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  1. Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: The Grove (Private Residence), Churchill Street, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.409, 173.678)
  2. Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
    # Count: 18
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: The Grove (Private Residence), Churchill Street, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.409, 173.678)
  3. Black-fronted Tern Chlidonias albostriatus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: The Grove (Private Residence), Churchill Street, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.409, 173.678)
  4. New Zealand Bellbird Anthornis melanura
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: The Grove (Private Residence), Churchill Street, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.409, 173.678)
  5. New Zealand Fantail Rhipidura fuliginosa
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: The Grove (Private Residence), Churchill Street, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.409, 173.678)
  6. Silvereye Zosterops lateralis
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: The Grove (Private Residence), Churchill Street, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.409, 173.678)
  7. European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
    # Count: 22
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: The Grove (Private Residence), Churchill Street, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.409, 173.678)
  8. Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: The Grove (Private Residence), Churchill Street, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.409, 173.678)
  9. Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula
    # Count: 9
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: The Grove (Private Residence), Churchill Street, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.409, 173.678)
  10. Dunnock Prunella modularis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: The Grove (Private Residence), Churchill Street, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.409, 173.678)
  11. House Sparrow Passer domesticus
    # Count: 23
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: The Grove (Private Residence), Churchill Street, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.409, 173.678)
  12. Variable Oystercatcher Haematopus unicolor
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Emily Jenkins
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Dolphin Encounter
  13. Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Emily Jenkins
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Dolphin Encounter
  14. Southern Royal Albatross Diomedea epomophora
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Emily Jenkins
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Dolphin Encounter
  15. Antipodean Albatross Diomedea antipodensis
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Emily Jenkins
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Dolphin Encounter
  16. Buller's Albatross Thalassarche bulleri
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Emily Jenkins
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Dolphin Encounter
  17. White-capped Albatross Thalassarche cauta
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Emily Jenkins
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Dolphin Encounter
  18. Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Emily Jenkins
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Dolphin Encounter
  19. Northern Giant-Petrel Macronectes halli
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Emily Jenkins
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Dolphin Encounter
  20. Cape Petrel Daption capense
    # Count: 14
    Date:
    Observer: Emily Jenkins
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Dolphin Encounter
  21. Westland Petrel Procellaria westlandica
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Emily Jenkins
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Dolphin Encounter
  22. Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Emily Jenkins
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Dolphin Encounter
  23. Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Emily Jenkins
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Dolphin Encounter
  24. Fluttering Shearwater Puffinus gavia
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Emily Jenkins
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Dolphin Encounter
  25. Australasian Gannet Morus serrator
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Emily Jenkins
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Dolphin Encounter
  26. Paradise Shelduck Tadorna variegata
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Emily Jenkins
    Location: Kaikoura--Point Kean Seal Colony
  27. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Emily Jenkins
    Location: Kaikoura--Point Kean Seal Colony
  28. South Island Oystercatcher Haematopus finschi
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Emily Jenkins
    Location: Kaikoura--Point Kean Seal Colony
  29. Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Emily Jenkins
    Location: Kaikoura--Point Kean Seal Colony
  30. Double-banded Plover Anarhynchus bicinctus
    # Count: 13
    Date:
    Observer: Emily Jenkins
    Location: Kaikoura--Point Kean Seal Colony
  31. Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Emily Jenkins
    Location: Kaikoura--Point Kean Seal Colony
  32. Spotted Shag Phalacrocorax punctatus
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Emily Jenkins
    Location: Kaikoura--Point Kean Seal Colony
  33. Gray Gerygone Gerygone igata
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Emily Jenkins
    Location: Kaikoura--Point Kean Seal Colony
  34. Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Emily Jenkins
    Location: Kaikoura--Point Kean Seal Colony
