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Native and Naturalized (69)

  1. Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
    # Count: 2000
    Date:
    Observer: Dan Pointon
    Location: Taiaroa Head--Waiwhakaheke Seabird Lookout
  2. Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
    # Count: 1000
    Date:
    Observer: Sue&Gary Milks
    Location: Taiaroa Head--Waiwhakaheke Seabird Lookout
  3. White-fronted Tern Sterna striata
    # Count: 200
    Date:
    Observer: Kathy Mihm Dunning
    Location: Taiaroa Head--Waiwhakaheke Seabird Lookout
  4. Rock Pigeon Columba livia
    # Count: 140
    Date:
    Observer: Oscar Thomas
    Location: Taiaroa Head--Waiwhakaheke Seabird Lookout
  5. White-capped Albatross Thalassarche cauta
    # Count: 120
    Date:
    Observer: Dan Pointon
    Location: Taiaroa Head--Waiwhakaheke Seabird Lookout
  6. Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
    # Count: 101
    Date:
    Observer: Eric DeFonso 🦑
    Location: Taiaroa Head--Waiwhakaheke Seabird Lookout
  7. Black Swan Cygnus atratus
    # Count: 75
    Date:
    Observer: Jocelynn Smrekar
    Location: Taiaroa Head--Waiwhakaheke Seabird Lookout
  8. European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
    # Count: 65
    Date:
    Observer: Daniel Branch
    Location: Taiaroa Head--Waiwhakaheke Seabird Lookout
  9. Stewart Island Shag Leucocarbo chalconotus
    # Count: 50
    Date:
    Observer: Duke N
    Location: Taiaroa Head--Waiwhakaheke Seabird Lookout
  10. Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos
    # Count: 40
    Date:
    Observer: Ian Davies
    Location: Taiaroa Head--Waiwhakaheke Seabird Lookout
  11. Spotted Shag Phalacrocorax punctatus
    # Count: 40
    Date:
    Observer: Lutz Schmechta
    Location: Taiaroa Head--Waiwhakaheke Seabird Lookout
  12. Yellow-eyed Penguin Megadyptes antipodes
    # Count: 30
    Date:
    Observer: Matt Kelly
    Location: Taiaroa Head--Waiwhakaheke Seabird Lookout
  13. Northern Royal Albatross Diomedea sanfordi
    # Count: 20
    Date:
    Observer: Robert Javorský
    Location: Taiaroa Head--Waiwhakaheke Seabird Lookout
  14. Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia
    # Count: 20
    Date:
    Observer: Duke N
    Location: Taiaroa Head--Waiwhakaheke Seabird Lookout
  15. Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula
    # Count: 17
    Date:
    Observer: Gloria Jin
    Location: Taiaroa Head--Waiwhakaheke Seabird Lookout
  16. Buller's Shearwater Ardenna bulleri
    # Count: 15
    Date:
    Observer: Dan Pointon
    Location: Taiaroa Head--Waiwhakaheke Seabird Lookout
  17. Pied Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus
    # Count: 12
    Date:
    Observer: Mark Birkin
    Location: Taiaroa Head--Waiwhakaheke Seabird Lookout
  18. European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
    # Count: 11
    Date:
    Observer: Will Schenck
    Location: Taiaroa Head--Waiwhakaheke Seabird Lookout
  19. Southern Royal Albatross Diomedea epomophora
    # Count: 10
    Date:
    Observer: Lucie Tremblay
    Location: Taiaroa Head--Waiwhakaheke Seabird Lookout
  20. Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena
    # Count: 10
    Date:
    Observer: Eric DeFonso 🦑
    Location: Taiaroa Head--Waiwhakaheke Seabird Lookout
  21. Variable Oystercatcher Haematopus unicolor
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Howie Nielsen
    Location: Taiaroa Head--Waiwhakaheke Seabird Lookout
  22. Salvin's Albatross Thalassarche salvini
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Dan Pointon
    Location: Taiaroa Head--Waiwhakaheke Seabird Lookout
  23. White-chinned Petrel Procellaria aequinoctialis
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Ben Ackerley
    Location: Taiaroa Head--Waiwhakaheke Seabird Lookout
  24. Buller's Albatross Thalassarche bulleri
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Ben Ackerley
    Location: Taiaroa Head--Waiwhakaheke Seabird Lookout
  25. Black-billed Gull Chroicocephalus bulleri
