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Native and Naturalized (137)

  1. White-headed Petrel Pterodroma lessonii
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Jemima Gardiner
    Location: Kaikoura--South Bay Reserve
  2. Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos
    # Count: 28
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Kaikōura Peninsula Walkway, Canterbury, NZ (-42.426, 173.689)
  3. Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Peter Copley
    Location: Kowhai Bush--Postmans Road
  4. White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae
    # Count: 48
    Date:
    Observer: Kurt Pohlman
    Location: Kaikoura--Postmans Rd/McInnes Rd
  5. Black-winged Petrel Pterodroma nigripennis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Encounter Kaikoura
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  6. Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Kaikoura--South Bay Reserve
  7. Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Will Parsons
    Location: Lake Rotorua
  8. Broad-billed Prion Pachyptila vittata
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Howie Nielsen
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  9. Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
    # Count: 500
    Date:
    Observer: Anonymous eBirder
    Location: Kaikoura Peninsula Walkway
  10. Southern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialoides
    # Count: 11
    Date:
    Observer: Encounter Kaikoura
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  11. Australasian Swamphen Porphyrio melanotus
    # Count: 30
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: 78 Hawthorne Road, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.391, 173.664)
  12. Erect-crested Penguin Eudyptes sclateri
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Jemima Gardiner
    Location: Kaikoura--South Bay Reserve
  13. Paradise Shelduck Tadorna variegata
    # Count: 275
    Date:
    Observer: Peter Mann
    Location: Kaikoura sewage ponds
  14. Kea Nestor notabilis
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Mats Olsthoorn
    Location: Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.261, 173.603)
  15. Salvin's Albatross Thalassarche salvini
    # Count: 1000
    Date:
    Observer: Heather Alexander
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  16. California Quail Callipepla californica
    # Count: 35
    Date:
    Observer: Mike Bell
    Location: NZ (-42.125, 173.627)
  17. Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
    # Count: 65
    Date:
    Observer: Mike Bell
    Location: Inland Kaikoura Road, Inland Road, Canterbury, NZ (-42.385, 173.511)
  18. New Zealand Scaup Aythya novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 82
    Date:
    Observer: Noel Ward
    Location: Kaikoura sewage ponds
  19. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
    # Count: 245
    Date:
    Observer: Simon Lamb
    Location: Kaikoura sewage ponds
  20. European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
    # Count: 150
    Date:
    Observer: Patrick Crowe
    Location: 7371, Kaikoura Flat NZ-Canterbury (-42.3626,173.6115)
  21. New Zealand Pigeon Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 15
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Waipapa Bay, Canterbury, NZ (-42.104, 173.813)
  22. Tomtit Petroica macrocephala
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Patrick Crowe
    Location: Chalk Range, Clarence NZ-Canterbury -41.91751, 173.91453
  23. Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
    # Count: 25
    Date:
    Observer: Christian Cosgrove
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  24. Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris
    # Count: 1000
    Date:
    Observer: Encounter Kaikoura
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  25. Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret
    # Count: 100
    Date:
    Observer: Warwick Allen
    Location: Kaikoura--Mt Fyffe track
  26. Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
    # Count: 5000
    Date:
    Observer: Philip Crutchley
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Whale Watch Tour
  27. Northern Royal Albatross Diomedea sanfordi
    # Count: 25
    Date:
    Observer: Encounter Kaikoura
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  28. Great Egret Ardea alba
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Kaikoura South Coast--Otumatu Rock
  29. Flesh-footed Shearwater Ardenna carneipes
    # Count: 20
    Date:
    Observer: Encounter Kaikoura
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  30. Westland Petrel Procellaria westlandica
    # Count: 300
    Date:
    Observer: Encounter Kaikoura
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  31. Tui Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 11
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Mahoe, Kaikoura Flat, Canterbury, NZ (-42.338, 173.64)
  32. Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Bradley Shields
    Location: Kaikoura--South Bay Reserve
  33. European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
    # Count: 100
    Date:
    Observer: Mike Bell
    Location: 123 Kiwa Road, Hapuku, Canterbury, NZ (-42.321, 173.749)