  35. Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Emily Jenkins
    Location: Kaikoura--Point Kean Seal Colony
  36. Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Emily Jenkins
    Location: Kaikoura--Point Kean Seal Colony
  37. Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Emily Jenkins
    Location: Kaikoura--Point Kean Seal Colony
  38. Swamp Harrier Circus approximans
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: The Grove (Private Residence), Churchill Street, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.409, 173.678)
  39. Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: The Grove (Private Residence), Churchill Street, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.409, 173.678)
  40. European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: The Grove (Private Residence), Churchill Street, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.409, 173.678)
  41. Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: The Grove (Private Residence), Churchill Street, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.409, 173.678)
  42. European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: The Grove (Private Residence), Churchill Street, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.409, 173.678)
  43. Black-billed Gull Chroicocephalus bulleri
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Encounter Kaikoura
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  44. White-headed Petrel Pterodroma lessonii
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Jemima Gardiner
    Location: Kaikoura--South Bay Reserve
  45. Rock Pigeon Columba livia
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: The Grove (Private Residence), Churchill Street, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.409, 173.678)
  46. White-fronted Tern Sterna striata
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Tom Hitchon
    Location: Kaikoura South Coast--Paia Point
  47. White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Tom Hitchon
    Location: Kaikoura South Coast--Paia Point
  48. Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Tom Hitchon
    Location: Kaikoura South Coast--Paia Point
  49. Little Owl Athene noctua
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: The Grove (Private Residence), Churchill Street, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.409, 173.678)
  50. Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: 86 Scarborough Street, Kaikoura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.413, 173.682)
  51. Gray Teal Anas gracilis
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Dan Burgin
    Location: Clarence River Mouth
  52. Pied Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Dan Burgin
    Location: Clarence River Mouth
  53. Tui Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Pierce Louderback
    Location: Kaikoura Peninsula (general)
  54. Pipipi Mohoua novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Jean Jack
    Location: Chapmans road, Kaikōura NZ-Canterbury -42.36376, 173.59283
  55. South Island Robin Petroica australis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Jean Jack
    Location: Chapmans road, Kaikōura NZ-Canterbury -42.36376, 173.59283
  56. Canada Goose Branta canadensis
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Pierce Louderback
    Location: Kaikoura--South Bay Reserve
  57. Little Penguin Eudyptula minor
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Pierce Louderback
    Location: Kaikoura--South Bay Reserve
  58. Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Pierce Louderback
    Location: Kaikoura--Point Kean Seal Colony
  59. New Zealand Falcon Falco novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Patrick Crowe
    Location: Paparoa Point Rest Area, Half Moon Bay NZ-Canterbury -42.23602, 173.84643
  60. Australasian Swamphen Porphyrio melanotus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: The Grove (Private Residence), Churchill Street, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.409, 173.678)
  61. Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret
    # Count: 10
    Date:
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
    Location: 4997–5207 Highway 1, Kaikōura NZ-Canterbury -42.06459, 173.94944
  62. Black Swan Cygnus atratus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Kaikoura Town Foreshore--Lyell Creek mouth area
  63. Australasian Shoveler Spatula rhynchotis
    # Count: 7
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Kaikoura Town Foreshore--Lyell Creek mouth area
  64. Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: 80 Esplanade, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.408, 173.685)
  65. Salvin's Albatross Thalassarche salvini
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Stefan Passlick
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  66. White-chinned Petrel Procellaria aequinoctialis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Stefan Passlick
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  67. Buller's Shearwater Ardenna bulleri
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Stefan Passlick
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  68. New Zealand Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Philip Crutchley
    Location: wardens hut
  69. Northern Royal Albatross Diomedea sanfordi
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Kaikōura Peninsula Walkway, Canterbury, NZ (-42.426, 173.689)
  70. Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Kaikōura Peninsula Walkway, Canterbury, NZ (-42.426, 173.689)
  71. Pacific Reef-Heron Egretta sacra
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Tom Hitchon
    Location: Kaikoura South Coast--Paia Point
  72. New Zealand Pigeon Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Nick Schofield
    Location: Kaikoura--Fyffe/Palmer Reserve
  73. North Island Robin Petroica longipes
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Daniel Bastaja
    Location: Kowhai Bush--Schoolhouse Rd entrance