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Julie Federico
    Location: Taiaroa Head--Waiwhakaheke Seabird Lookout
  26. Northern Giant-Petrel Macronectes halli
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Casper (Philip) Leygraaf
    Location: Taiaroa Head--Waiwhakaheke Seabird Lookout
  27. Cape Petrel Daption capense
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Casper (Philip) Leygraaf
    Location: Taiaroa Head--Waiwhakaheke Seabird Lookout
  28. House Sparrow Passer domesticus
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Howie Nielsen
    Location: Taiaroa Head--Waiwhakaheke Seabird Lookout
  29. Little Penguin Eudyptula minor
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Jeanine Merrill
    Location: Taiaroa Head--Waiwhakaheke Seabird Lookout
  30. White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Howie Nielsen
    Location: Taiaroa Head--Waiwhakaheke Seabird Lookout
  31. Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: royann petrell
    Location: Taiaroa Head--Waiwhakaheke Seabird Lookout
  32. Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Will Schenck
    Location: Taiaroa Head--Waiwhakaheke Seabird Lookout
  33. Fluttering Shearwater Puffinus gavia
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Eric DeFonso 🦑
    Location: Taiaroa Head--Waiwhakaheke Seabird Lookout
  34. Australasian Gannet Morus serrator
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Dan Pointon
    Location: Taiaroa Head--Waiwhakaheke Seabird Lookout
  35. Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Howie Nielsen
    Location: Taiaroa Head--Waiwhakaheke Seabird Lookout
  36. Paradise Shelduck Tadorna variegata
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Julie Federico
    Location: Taiaroa Head--Waiwhakaheke Seabird Lookout
  37. Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Will Schenck
    Location: Taiaroa Head--Waiwhakaheke Seabird Lookout
  38. Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Julie Federico
    Location: Taiaroa Head--Waiwhakaheke Seabird Lookout
  39. Swamp Harrier Circus approximans
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Ulises Cabrera Miranda
    Location: Taiaroa Head--Waiwhakaheke Seabird Lookout
  40. Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Will Schenck
    Location: Taiaroa Head--Waiwhakaheke Seabird Lookout
  41. New Zealand Fantail Rhipidura fuliginosa
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Julie Federico
    Location: Taiaroa Head--Waiwhakaheke Seabird Lookout
  42. Dunnock Prunella modularis
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Gerry Mielke
    Location: Taiaroa Head--Waiwhakaheke Seabird Lookout
  43. Canada Goose Branta canadensis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Gene Herskovics
    Location: Taiaroa Head--Waiwhakaheke Seabird Lookout
  44. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Jocelynn Smrekar
    Location: Taiaroa Head--Waiwhakaheke Seabird Lookout
  45. New Zealand Pigeon Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Federico Bianco
    Location: Taiaroa Head--Waiwhakaheke Seabird Lookout
  46. South Island Takahe Porphyrio hochstetteri
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Federico Bianco
    Location: Taiaroa Head--Waiwhakaheke Seabird Lookout
  47. South Island Oystercatcher Haematopus finschi
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Howie Nielsen
    Location: Taiaroa Head--Waiwhakaheke Seabird Lookout
  48. Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Federico Bianco
    Location: Taiaroa Head--Waiwhakaheke Seabird Lookout
  49. Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Federico Bianco
    Location: Taiaroa Head--Waiwhakaheke Seabird Lookout
  50. Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Gene Herskovics
    Location: Taiaroa Head--Waiwhakaheke Seabird Lookout
  51. Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Jocelynn Smrekar
    Location: Taiaroa Head--Waiwhakaheke Seabird Lookout
  52. Fairy Prion Pachyptila turtur