  34. New Zealand Bellbird Anthornis melanura
    # Count: 32
    Date:
    Observer: Bradley Waggoner
    Location: Kaikoura--Mt Fyffe track
  35. New Zealand Fantail Rhipidura fuliginosa
    # Count: 50
    Date:
    Observer: Bradley Waggoner
    Location: Kaikoura--Mt Fyffe track
  36. Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Bradley Waggoner
    Location: Kaikoura--New Wharf to Fyffe House
  37. Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
    # Count: 12
    Date:
    Observer: Neil Renwick
    Location: Kaikoura--Point Kean Seal Colony
  38. Chukar Alectoris chukar
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: DOC Tier 1 Bird Counts
    Location: BV113
  39. Red Knot Calidris canutus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Chris Barnes
    Location: Kaikoura--Point Kean Seal Colony
  40. South Island Robin Petroica australis
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Sean Mahoney
    Location: Postmans Road, Inland Road NZ-Canterbury (-42.3676,173.5955)
  41. Morepork Ninox novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 7
    Date:
    Observer: Mike Bell
    Location: Puhi Peaks Station, 1695 Puhi Puhi Road, Kaikoura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.189, 173.77)
  42. White-fronted Tern Sterna striata
    # Count: 2000
    Date:
    Observer: Patrick Crowe
    Location: Clarence River Mouth
  43. Gray Gerygone Gerygone igata
    # Count: 20
    Date:
    Observer: Roger Robb
    Location: Kowhai Bush--Schoolhouse Rd entrance
  44. Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
    # Count: 20
    Date:
    Observer: Roger Robb
    Location: Kowhai Bush--Schoolhouse Rd entrance
  45. Wrybill Anarhynchus frontalis
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Mike Bell
    Location: Waima River Mouth, Marlborough, NZ (-42.395, 173.679)
  46. Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Encounter Kaikoura
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  47. Black-fronted Dotterel Charadrius melanops
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Donavin de Jager
    Location: Kaikoura South Coast--Kowhai River Mouth
  48. Wilson's Storm-Petrel Oceanites oceanicus
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Encounter Kaikoura
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  49. Gray-backed Storm-Petrel Garrodia nereis
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Encounter Kaikoura
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  50. White-chinned Petrel Procellaria aequinoctialis
    # Count: 50
    Date:
    Observer: Encounter Kaikoura
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  51. Pied Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus
    # Count: 17
    Date:
    Observer: Patrick Crowe
    Location: Clarence River Mouth
  52. Hutton's Shearwater Puffinus huttoni
    # Count: 100K
    Date:
    Observer: Daniel Hinckley | samazul.com
    Location: Kaikoura Peninsula (general)
  53. Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
    # Count: 200
    Date:
    Observer: Sarah Beavis
    Location: Kaikoura--Schoolhouse Rd/Red Swamp Rd
  54. Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius
    # Count: 800
    Date:
    Observer: Encounter Kaikoura
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  55. Fairy Prion Pachyptila turtur
    # Count: 5000
    Date:
    Observer: Bev Alexander
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  56. Buller's Albatross Thalassarche bulleri
    # Count: 51
    Date:
    Observer: Encounter Kaikoura
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  57. Australasian Gannet Morus serrator
    # Count: 135
    Date:
    Observer: Encounter Kaikoura
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  58. Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena
    # Count: 80
    Date:
    Observer: Stuart Nicholson
    Location: Kaikoura South Coast--Paia Point
  59. Pink-footed Shearwater Ardenna creatopus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Matt Anderson
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  60. White-necked Petrel Pterodroma cervicalis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Encounter Kaikoura
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  61. Shining Bronze-Cuckoo Chrysococcyx lucidus
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: David Irving
    Location: Kowhai Bush--Schoolhouse Rd entrance
  62. Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa
    # Count: 20
    Date:
    Observer: Paul Maury
    Location: 7371, Kaikoura Flat NZ-Canterbury (-42.3648,173.6888)
  63. Antarctic Prion Pachyptila desolata
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Anonymous eBirder
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  64. New Zealand Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 12
    Date:
    Observer: Puhi Peaks Station
    Location: Puhi Peaks Station, Kaikoura, New Zealand
  65. Double-banded Plover Anarhynchus bicinctus
    # Count: 216
    Date:
    Observer: Ric Else
    Location: Kaikoura--town waterfront
  66. Australasian Shoveler Spatula rhynchotis
    # Count: 120
    Date:
    Observer: Ric Else
    Location: Kaikoura sewage ponds
  67. White-capped Albatross Thalassarche cauta
    # Count: 145
    Date:
    Observer: Ric Else
    Location: Kaikoura South Coast--Goose Bay
