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Native and Naturalized (63)

  1. New Zealand Falcon Falco novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Jeb Kent
    Location: Lake Ellesmere (Te Waihora)--Kaituna Lagoon
  2. Dunnock Prunella modularis
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Kely Withington
    Location: Lake Ellesmere (Te Waihora)--Kaituna Lagoon
  3. Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Rebel Warren and David Parsons
    Location: Lake Ellesmere (Te Waihora)--Kaituna Lagoon
  4. California Quail Callipepla californica
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: gabriel normand
    Location: Lake Ellesmere (Te Waihora)--Kaituna Lagoon
  5. Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: gabriel normand
    Location: Lake Ellesmere (Te Waihora)--Kaituna Lagoon
  6. Gray Gerygone Gerygone igata
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Shawn Herron
    Location: Lake Ellesmere (Te Waihora)--Kaituna Lagoon
  7. Silvereye Zosterops lateralis
    # Count: 50
    Date:
    Observer: Shawn Herron
    Location: Lake Ellesmere (Te Waihora)--Kaituna Lagoon
  8. Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
    # Count: 70
    Date:
    Observer: Shawn Herron
    Location: Lake Ellesmere (Te Waihora)--Kaituna Lagoon
  9. Graylag Goose Anser anser
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Maureen Howard
    Location: Lake Ellesmere (Te Waihora)--Kaituna Lagoon
  10. Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Mathieu Poot
    Location: Lake Ellesmere (Te Waihora)--Kaituna Lagoon
  11. Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
    # Count: 100
    Date:
    Observer: Paul James
    Location: Lake Ellesmere (Te Waihora)--Kaituna Lagoon
  12. Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Paul James
    Location: Lake Ellesmere (Te Waihora)--Kaituna Lagoon
  13. Wrybill Anarhynchus frontalis
    # Count: 44
    Date:
    Observer: Nick Quinlan
    Location: Lake Ellesmere (Te Waihora)--Kaituna Lagoon
  14. Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Suzannah Toulmin
    Location: Lake Ellesmere (Te Waihora)--Kaituna Lagoon
  15. Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
    # Count: 65
    Date:
    Observer: Don Goodale
    Location: Lake Ellesmere (Te Waihora)--Kaituna Lagoon
  16. New Zealand Fantail Rhipidura fuliginosa
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Sharon Lake
    Location: Lake Ellesmere (Te Waihora)--Kaituna Lagoon
  17. Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Don Goodale
    Location: Lake Ellesmere (Te Waihora)--Kaituna Lagoon
  18. Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena
    # Count: 200
    Date:
    Observer: Alex Ignatov
    Location: Lake Ellesmere (Te Waihora)--Kaituna Lagoon
  19. New Zealand Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Lake Ellesmere (Te Waihora)--Kaituna Lagoon
  20. Variable Oystercatcher Haematopus unicolor
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Fraser Gurney
    Location: Lake Ellesmere (Te Waihora)--Kaituna Lagoon
  21. Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Gregor Tims
    Location: Lake Ellesmere (Te Waihora)--Kaituna Lagoon
  22. White-fronted Tern Sterna striata
    # Count: 35
    Date:
    Observer: Alex Rossi
    Location: Lake Ellesmere (Te Waihora)--Kaituna Lagoon
  23. Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius
    # Count: 23
    Date:
    Observer: Alex Rossi
    Location: Lake Ellesmere (Te Waihora)--Kaituna Lagoon
  24. House Sparrow Passer domesticus
    # Count: 50
    Date:
    Observer: Jeremy Cohen
    Location: Lake Ellesmere (Te Waihora)--Kaituna Lagoon
  25. European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
    # Count: 20
    Date:
    Observer: Jeremy Cohen
    Location: Lake Ellesmere (Te Waihora)--Kaituna Lagoon
  26. Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
    # Count: 20
    Date:
    Observer: Jeremy Cohen
    Location: Lake Ellesmere (Te Waihora)--Kaituna Lagoon
  27. European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
    # Count: 50
    Date:
    Observer: Jeremy Cohen
    Location: Lake Ellesmere (Te Waihora)--Kaituna Lagoon
  28. Double-banded Plover Anarhynchus bicinctus
    # Count: 156
    Date:
    Observer: Bev Alexander
    Location: Lake Ellesmere (Te Waihora)--Kaituna Lagoon
  29. Pied Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus
    # Count: 1200
    Date:
    Observer: Eleanor Gunby
    Location: Lake Ellesmere (Te Waihora)--Kaituna Lagoon
  30. European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
    # Count: 200
    Date:
    Observer: Eleanor Gunby
    Location: Lake Ellesmere (Te Waihora)--Kaituna Lagoon
  31. Black Stilt Himantopus novaezelandiae
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Ray Turnbull
    Location: Lake Ellesmere (Te Waihora)--Kaituna Lagoon
  32. South Island Oystercatcher Haematopus finschi
    # Count: 40
    Date:
    Observer: Janet Burton
    Location: Lake Ellesmere (Te Waihora)--Kaituna Lagoon
  33. New Zealand Scaup Aythya novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 95
    Date:
    Observer: Jeff Gerbracht
