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Native and Naturalized (77)

  1. Black Swan Cygnus atratus
    # Count: 10
    Date:
    Observer: L. Burkett
    Location: Waituna Lagoon
  2. Australasian Shoveler Spatula rhynchotis
    # Count: 40
    Date:
    Observer: L. Burkett
    Location: Waituna Lagoon
  3. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
    # Count: 30
    Date:
    Observer: L. Burkett
    Location: Waituna Lagoon
  4. Pied Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: L. Burkett
    Location: Waituna Lagoon
  5. Variable Oystercatcher Haematopus unicolor
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: L. Burkett
    Location: Waituna Lagoon
  6. Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: L. Burkett
    Location: Waituna Lagoon
  7. Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
    # Count: 14
    Date:
    Observer: L. Burkett
    Location: Waituna Lagoon
  8. Black-fronted Tern Chlidonias albostriatus
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: L. Burkett
    Location: Waituna Lagoon
  9. Spotted Shag Phalacrocorax punctatus
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: L. Burkett
    Location: Waituna Lagoon
  10. White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: L. Burkett
    Location: Waituna Lagoon
  11. Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia
    # Count: 20
    Date:
    Observer: L. Burkett
    Location: Waituna Lagoon
  12. Swamp Harrier Circus approximans
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: L. Burkett
    Location: Waituna Lagoon
  13. New Zealand Bellbird Anthornis melanura
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: L. Burkett
    Location: Waituna Lagoon
  14. Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: L. Burkett
    Location: Waituna Lagoon
  15. New Zealand Fantail Rhipidura fuliginosa
    # Count: 16
    Date:
    Observer: L. Burkett
    Location: Waituna Lagoon
  16. Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: L. Burkett
    Location: Waituna Lagoon
  17. Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: L. Burkett
    Location: Waituna Lagoon
  18. Silvereye Zosterops lateralis
    # Count: 10
    Date:
    Observer: L. Burkett
    Location: Waituna Lagoon
  19. Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Sharon Lake
    Location: Waituna Lagoon
  20. Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Sharon Lake
    Location: Waituna Lagoon
  21. Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Sharon Lake
    Location: Waituna Lagoon
  22. Gray Gerygone Gerygone igata
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Sharon Lake
    Location: Waituna Lagoon
  23. New Zealand Fernbird Poodytes punctatus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Sharon Lake
    Location: Waituna Lagoon
  24. Paradise Shelduck Tadorna variegata
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Lena Hartebrodt
    Location: Waituna Lagoon
  25. South Island Oystercatcher Haematopus finschi
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Lena Hartebrodt
    Location: Waituna Lagoon
  26. Double-banded Plover Anarhynchus bicinctus
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Lena Hartebrodt
    Location: Waituna Lagoon
  27. Black-billed Gull Chroicocephalus bulleri
    # Count: 400
    Date:
    Observer: Lena Hartebrodt
    Location: Waituna Lagoon
  28. Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Lena Hartebrodt
    Location: Waituna Lagoon
  29. European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Lena Hartebrodt
    Location: Waituna Lagoon
  30. New Zealand Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Lena Hartebrodt
    Location: Waituna Lagoon
  31. Gray Teal Anas gracilis
    # Count: 20
    Date:
    Observer: Sean Jacques
    Location: Waituna Lagoon
  32. White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Sean Jacques
    Location: Waituna Lagoon
  33. White-fronted Tern Sterna striata
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Sean Jacques
    Location: Waituna Lagoon
  34. Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Sean Jacques
    Location: Waituna Lagoon
  35. European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Sean Jacques
    Location: Waituna Lagoon
  36. Canada Goose Branta canadensis
    # Count: 450
    Date:
    Observer: Marcin Dyduch
    Location: Waituna Lagoon
  37. Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Marcin Dyduch
    Location: Waituna Lagoon
  38. Australasian Swamphen Porphyrio melanotus
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Marcin Dyduch
    Location: Waituna Lagoon
  39. Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Marcin Dyduch
    Location: Waituna Lagoon
  40. Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Marcin Dyduch
    Location: Waituna Lagoon
  41. Dunnock Prunella modularis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Marcin Dyduch
    Location: Waituna Lagoon
