybrid)
Mallard/Pacific Black Duck
Gray Teal
New Zealand Scaup
duck sp.
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
California Quail
Wild Turkey
Ring-necked Pheasant
Indian Peafowl
Chukar
Grebes
Great Crested Grebe
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
New Zealand Pigeon
Cuckoos
Shining Bronze-Cuckoo
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
Australasian Swamphen
Shorebirds
Pied Stilt
Pied x Black Stilt (hybrid)
South Island Oystercatcher
Variable Oystercatcher
oystercatcher sp.
Pacific Golden-Plover
Black-fronted Dotterel
Masked Lapwing
Double-banded Plover
Wrybill
Red-breasted Dotterel
Whimbrel
curlew sp.
Bar-tailed Godwit
Red Phalarope
Gray-tailed Tattler
Wandering Tattler
Gray-tailed/Wandering Tattler
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot
peep 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.
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Silver Gull
Black-billed Gull
Silver/Black-billed Gull
Kelp Gull
gull sp.
Little Tern
Caspian Tern
Black-fronted Tern
White-winged Tern
Arctic Tern
Common Tern
White-fronted Tern
tern sp.
gull/tern sp.
Penguins
Adelie Penguin
Yellow-eyed Penguin
Little Penguin
Fiordland Penguin
Erect-crested Penguin
Albatrosses
Northern Royal Albatross
Southern Royal Albatross
Northern/Southern Royal Albatross
Snowy Albatross
Antipodean Albatross
Snowy/Tristan/Antipodean Albatross
large albatross sp.
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
Cape Petrel
Gray-faced Petrel
Great-winged/Gray-faced Petrel
Soft-plumaged Petrel
White-headed Petrel
Mottled Petrel
White-necked Petrel
Black-winged Petrel
Cook's Petrel
Pterodroma sp.
Fairy Prion
Broad-billed Prion
Antarctic Prion
Slender-billed 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
Sooty/Short-tailed Shearwater
Hutton's Shearwater
Fluttering Shearwater
Hutton's/Fluttering Shearwater
black-and-white shearwater sp.
shearwater sp.
Common Diving-Petrel
procellariid sp.
Frigatebirds, Boobies, and Gannets
Australasian Gannet
Cormorants and Anhingas
Little Pied Cormorant
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Great Cormorant
Spotted Shag
Little Black Cormorant
Pied Cormorant
cormorant sp.
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
Pacific Reef-Heron
White-faced Heron
Eastern Cattle Egret
Great Egret
heron sp.
Glossy Ibis
Royal Spoonbill
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Swamp Harrier
Owls
Little Owl
Morepork
Kingfishers
Sacred Kingfisher
Falcons and Caracaras
New Zealand Falcon
New Zealand Parrots
Kea
New Zealand Wrens
Rifleman
Honeyeaters
Tui
New Zealand Bellbird
Tui/New Zealand Bellbird
Thornbills and Allies
Gray Gerygone
Whiteheads
Pipipi
Bellmagpies and Allies
Australian Magpie
Fantails
New Zealand Fantail
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Rook
Australasian Robins
Tomtit
North Island Robin
South Island Robin
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
Lesser Redpoll
European Goldfinch
Old World Buntings
Cirl Bunting
Yellowhammer
Others
passerine sp.
bird sp.
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