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  1. Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
    # Count: 27
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: The Grove (Private Residence), Churchill Street, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.409, 173.678)
  2. Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
    # Count: 56
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: The Grove (Private Residence), Churchill Street, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.409, 173.678)
  3. Swamp Harrier Circus approximans
    # 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. Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: The Grove (Private Residence), Churchill Street, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.409, 173.678)
  6. New Zealand Fantail Rhipidura fuliginosa
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: The Grove (Private Residence), Churchill Street, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.409, 173.678)
  7. Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: The Grove (Private Residence), Churchill Street, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.409, 173.678)
  8. European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
    # Count: 18
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: The Grove (Private Residence), Churchill Street, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.409, 173.678)
  9. Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula
    # Count: 7
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: The Grove (Private Residence), Churchill Street, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.409, 173.678)
  10. Dunnock Prunella modularis
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: The Grove (Private Residence), Churchill Street, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.409, 173.678)
  11. House Sparrow Passer domesticus
    # Count: 38
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: The Grove (Private Residence), Churchill Street, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.409, 173.678)
  12. Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: The Grove (Private Residence), Churchill Street, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.409, 173.678)
  13. European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: The Grove (Private Residence), Churchill Street, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.409, 173.678)
  14. 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)
  15. Silvereye Zosterops lateralis
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: The Grove (Private Residence), Churchill Street, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.409, 173.678)
  16. Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: The Grove (Private Residence), Churchill Street, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.409, 173.678)
  17. Variable Oystercatcher Haematopus unicolor
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Emily Jenkins
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Dolphin Encounter
  18. Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Emily Jenkins
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Dolphin Encounter
  19. Southern Royal Albatross Diomedea epomophora
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Emily Jenkins
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Dolphin Encounter
  20. Antipodean Albatross Diomedea antipodensis
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Emily Jenkins
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Dolphin Encounter
  21. Buller's Albatross Thalassarche bulleri
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Emily Jenkins
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Dolphin Encounter
  22. White-capped Albatross Thalassarche cauta
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Emily Jenkins
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Dolphin Encounter
  23. Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Emily Jenkins
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Dolphin Encounter
  24. Northern Giant-Petrel Macronectes halli
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Emily Jenkins
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Dolphin Encounter
  25. Cape Petrel Daption capense
    # Count: 14
    Date:
    Observer: Emily Jenkins
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Dolphin Encounter
  26. Westland Petrel Procellaria westlandica
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Emily Jenkins
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Dolphin Encounter
  27. Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Emily Jenkins
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Dolphin Encounter
  28. Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Emily Jenkins
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Dolphin Encounter
  29. Fluttering Shearwater Puffinus gavia
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Emily Jenkins
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Dolphin Encounter
  30. Australasian Gannet Morus serrator
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Emily Jenkins
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Dolphin Encounter
  31. Paradise Shelduck Tadorna variegata
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Emily Jenkins
    Location: Kaikoura--Point Kean Seal Colony
  32. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Emily Jenkins
    Location: Kaikoura--Point Kean Seal Colony
  33. South Island Oystercatcher Haematopus finschi
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Emily Jenkins
    Location: Kaikoura--Point Kean Seal Colony
  34. Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Emily Jenkins
    Location: Kaikoura--Point Kean Seal Colony
  35. Double-banded Plover Anarhynchus bicinctus
    # Count: 13
    Date:
    Observer: Emily Jenkins
    Location: Kaikoura--Point Kean Seal Colony
  36. Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Emily Jenkins
    Location: Kaikoura--Point Kean Seal Colony
  37. Spotted Shag Phalacrocorax punctatus
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Emily Jenkins
    Location: Kaikoura--Point Kean Seal Colony
  38. Gray Gerygone Gerygone igata
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Emily Jenkins
    Location: Kaikoura--Point Kean Seal Colony
  39. Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Emily Jenkins
    Location: Kaikoura--Point Kean Seal Colony
  40. Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Emily Jenkins
    Location: Kaikoura--Point Kean Seal Colony
  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)

Hybrids (1)

  1. Mallard x Pacific Black Duck (hybrid) Anas platyrhynchos x superciliosa
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Philip Crutchley
    Location: wardens hut

Additional Taxa (7)

  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)