  68. Fluttering Shearwater Puffinus gavia
    # Count: 2000
    Date:
    Observer: Ric Else
    Location: Kaikoura--town waterfront
  69. House Sparrow Passer domesticus
    # Count: 150
    Date:
    Observer: Ric Else
    Location: Kaikoura--South Bay Reserve
  70. Little Penguin Eudyptula minor
    # Count: 19
    Date:
    Observer: Ric Else
    Location: Kaikoura--South Bay Reserve
  71. Black-billed Gull Chroicocephalus bulleri
    # Count: 900
    Date:
    Observer: Ric Else
    Location: Kaikoura sewage ponds
  72. Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia
    # Count: 35
    Date:
    Observer: Hazel Watson
    Location: Kaikoura--town waterfront
  73. Buller's Shearwater Ardenna bulleri
    # Count: 350
    Date:
    Observer: Ric Else
    Location: Kaikoura--Point Kean Seal Colony
  74. Common Diving-Petrel Pelecanoides urinatrix
    # Count: 140
    Date:
    Observer: Ric Else
    Location: Kaikoura--Point Kean Seal Colony
  75. Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
    # Count: 70
    Date:
    Observer: Ric Else
    Location: Kaikoura--Point Kean Seal Colony
  76. Canada Goose Branta canadensis
    # Count: 220
    Date:
    Observer: Ric Else
    Location: Lake Rotoiti
  77. Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
    # Count: 103
    Date:
    Observer: Ric Else
    Location: Kaikoura--town waterfront
  78. Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche chlororhynchos
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Encounter Kaikoura
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  79. European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
    # Count: 4000
    Date:
    Observer: Philip Crutchley
    Location: Donegal House
  80. Little Owl Athene noctua
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Ric Else
    Location: Postman's Road
  81. Cook's Petrel Pterodroma cookii
    # Count: 26
    Date:
    Observer: Ric Else
    Location: Kaikoura--Point Kean Seal Colony
  82. Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
    # Count: 18
    Date:
    Observer: Hazel Watson
    Location: Kaikoura--Point Kean Seal Colony
  83. Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
    # Count: 101
    Date:
    Observer: Ric Else
    Location: Kaikoura sewage ponds
  84. Southern Royal Albatross Diomedea epomophora
    # Count: 24
    Date:
    Observer: Sho Rapley
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  85. Northern Giant-Petrel Macronectes halli
    # Count: 120
    Date:
    Observer: Sho Rapley
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  86. New Zealand Falcon Falco novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Native Birds Taranaki
    Location: Puhi Puhi Reserve Kaikoura
  87. Gray Teal Anas gracilis
    # Count: 63
    Date:
    Observer: Ric Else
    Location: Kaikoura sewage ponds
  88. Chatham Albatross Thalassarche eremita
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Encounter Kaikoura
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  89. Gray-headed Albatross Thalassarche chrysostoma
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ric Else
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  90. Dunnock Prunella modularis
    # Count: 13
    Date:
    Observer: Ric Else
    Location: Kaikoura Peninsula Walkway
  91. Soft-plumaged Petrel Pterodroma mollis
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Alan Tennyson
    Location: South of Kaikoura Peninsula, at 1000m depth contour
  92. Little Tern Sternula albifrons
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Andrew Crossland
    Location: Kaikoura--Point Kean Seal Colony
  93. Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Philip Crutchley
    Location: Kaikoura Seal point
  94. Pacific Reef-Heron Egretta sacra
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Evan Lipton
    Location: Kaikoura Peninsula (general)
  95. Fiordland Penguin Eudyptes pachyrhynchus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Andrew Crossland
    Location: Kaikoura Peninsula south side
  96. Mottled Petrel Pterodroma inexpectata
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Brendan Sheean
    Location: Whale Watch Kaikoura Tour
  97. Snowy Albatross Diomedea exulans
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Robert Hamilton
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  98. Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
    # Count: 15
    Date:
    Observer: Michael Hoit
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  99. Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
    # Count: 31
    Date:
    Observer: Nikki McArthur
    Location: Kaikoura Peninsula Walkway from Pt Kean to shearwater fence
  100. Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Andrew Crossland
    Location: Kaikoura pelagic
  101. Yellow-eyed Penguin Megadyptes antipodes
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Andrew Crossland
    Location: Kaikoura pelagic
  102. Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula
    # Count: 50
    Date:
    Observer: Tommy Pedersen
    Location: New Zealand State Hwy 1--42.27695S,173.78327E
  103. Brown Skua Stercorarius antarcticus
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Peter Frost
    Location: 39.1 km SSE Kaikoura, -42.7533, 173.8969