  74. Southern Giant-Petrel Macronectes giganteus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Encounter Kaikoura
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  75. California Quail Callipepla californica
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Lookout Bench, Alpine Pacific Touring Route, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.412, 173.675)
  76. Fairy Prion Pachyptila turtur
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Dave Howes
    Location: Kaikoura pelagic - afternoon
  77. Hutton's Shearwater Puffinus huttoni
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Dave Howes
    Location: Kaikoura--Offshore--'The Lump' Seamount (ONLY for near stationary counts)
  78. Morepork Ninox novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Deleece Augustyn
    Location: 599 Puhi Puhi Valley, Mangamaunu, Canterbury, NZ (-42.27, 173.738)
  79. Flesh-footed Shearwater Ardenna carneipes
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Caiden B
    Location: Canterbury, NZ (-42.474, 173.717)
  80. Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Peter Copley
    Location: Kowhai Bush--Postmans Road
  81. New Zealand Scaup Aythya novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Andrea Chong
    Location: Kaikoura--town waterfront
  82. Common Diving-Petrel Pelecanoides urinatrix
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Encounter Kaikoura
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  83. Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Anonymous eBirder
    Location: Kaikōura- Fyffe Quay
  84. Tomtit Petroica macrocephala
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Anonymous eBirder
    Location: Kaikoura--Mt Fyffe track
  85. Snowy Albatross Diomedea exulans
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ben Ackerley
    Location: Kaikoura--Offshore--'The Lump' Seamount (ONLY for near stationary counts)
  86. White-faced Storm-Petrel Pelagodroma marina
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Elizabeth Keating
    Location: Kaikoura Bay
  87. Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Kaikoura--South Bay Reserve
  88. Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Oscar Nigam
    Location: Kaikoura--town waterfront
  89. Shining Bronze-Cuckoo Chrysococcyx lucidus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Della Bennet
    Location: 7371, Kaikōura NZ-Canterbury -42.37786, 173.61248
  90. Cook's Petrel Pterodroma cookii
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Kate Sutherland
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  91. Gray-faced Petrel Pterodroma gouldi
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Kate Sutherland
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  92. Rifleman Acanthisitta chloris
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Kaikoura--Mt Fyffe track
  93. Kea Nestor notabilis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Kaikoura--Mt Fyffe track
  94. Black-fronted Dotterel Charadrius melanops
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Kekerengu--The Store
  95. Black-winged Petrel Pterodroma nigripennis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Encounter Kaikoura
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  96. Gray-backed Storm-Petrel Garrodia nereis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Encounter Kaikoura
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  97. Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Bridget James
    Location: Kaikoura--Armers Beach
  98. Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Will Parsons
    Location: Lake Rotorua
  99. Chukar Alectoris chukar
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Elizabeth Bell
    Location: Inland Road, Canterbury, NZ (-42.408, 173.485)
  100. Broad-billed Prion Pachyptila vittata
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Howie Nielsen
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  101. Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Kaikoura--Point Kean Seal Colony
  102. Wilson's Storm-Petrel Oceanites oceanicus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Duke N
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Whale Watch Tour
  103. Southern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialoides
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Encounter Kaikoura
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  104. Gray Petrel Procellaria cinerea
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Encounter Kaikoura
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  105. Yellow-eyed Penguin Megadyptes antipodes
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Harrison Bowers
    Location: Kaikoura--Point Kean Seal Colony
  106. Erect-crested Penguin Eudyptes sclateri
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Jemima Gardiner
    Location: Kaikoura--South Bay Reserve
  107. Wrybill Anarhynchus frontalis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Dan Burgin
    Location: Clarence River Mouth
  108. Eastern Cattle Egret Bubulcus coromandus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Fraser Gurney
    Location: Kaikoura--Schoolhouse Rd/Mount Fyffe Rd
  109. Great Egret Ardea alba
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Kaikoura South Coast--Otumatu Rock
  110. Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Bradley Shields
    Location: Kaikoura--South Bay Reserve
  111. Red Knot Calidris canutus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Chris Barnes
    Location: Kaikoura--Point Kean Seal Colony
  112. Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Encounter Kaikoura
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  113. Brown Skua Stercorarius antarcticus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Sila Viriyautsahakul
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  114. Pink-footed Shearwater Ardenna creatopus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Matt Anderson
