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Native and Naturalized (82)

  1. Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
    # Count: 100
    Date:
    Observer: Will Schenck
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)
  2. Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
    # Count: 40
    Date:
    Observer: Will Schenck
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)
  3. Westland Petrel Procellaria westlandica
    # Count: 30
    Date:
    Observer: Will Schenck
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)
  4. New Zealand King Shag Leucocarbo carunculatus
    # Count: 25
    Date:
    Observer: Nick Athanas
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)
  5. Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
    # Count: 11
    Date:
    Observer: Brian Hawkins
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)
  6. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
    # Count: 10
    Date:
    Observer: Jim Dawe
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)
  7. White-capped Albatross Thalassarche cauta
    # Count: 10
    Date:
    Observer: Will Schenck
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)
  8. Fairy Prion Pachyptila turtur
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Brian Hawkins
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)
  9. Black-fronted Tern Chlidonias albostriatus
    # Count: 7
    Date:
    Observer: Will Schenck
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)
  10. Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia
    # Count: 7
    Date:
    Observer: Colin Miskelly
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)
  11. White-fronted Tern Sterna striata
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Brian Hawkins
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)
  12. Gray-faced Petrel Pterodroma gouldi
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Oskar Ehrhardt
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)
  13. Fluttering Shearwater Puffinus gavia
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Brian Hawkins
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)
  14. Australasian Gannet Morus serrator
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Brian Hawkins
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)
  15. Rock Pigeon Columba livia
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Emily Jenkins
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)
  16. Weka Gallirallus australis
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: James Hoagland
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)
  17. Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Brian Hawkins
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)
  18. Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Emily Jenkins
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)
  19. Spotted Shag Phalacrocorax punctatus
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Lizzy Steell
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)
  20. Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Brian Hawkins
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)
  21. Paradise Shelduck Tadorna variegata
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Jake Holland
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)
  22. Gray Teal Anas gracilis
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Jim Dawe
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)
  23. Pied Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Lauren Lampley
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)
  24. Variable Oystercatcher Haematopus unicolor
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Jake Holland
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)
  25. White-faced Storm-Petrel Pelagodroma marina
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: William Richards
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)
  26. Northern Giant-Petrel Macronectes halli
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Sophie Carbin
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)
  27. Broad-billed Prion Pachyptila vittata
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Ian Kirkham
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)
  28. European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Sophie Carbin
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)
  29. Black Swan Cygnus atratus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Dan Harville
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)
  30. New Zealand Pigeon Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: D England
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)
  31. Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Jeff Peters
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)
  32. Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Rohan Clarke
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)
  33. Brown Skua Stercorarius antarcticus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: niek van Dorssen
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)
  34. Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Isaac Newell
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)
  35. Little Penguin Eudyptula minor
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ian McLean
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)
  36. Northern Royal Albatross Diomedea sanfordi
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Oskar Ehrhardt
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)
  37. Southern Royal Albatross Diomedea epomophora
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Will Schenck
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)
  38. Snowy Albatross Diomedea exulans
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Nicole Richardson
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)
  39. Antipodean Albatross Diomedea antipodensis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Jeff Peters
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)
  40. Light-mantled Albatross Phoebetria palpebrata
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Hazel Watson
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)
  41. Gray-headed Albatross Thalassarche chrysostoma
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Hugh Robertson
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)
  42. Buller's Albatross Thalassarche bulleri
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Brian Hawkins
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)
  43. Salvin's Albatross Thalassarche salvini
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Oskar Ehrhardt
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)
  44. Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Jeff Peters
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)
  45. Gray-backed Storm-Petrel Garrodia nereis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Colin Miskelly
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)
  46. Southern Giant-Petrel Macronectes giganteus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Patrice Gosselin
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)
  47. Cape Petrel Daption capense
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Will Schenck
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)
  48. Soft-plumaged Petrel Pterodroma mollis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Neil Robertson
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)
  49. Mottled Petrel Pterodroma inexpectata
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Matt Jones
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)
  50. Black-winged Petrel Pterodroma nigripennis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Stefan Thomsen
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)
  51. Cook's Petrel Pterodroma cookii
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Jonathan Klawitter
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)
  52. Gray Petrel Procellaria cinerea
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Jim Nachel
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)
  53. White-chinned Petrel Procellaria aequinoctialis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Jeff Peters
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)
  54. Flesh-footed Shearwater Ardenna carneipes
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Nick Schleissmann
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)
  55. Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Peter Candido
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)
  56. Buller's Shearwater Ardenna bulleri
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Brian Hawkins
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)
  57. Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Michael Burton-Smith
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)
  58. Hutton's Shearwater Puffinus huttoni
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Nick Schleissmann
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)
  59. Little Shearwater Puffinus assimilis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Douglas Long
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)
  60. Common Diving-Petrel Pelecanoides urinatrix
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Dave Howes
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)
  61. Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Kristin Trouton
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)
  62. Pacific Reef-Heron Egretta sacra
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Robert Javorský
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)
  63. White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Christian Andersen Jensen
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)
  64. Great Egret Ardea alba
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: David Lawrie
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)
  65. Swamp Harrier Circus approximans
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Daniel Lane
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)
  66. Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Bryan J. Smith
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)
  67. Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Bryan J. Smith
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)
  68. Silvereye Zosterops lateralis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Evan Lipton
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)
  69. Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Duncan Wells
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)
  70. Australasian Shoveler Spatula rhynchotis
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Valerie La May
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)
  71. California Quail Callipepla californica
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: James Beatty
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)
  72. Australasian Swamphen Porphyrio melanotus
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Margaret Reine
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)
  73. South Island Oystercatcher Haematopus finschi
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Jian-Long(建龍) WU(吳)
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)
  74. Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Jim Nachel
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)
  75. Black-billed Gull Chroicocephalus bulleri
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Kevin Engel
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)
  76. Eastern Cattle Egret Bubulcus coromandus
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Brenda Wright
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)
  77. Rifleman Acanthisitta chloris
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: niek van Dorssen
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)
  78. Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Tyler L. Hoar
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)
  79. European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Jake Holland
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)
  80. Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Richard Miller
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)
  81. Dunnock Prunella modularis
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: niek van Dorssen
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)
  82. House Sparrow Passer domesticus
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Anonymous eBirder
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)