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ben Ackerley
    Location: Taiaroa Head--Waiwhakaheke Seabird Lookout
  53. Pacific Reef-Heron Egretta sacra
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Eric DeFonso 🦑
    Location: Taiaroa Head--Waiwhakaheke Seabird Lookout
  54. New Zealand Kaka Nestor meridionalis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Federico Bianco
    Location: Taiaroa Head--Waiwhakaheke Seabird Lookout
  55. Tui Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Federico Bianco
    Location: Taiaroa Head--Waiwhakaheke Seabird Lookout
  56. New Zealand Bellbird Anthornis melanura
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Federico Bianco
    Location: Taiaroa Head--Waiwhakaheke Seabird Lookout
  57. Gray Gerygone Gerygone igata
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Gene Herskovics
    Location: Taiaroa Head--Waiwhakaheke Seabird Lookout
  58. Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Jocelynn Smrekar
    Location: Taiaroa Head--Waiwhakaheke Seabird Lookout
  59. Tomtit Petroica macrocephala
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Federico Bianco
    Location: Taiaroa Head--Waiwhakaheke Seabird Lookout
  60. South Island Robin Petroica australis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Federico Bianco
    Location: Taiaroa Head--Waiwhakaheke Seabird Lookout
  61. Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Chris Barnes
    Location: Taiaroa Head--Waiwhakaheke Seabird Lookout
  62. New Zealand Fernbird Poodytes punctatus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Federico Bianco
    Location: Taiaroa Head--Waiwhakaheke Seabird Lookout
  63. Silvereye Zosterops lateralis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Gloria Jin
    Location: Taiaroa Head--Waiwhakaheke Seabird Lookout
  64. New Zealand Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Jocelynn Smrekar
    Location: Taiaroa Head--Waiwhakaheke Seabird Lookout
  65. Graylag Goose Anser anser
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Jimmy McGuire
    Location: Taiaroa Head--Waiwhakaheke Seabird Lookout
  66. Gray Teal Anas gracilis
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Jimmy McGuire
    Location: Taiaroa Head--Waiwhakaheke Seabird Lookout
  67. New Zealand Scaup Aythya novaeseelandiae
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Jimmy McGuire
    Location: Taiaroa Head--Waiwhakaheke Seabird Lookout
  68. Double-banded Plover Anarhynchus bicinctus
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Jimmy McGuire
    Location: Taiaroa Head--Waiwhakaheke Seabird Lookout
  69. Black-fronted Tern Chlidonias albostriatus
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Jimmy McGuire
    Location: Taiaroa Head--Waiwhakaheke Seabird Lookout

Additional Taxa (7)

  1. Sooty/Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna grisea/tenuirostris
    # Count: 14
    Date:
    Observer: Ian Davies
    Location: Taiaroa Head--Waiwhakaheke Seabird Lookout
  2. small albatross sp. Thalassarche sp.
    # Count: 10
    Date:
    Observer: Ian Davies
    Location: Taiaroa Head--Waiwhakaheke Seabird Lookout
  3. Northern/Southern Royal Albatross Diomedea sanfordi/epomophora
    # Count: 9
    Date:
    Observer: Anonymous eBirder
    Location: Taiaroa Head--Waiwhakaheke Seabird Lookout
  4. cormorant sp. Phalacrocoracidae sp.
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Gloria Jin
    Location: Taiaroa Head--Waiwhakaheke Seabird Lookout
  5. Silver/Black-billed Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae/bulleri
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Betsy DiFelice
    Location: Taiaroa Head--Waiwhakaheke Seabird Lookout
  6. Southern/Northern Giant-Petrel Macronectes giganteus/halli
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ian Davies
    Location: Taiaroa Head--Waiwhakaheke Seabird Lookout
  7. Hutton's/Fluttering Shearwater Puffinus huttoni/gavia
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ian Davies
    Location: Taiaroa Head--Waiwhakaheke Seabird Lookout