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  115. White-necked Petrel Pterodroma cervicalis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Encounter Kaikoura
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  116. Parkinson's Petrel Procellaria parkinsoni
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Alex Berryman
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  117. Antarctic Prion Pachyptila desolata
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Anonymous eBirder
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  118. Soft-plumaged Petrel Pterodroma mollis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ric Else
    Location: Kaikoura--Point Kean Seal Colony
  119. Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche chlororhynchos
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Encounter Kaikoura
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  120. Chatham Albatross Thalassarche eremita
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Encounter Kaikoura
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  121. Gray-headed Albatross Thalassarche chrysostoma
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ric Else
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  122. Little Tern Sternula albifrons
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Andrew Crossland
    Location: Kaikoura--Point Kean Seal Colony
  123. Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Philip Crutchley
    Location: Kaikoura Seal point
  124. Fiordland Penguin Eudyptes pachyrhynchus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Andrew Crossland
    Location: Kaikoura Peninsula south side
  125. Mottled Petrel Pterodroma inexpectata
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Brendan Sheean
    Location: Whale Watch Kaikoura Tour
  126. Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Andrew Crossland
    Location: Kaikoura pelagic
  127. Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche carteri
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Oceanwings Albatross Encounter
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  128. Black-bellied Storm-Petrel Fregetta tropica
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Duncan Watson
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  129. South Polar Skua Stercorarius maccormicki
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Peter Allison
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  130. Common Tern Sterna hirundo
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Russell Cannings
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  131. White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Roy Sonnenburg
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  132. Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Tom Feild
    Location: Kaikoura--Point Kean Seal Colony
  133. Gray-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Andreas Täschler
    Location: Kaikoura--Armers Beach
  134. Slender-billed Prion Pachyptila belcheri
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Alan Collins
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  135. Wandering Tattler Tringa incana
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
    Location: Kaikoura--Point Kean Seal Colony
  136. Adelie Penguin Pygoscelis adeliae
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: OSNZ Data
    Location: First Bay South of the car park
  137. Red-breasted Dotterel Anarhynchus obscurus
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: R.H.D. Stidolph
    Location: Kaikoura--Point Kean Seal Colony
  138. Pacific Golden-Plover Pluvialis fulva
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: R.H.D. Stidolph
    Location: Kaikoura, Point Kean

Exotic: Provisional (2)

  1. Graylag Goose Anser anser
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Sarah Dietrich
    Location: 94-2 Red Swamp Road, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.386, 173.635)
  2. Rook Corvus frugilegus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ric Else
    Location: Kaikoura Racecourse

Exotic: Escapee (3)

  1. Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: 31 Red Swamp Road, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.395, 173.646)
  2. Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: 82 Chapmans Road, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.363, 173.585)
  3. Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Tom Waterhouse
    Location: Kaikoura--Point Kean Seal Colony

Hybrids (3)

  1. Mallard x Pacific Black Duck (hybrid) Anas platyrhynchos x superciliosa
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Philip Crutchley
    Location: wardens hut
  2. Pied x Black Stilt (hybrid) Himantopus leucocephalus x novaezelandiae
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Noel Ward
    Location: cnr Dairy Farm and Inland Kaikoura Rd, Kaikōura NZ-Canterbury -42.37491, 173.53316
  3. Graylag Goose x Mute Swan (hybrid) Anser anser x Cygnus olor
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: 60 Esplanade, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.407, 173.685)

Additional Taxa (36)

  1. passerine sp. Passeriformes sp.
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Dan Burgin
    Location: NZ-Canterbury-Clarence River-Rivermouth Trap Line-True Left-CN10
  2. large albatross sp. Diomedea sp.
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Pierce Louderback
    Location: Kaikoura--South Bay Reserve
  3. Tui/New Zealand Bellbird Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae/Anthornis melanura
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Dawn Palmer
    Location: Fyffe Quay, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.42, 173.708)
  4. small albatross sp. Thalassarche sp.
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Sudima, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.409, 173.686)
  5. Silver/Black-billed Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae/bulleri
    # Count: 30
    Date:
    Observer: Stefan Passlick
    Location: Kekerengu--The Store
  6. bird sp. Aves sp.