    Location: Lake Ellesmere (Te Waihora)--Kaituna Lagoon
  34. Black-fronted Tern Chlidonias albostriatus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Peter Reese
    Location: Lake Ellesmere (Te Waihora)--Kaituna Lagoon
  35. Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Eleanor Gunby
    Location: Lake Ellesmere (Te Waihora)--Kaituna Lagoon
  36. Eastern Cattle-Egret Ardea coromanda
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Markus Craig
    Location: Lake Ellesmere (Te Waihora)--Kaituna Lagoon
  37. Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
    # Count: 40
    Date:
    Observer: Philip Crutchley
    Location: Lake Ellesmere (Te Waihora)--Kaituna Lagoon
  38. Paradise Shelduck Tadorna variegata
    # Count: 1100
    Date:
    Observer: Luke Seitz
    Location: Lake Ellesmere (Te Waihora)--Kaituna Lagoon
  39. Australasian Shoveler Spatula rhynchotis
    # Count: 1600
    Date:
    Observer: Luke Seitz
    Location: Lake Ellesmere (Te Waihora)--Kaituna Lagoon
  40. Australasian Swamphen Porphyrio melanotus
    # Count: 40
    Date:
    Observer: Luke Seitz
    Location: Lake Ellesmere (Te Waihora)--Kaituna Lagoon
  41. Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia
    # Count: 72
    Date:
    Observer: Luke Seitz
    Location: Lake Ellesmere (Te Waihora)--Kaituna Lagoon
  42. Australasian Gannet Morus serrator
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Viola Palmer
    Location: Lake Ellesmere (Te Waihora)--Kaituna Lagoon
  43. Little Egret Egretta garzetta
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Bev Alexander
    Location: Lake Ellesmere (Te Waihora)--Kaituna Lagoon
  44. Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
    # Count: 19
    Date:
    Observer: Eleanor Gunby
    Location: Lake Ellesmere (Te Waihora)--Kaituna Lagoon
  45. Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
    # Count: 14
    Date:
    Observer: Alan Gutsell
    Location: Lake Ellesmere (Te Waihora)--Kaituna Lagoon
  46. Redpoll Acanthis flammea
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Alan Gutsell
    Location: Lake Ellesmere (Te Waihora)--Kaituna Lagoon
  47. Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa
    # Count: 20
    Date:
    Observer: Thomas Brooks
    Location: Lake Ellesmere (Te Waihora)--Kaituna Lagoon
  48. Great Egret Ardea alba
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
    Location: Lake Ellesmere (Te Waihora)--Kaituna Lagoon
  49. Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
    # Count: 117
    Date:
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
    Location: Lake Ellesmere (Te Waihora)--Kaituna Lagoon
  50. Black-billed Gull Chroicocephalus bulleri
    # Count: 220
    Date:
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
    Location: Lake Ellesmere (Te Waihora)--Kaituna Lagoon
  51. Black Swan Cygnus atratus
    # Count: 4000
    Date:
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
    Location: Lake Ellesmere (Te Waihora)--Kaituna Lagoon
  52. Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
    # Count: 238
    Date:
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
    Location: Lake Ellesmere (Te Waihora)--Kaituna Lagoon
  53. Spotted Shag Phalacrocorax punctatus
    # Count: 9
    Date:
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
    Location: Lake Ellesmere (Te Waihora)--Kaituna Lagoon
  54. Canada Goose Branta canadensis
    # Count: 1250
    Date:
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
    Location: Lake Ellesmere (Te Waihora)--Kaituna Lagoon
  55. Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
    # Count: 34
    Date:
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
    Location: Lake Ellesmere (Te Waihora)--Kaituna Lagoon
  56. Gray Teal Anas gracilis
    # Count: 2700
    Date:
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
    Location: Lake Ellesmere (Te Waihora)--Kaituna Lagoon
  57. Rock Pigeon Columba livia
    # Count: 195
    Date:
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
    Location: Lake Ellesmere (Te Waihora)--Kaituna Lagoon
  58. Swamp Harrier Circus approximans
    # Count: 7
    Date:
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
    Location: Lake Ellesmere (Te Waihora)--Kaituna Lagoon
  59. Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
    # Count: 77
    Date:
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
    Location: Lake Ellesmere (Te Waihora)--Kaituna Lagoon
  60. Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos
    # Count: 25
    Date:
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
    Location: Lake Ellesmere (Te Waihora)--Kaituna Lagoon
  61. White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae
    # Count: 69
    Date:
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
    Location: Lake Ellesmere (Te Waihora)--Kaituna Lagoon
  62. Australasian Bittern Botaurus poiciloptilus
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Brenda & Graham Smith
    Location: Lake Ellesmere (Te Waihora)--Kaituna Lagoon
  63. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
    # Count: 1000
    Date:
    Observer: Betty and John Seddon
    Location: Lake Ellesmere (Te Waihora)--Kaituna Lagoon