  42. Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Marcin Dyduch
    Location: Waituna Lagoon
  43. Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Marcin Dyduch
    Location: Waituna Lagoon
  44. Pipipi Mohoua novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Caiden B
    Location: Waituna Lagoon
  45. Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Caiden B
    Location: Waituna Lagoon
  46. House Sparrow Passer domesticus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Caiden B
    Location: Waituna Lagoon
  47. Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Caiden B
    Location: Waituna Lagoon
  48. Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Kevin Rohling
    Location: Waituna Lagoon
  49. Tui Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Kimberly Rohling
    Location: Waituna Lagoon
  50. European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Kimberly Rohling
    Location: Waituna Lagoon
  51. California Quail Callipepla californica
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ben Ackerley
    Location: Waituna Lagoon
  52. Graylag Goose Anser anser
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Peter de Jongh
    Location: Waituna Lagoon
  53. New Zealand Scaup Aythya novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 744
    Date:
    Observer: Sean Jacques
    Location: Waituna Lagoon
  54. Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Johannes Fischer
    Location: Waituna Lagoon
  55. Black-fronted Dotterel Charadrius melanops
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Glenda Rees
    Location: Waituna Lagoon
  56. Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Philippe Blain
    Location: Waituna Lagoon
  57. Pacific Reef-Heron Egretta sacra
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Philippe Blain
    Location: Waituna Lagoon
  58. Rock Pigeon Columba livia
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Merryl Edelstein
    Location: Waituna Lagoon
  59. Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Merryl Edelstein
    Location: Waituna Lagoon
  60. Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: sharon Roberts
    Location: Waituna Lagoon
  61. Red Knot Calidris canutus
    # Count: 7
    Date:
    Observer: Sean Jacques
    Location: Waituna Lagoon
  62. Australasian Gannet Morus serrator
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Sean Jacques
    Location: Waituna Lagoon
  63. Tomtit Petroica macrocephala
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Penelope Gillette
    Location: Waituna Lagoon
  64. New Zealand Falcon Falco novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Emma Bardsley
    Location: Waituna Lagoon
  65. Red-breasted Dotterel Anarhynchus obscurus
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Jeremiah Trimble
    Location: Waituna Lagoon
  66. Stewart Island Shag Leucocarbo chalconotus
    # Count: 9
    Date:
    Observer: Jeremiah Trimble
    Location: Waituna Lagoon
  67. New Zealand Pigeon Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: David Welch
    Location: Waituna Lagoon
  68. Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Penelope Gillette
    Location: Waituna Lagoon
  69. Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Michelle Hamilton
    Location: Waituna Lagoon
  70. Rifleman Acanthisitta chloris
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Janet Washbon
    Location: Waituna Lagoon
  71. Great Egret Ardea alba
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Bobbie Tilmant
    Location: Waituna Lagoon
  72. Chukar Alectoris chukar
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Derek Evans
    Location: Waituna Lagoon
  73. Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Derek Evans
    Location: Waituna Lagoon
  74. Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Joy Tansey
    Location: Waituna Lagoon
  75. Pacific Golden-Plover Pluvialis fulva
    # Count: 16
    Date:
    Observer: Environment Southland
    Location: Waituna Lagoon
  76. Australasian Bittern Botaurus poiciloptilus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Environment Southland
    Location: Waituna Lagoon
  77. Far Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis
    # Count: 7
    Date:
    Observer: Colin Miskelly
    Location: Waituna Lagoon

Hybrids (2)

  1. Mallard x Pacific Black Duck (hybrid) Anas platyrhynchos x superciliosa
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Caiden B
    Location: Waituna Lagoon
  2. Pied x Black Stilt (hybrid) Himantopus leucocephalus x novaezelandiae
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Kevin Rohling
    Location: Waituna Lagoon

Additional Taxa (2)

  1. peep sp. Calidris sp. (peep sp.)
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Sandy Gallito
    Location: Waituna Lagoon
  2. goose sp. Anatidae (goose sp.)
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Micah Scholer
    Location: Waituna Lagoon