  104. Antipodean Albatross Diomedea antipodensis
    # Count: 45
    Date:
    Observer: Oceanwings Albatross Encounter
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  105. Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche carteri
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Oceanwings Albatross Encounter
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  106. Cape Petrel Daption capense
    # Count: 400
    Date:
    Observer: Oceanwings Albatross Encounter
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  107. Black-bellied Storm-Petrel Fregetta tropica
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Duncan Watson
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  108. Spotted Shag Phalacrocorax punctatus
    # Count: 3000
    Date:
    Observer: Oceanwings Albatross Encounter
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  109. Parkinson's Petrel Procellaria parkinsoni
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Oceanwings Albatross Encounter
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  110. South Polar Skua Stercorarius maccormicki
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Peter Allison
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  111. White-faced Storm-Petrel Pelagodroma marina
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Oceanwings Albatross Encounter
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  112. Southern Giant-Petrel Macronectes giganteus
    # Count: 57
    Date:
    Observer: Oceanwings Albatross Encounter
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  113. Common Tern Sterna hirundo
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Russell Cannings
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  114. Gray-faced Petrel Pterodroma gouldi
    # Count: 30
    Date:
    Observer: Oceanwings Albatross Encounter
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  115. Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris
    # Count: 70
    Date:
    Observer: Oceanwings Albatross Encounter
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  116. Black-fronted Tern Chlidonias albostriatus
    # Count: 2000
    Date:
    Observer: Russell Cannings
    Location: Kaikoura Peninsula (general)
  117. Rifleman Acanthisitta chloris
    # Count: 17
    Date:
    Observer: Russell Cannings
    Location: Kaikoura--Fyffe/Palmer Reserve
  118. Pipipi Mohoua novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 34
    Date:
    Observer: Russell Cannings
    Location: Kaikoura--Fyffe/Palmer Reserve
  119. Silvereye Zosterops lateralis
    # Count: 111
    Date:
    Observer: Russell Cannings
    Location: Kaikoura--Fyffe/Palmer Reserve
  120. Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
    # Count: 35
    Date:
    Observer: Russell Cannings
    Location: Kaikoura--Point Kean Seal Colony
  121. Rock Pigeon Columba livia
    # Count: 50
    Date:
    Observer: Richard Knapton
    Location: Kaikoura--town waterfront
  122. Swamp Harrier Circus approximans
    # Count: 9
    Date:
    Observer: Oceanwings Albatross Encounter
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  123. White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Roy Sonnenburg
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  124. Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus
    # Count: 16
    Date:
    Observer: Alan Shaw
    Location: Kaikoura--South Bay Reserve
  125. Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Oscar Campbell
    Location: Kaikoura Peninsula (general)
  126. Slender-billed Prion Pachyptila belcheri
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Alan Collins
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  127. Wandering Tattler Tringa incana
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
    Location: Kaikoura--Point Kean Seal Colony
  128. Black Swan Cygnus atratus
    # Count: 20
    Date:
    Observer: Sylvia Nana
    Location: Kaikoura sewage ponds
  129. Gray Petrel Procellaria cinerea
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
    Location: Kaikoura--FV Virgo
  130. Variable Oystercatcher Haematopus unicolor
    # Count: 45
    Date:
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
    Location: Kaikoura--South Bay Reserve
  131. Adelie Penguin Pygoscelis adeliae
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: OSNZ Data
    Location: First Bay South of the car park
  132. Gray-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Michael Brinch-Pedersen
    Location: Kaikoura--Point Kean Seal Colony
  133. South Island Oystercatcher Haematopus finschi
    # Count: 1200
    Date:
    Observer: Michael Brinch-Pedersen
    Location: Kaikoura sewage ponds
  134. Eastern Cattle Egret Bubulcus coromandus
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: David Lawrie
    Location: Kaikoura South Coast--Kowhai River Mouth
  135. Red-breasted Dotterel Anarhynchus obscurus
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: R.H.D. Stidolph
    Location: Kaikoura--Point Kean Seal Colony
  136. Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
    # Count: 10,000
    Date:
    Observer: R.H.D. Stidolph
    Location: Peketa
  137. Pacific Golden-Plover Pluvialis fulva
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: R.H.D. Stidolph
    Location: Kaikoura, Point Kean