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Encounter Kaikoura
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  7. Snowy/Tristan/Antipodean Albatross Diomedea exulans/dabbenena/antipodensis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Encounter Kaikoura
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  8. shearwater sp. Procellariidae sp. (shearwater sp.)
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Deleece Augustyn
    Location: 1137 State Highway 1, Canterbury, NZ (-42.306, 173.752)
  9. Sooty/Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna grisea/tenuirostris
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Nick Schofield
    Location: Kaikoura--Offshore--'The Hole' (ONLY for near stationary counts)
  10. albatross sp. Diomedeidae sp.
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Kaikoura--South Bay Reserve
  11. Procellaria sp. Procellaria sp.
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Caiden B
    Location: Canterbury, NZ (-42.452, 173.69)
  12. Northern/Southern Royal Albatross Diomedea sanfordi/epomophora
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Joe Yuhas
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  13. Southern/Northern Giant-Petrel Macronectes giganteus/halli
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Kathy Mihm Dunning
    Location: Bay South of Pinnacle Rock
  14. cormorant sp. Phalacrocoracidae sp.
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Rosie Donovan
    Location: Kaikoura--Offshore--'The Hole' (ONLY for near stationary counts)
  15. Hutton's/Fluttering Shearwater Puffinus huttoni/gavia
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Mats Olsthoorn
    Location: Kaikoura--Point Kean Seal Colony
  16. heron sp. Ardeidae sp.
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Anonymous eBirder
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  17. gull sp. Larinae sp.
    # Count: 100
    Date:
    Observer: Matt Dufort
    Location: Kaikoura--Point Kean Seal Colony
  18. black-and-white shearwater sp. Puffinus sp. (black-and-white shearwater sp.)
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Juliette Renard
    Location: Kaikoura South Coast--Raramai
  19. duck sp. Anatidae (duck sp.)
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Sharen Graham
    Location: Kaikōura, NZ (-42.268, 173.321)
  20. tern sp. Sterninae sp.
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Tom Stadtmüller
    Location: Kaikoura Peninsula (general)
  21. oystercatcher sp. Haematopus sp.
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Christopher Tuffley
    Location: Fyffe Quay, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.423, 173.718)
  22. jaeger sp. Stercorarius sp. (jaeger sp.)
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Cara Borre
    Location: Auto selected -42.51070, 173.62873
  23. Pterodroma sp. Pterodroma sp.
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Fraser Gurney
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  24. storm-petrel sp. Oceanitidae/Hydrobatidae sp.
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Whale Watch tour, Canterbury, NZ (-42.473, 173.744)
  25. prion sp. Pachyptila sp.
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
    Location: Recreational Reserve, Kaikoura Peninsula NZ-Canterbury -42.42384, 173.71610
  26. procellariid sp. Procellariidae sp.
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: DOC Tier 1 Bird Counts
    Location: BV114
  27. gull/tern sp. Laridae sp.
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Dan Burgin
    Location: NZ-Canterbury-Kaikōura-Kowhai River Mouth
  28. Mallard/Pacific Black Duck Anas platyrhynchos/superciliosa
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Alan Shaw
    Location: Kaikoura--South Bay Reserve
  29. skua sp. Stercorarius sp. (skua sp.)
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Scott Heppel
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  30. Long-tailed/Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus/parasiticus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Don Hadden
    Location: Kaikoura pelagic
  31. Parasitic/Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus/pomarinus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Nyil Khwaja
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  32. curlew sp. Numenius sp.
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Hazel Watson
    Location: Kaikoura--Point Kean Seal Colony
  33. Great-winged/Gray-faced Petrel Pterodroma macroptera/gouldi
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ric Else
    Location: Kaikoura--Point Kean Seal Colony
  34. peep sp. Calidris sp. (peep sp.)
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Angelika Nelson
    Location: Peneka Beach camping
  35. White-capped/Salvin's/Chatham Albatross Thalassarche cauta/salvini/eremita
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Vince Griesemer
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Whale Watch Tour
  36. Gray-tailed/Wandering Tattler Tringa brevipes/incana
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Richard Cope
    Location: Kaikoura Peninsula Walkway