Exotic: Provisional (2)

  1. Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: gabriel normand
    Location: Lake Ellesmere (Te Waihora)--Kaituna Lagoon
  2. Mute Swan Cygnus olor
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Fraser Gurney
    Location: Lake Ellesmere (Te Waihora)--Kaituna Lagoon

Exotic: Escapee (1)

  1. Rook Corvus frugilegus
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Anonymous eBirder
    Location: Lake Ellesmere (Te Waihora)--Kaituna Lagoon

Hybrids (2)

  1. Pied x Black Stilt (hybrid) Himantopus leucocephalus x novaezelandiae
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Anonymous eBirder
    Location: Lake Ellesmere (Te Waihora)--Kaituna Lagoon
  2. Mallard x Pacific Black Duck (hybrid) Anas platyrhynchos x superciliosa
    # Count: 1200
    Date:
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
    Location: Lake Ellesmere (Te Waihora)--Kaituna Lagoon

Additional Taxa (4)

  1. Silver/Black-billed Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae/bulleri
    # Count: 9
    Date:
    Observer: Philip Crutchley
    Location: Lake Ellesmere (Te Waihora)--Kaituna Lagoon
  2. duck sp. Anatidae (duck sp.)
    # Count: 2500
    Date:
    Observer: Luke Seitz
    Location: Lake Ellesmere (Te Waihora)--Kaituna Lagoon
  3. cormorant sp. Phalacrocoracidae sp.
    # Count: 20
    Date:
    Observer: Luke Seitz
    Location: Lake Ellesmere (Te Waihora)--Kaituna Lagoon
  4. Anas sp. Anas sp.
    # Count: 1700
    Date:
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
    Location: Lake Ellesmere (Te Waihora)--Kaituna Lagoon