eBird Field Checklist
Christchurch City County, Canterbury, NZ
ebird.org/region/NZ-CAN-060
188 species (+43 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Waterfowl
Graylag Goose
Canada Goose
Graylag x Canada Goose (hybrid)
Cape Barren Goose
Mute Swan
Black Swan
Australian Shelduck
Paradise Shelduck
Muscovy Duck
Wood Duck
Maned Duck
Australasian Shoveler
Northern Shoveler
Pacific Black Duck
Mallard
Muscovy Duck x Mallard (hybrid)
Mallard x Pacific Black Duck (hybrid)
Gray Teal
Chestnut Teal
Gray/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
Red Junglefowl
Red-legged Partridge
Grebes
Australasian Grebe
Hoary-headed Grebe
New Zealand Grebe
Great Crested Grebe
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
African Collared-Dove
Crested Pigeon
New Zealand Pigeon
Cuckoos
Long-tailed Koel
Shining Bronze-Cuckoo
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
Weka
Eurasian Coot
Australasian Swamphen
swamphen sp.
Baillon's Crake
Spotless Crake
Shorebirds
Pied Stilt
Black Stilt
Pied x Black Stilt (hybrid)
South Island Oystercatcher
Variable Oystercatcher
South Island x Variable Oystercatcher (hybrid)
oystercatcher sp.
Black-bellied Plover
Pacific Golden-Plover
Black-fronted Dotterel
Masked Lapwing
Greater Sand-Plover
Double-banded Plover
Wrybill
Whimbrel
Bar-tailed Godwit
Black-tailed Godwit
Hudsonian Godwit
Asian Dowitcher
Wandering Tattler
Marsh Sandpiper
Lesser Yellowlegs
Common Greenshank
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Red-necked Stint
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Sanderling
Little Stint
Pectoral Sandpiper
Curlew x Pectoral Sandpiper (hybrid)
peep sp.
shorebird sp.
Skuas and Jaegers
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
Kelp Gull
gull sp.
Little Tern
Australian Tern
Gull-billed/Australian Tern
Caspian Tern
Whiskered Tern
Black-fronted Tern
White-winged Tern
White-fronted Tern
Great Crested Tern
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
Antipodean Albatross
Snowy/Tristan/Antipodean Albatross
large albatross sp.
Light-mantled 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
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
Cape Petrel
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Gray-faced Petrel
Soft-plumaged Petrel
White-headed Petrel
Mottled Petrel
White-necked Petrel
Black-winged Petrel
Chatham Petrel
Cook's Petrel
Cookilaria petrel sp.
Pterodroma sp.
Fairy Prion
Broad-billed Prion
Slender-billed Prion
Fulmar Prion
prion sp.
Gray Petrel
White-chinned 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
Great Cormorant
Spotted Shag
Little Black Cormorant
Pied Cormorant
Stewart Island Shag
cormorant sp.
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
Australasian Bittern
Pacific Reef-Heron
Little Egret
White-faced Heron
Eastern Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Plumed Egret
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
Cockatoos
Cockatiel
Galah
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Yellow-crowned Parakeet
Eastern Rosella
Budgerigar
Rainbow Lorikeet
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
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Australasian Robins
Tomtit
South Island Robin
Larks
Eurasian Skylark
Martins and Swallows
Welcome Swallow
Tree Martin
White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies
Silvereye
Starlings and Mynas
European Starling
Common Myna
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
finch sp.
Old World Buntings
Cirl Bunting
Yellowhammer
Others
passerine sp.
bird sp.
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