Hybrids (1)

  1. Mallard x Pacific Black Duck (hybrid) Anas platyrhynchos x superciliosa
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Jim Dawe
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)

Additional Taxa (23)

  1. storm-petrel sp. Oceanitidae/Hydrobatidae sp.
    # Count: 60
    Date:
    Observer: Marcin Dyduch
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)
  2. Sooty/Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna grisea/tenuirostris
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Ian Davies
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)
  3. gull sp. Larinae sp.
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Erik FORSYTH
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)
  4. bird sp. Aves sp.
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Isabel Apkarian
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)
  5. White-capped/Salvin's/Chatham Albatross Thalassarche cauta/salvini/eremita
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Jeff Skevington
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)
  6. Procellaria sp. Procellaria sp.
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Jeff Peters
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)
  7. large albatross sp. Diomedea sp.
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Sophie Carbin
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)
  8. small albatross sp. Thalassarche sp.
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Leith Woodall
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)
  9. albatross sp. Diomedeidae sp.
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Peter Coo
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)
  10. prion sp. Pachyptila sp.
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Don Goodale
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)
  11. Hutton's/Fluttering Shearwater Puffinus huttoni/gavia
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Peter Howlett
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)
  12. Parasitic/Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus/pomarinus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Taylor Abbott
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)
  13. jaeger sp. Stercorarius sp. (jaeger sp.)
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Fraser Gurney
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)
  14. Gull-billed/Australian Tern Gelochelidon nilotica/macrotarsa
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Benjamin Luneau
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)
  15. tern sp. Sterninae sp.
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Eamon Riordan-Short
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)
  16. Northern/Southern Royal Albatross Diomedea sanfordi/epomophora
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Mark Ayre
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)
  17. Snowy/Tristan/Antipodean Albatross Diomedea exulans/dabbenena/antipodensis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Doug Gochfeld
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)
  18. Southern/Northern Giant-Petrel Macronectes giganteus/halli
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Paul James
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)
  19. Little/Subantarctic Shearwater Puffinus assimilis/elegans
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Neil Robertson
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)
  20. Sooty/Bridled Tern Onychoprion fuscatus/anaethetus
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: R.H.D. Stidolph
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)
  21. Great-winged/Gray-faced Petrel Pterodroma macroptera/gouldi
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Jonathan Plissner
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)
  22. black-and-white shearwater sp. Puffinus sp. (black-and-white shearwater sp.)
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Patrice Gosselin
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)
  23. shearwater sp. Procellariidae sp. (shearwater sp.)
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Chris O'Connor
    Location: Cook Strait Ferry (Open Ocean Section)