Exotic: Provisional (2)

  1. Rook Corvus frugilegus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ric Else
    Location: Kaikoura Racecourse
  2. Graylag Goose Anser anser
    # Count: 10
    Date:
    Observer: Bev Alexander
    Location: Jimmy Armers Beach

Exotic: Escapee (3)

  1. Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Lloyd Esler
    Location: ck57
  2. Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Tom Waterhouse
    Location: Kaikoura--Point Kean Seal Colony
  3. Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Nikki McArthur
    Location: Kaikoura, corner of Red Swamp Rd and Green Lane

Hybrids (3)

  1. 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
  2. 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)
  3. Mallard x Pacific Black Duck (hybrid) Anas platyrhynchos x superciliosa
    # Count: 250
    Date:
    Observer: Michel Robert
    Location: Kaikoura sewage ponds

Additional Taxa (36)

  1. Tui/New Zealand Bellbird Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae/Anthornis melanura
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Dawn Palmer
    Location: Fyffe Quay, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.42, 173.708)
  2. Silver/Black-billed Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae/bulleri
    # Count: 600
    Date:
    Observer: Don Lovett
    Location: Kaikoura South Coast--Omihi Reserve
  3. small albatross sp. Thalassarche sp.
    # Count: 73
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Kaikoura--Point Kean Seal Colony
  4. heron sp. Ardeidae sp.
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Anonymous eBirder
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  5. passerine sp. Passeriformes sp.
    # Count: 53
    Date:
    Observer: Heath Melville
    Location: Atia Point, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.433, 173.696)
  6. albatross sp. Diomedeidae sp.
    # Count: 25
    Date:
    Observer: Shaun Robson
    Location: Kaikoura--Point Kean Seal Colony
  7. tern sp. Sterninae sp.
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Tom Stadtmüller
    Location: Kaikoura Peninsula (general)
  8. oystercatcher sp. Haematopus sp.
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Christopher Tuffley
    Location: Fyffe Quay, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.423, 173.718)
  9. Northern/Southern Royal Albatross Diomedea sanfordi/epomophora
    # Count: 15
    Date:
    Observer: Patricia Deventer
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  10. Pterodroma sp. Pterodroma sp.
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Fraser Gurney
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  11. Hutton's/Fluttering Shearwater Puffinus huttoni/gavia
    # Count: 2000
    Date:
    Observer: Encounter Kaikoura
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  12. prion sp. Pachyptila sp.
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
    Location: Recreational Reserve, Kaikoura Peninsula NZ-Canterbury -42.42384, 173.71610
  13. bird sp. Aves sp.
    # Count: 200
    Date:
    Observer: Georgie Archibald
    Location: H1 btwn Oaro and Paia Rocks
  14. procellariid sp. Procellariidae sp.
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: DOC Tier 1 Bird Counts
    Location: BV114
  15. duck sp. Anatidae (duck sp.)
    # Count: 30
    Date:
    Observer: Tim Lovegrove
    Location: Kaikoura Peninsula Walkway
  16. Procellaria sp. Procellaria sp.
    # Count: 1000
    Date:
    Observer: malcolm rutherford
    Location: State Highway 1, Canterbury, NZ (-42.244, 173.834)
  17. gull/tern sp. Laridae sp.
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Dan Burgin
    Location: NZ-Canterbury-Kaikōura-Kowhai River Mouth
  18. Mallard/Pacific Black Duck Anas platyrhynchos/superciliosa
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Alan Shaw
    Location: Kaikoura--South Bay Reserve
  19. storm-petrel sp. Oceanitidae/Hydrobatidae sp.
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: KORI Dolphin Survey South Route NZ (-42.461, 173.644)
  20. Southern/Northern Giant-Petrel Macronectes giganteus/halli
    # Count: 42
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: KORI Dolphin Survey South Route NZ (-42.461, 173.644)
  21. skua sp. Stercorarius sp. (skua sp.)
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Scott Heppel
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  22. jaeger sp. Stercorarius sp. (jaeger sp.)
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Bradley Waggoner
    Location: Kaikoura--New Wharf to Fyffe House
  23. cormorant sp. Phalacrocoracidae sp.
    # Count: 50
    Date:
    Observer: Bradley Waggoner
    Location: Kaikoura--New Wharf to Fyffe House
  24. large albatross sp. Diomedea sp.
    # Count: 50
    Date:
    Observer: Richard Crossley
    Location: Kaikoura--Point Kean Seal Colony
  25. Long-tailed/Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus/parasiticus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Don Hadden
    Location: Kaikoura pelagic
  26. Parasitic/Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus/pomarinus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Nyil Khwaja
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  27. black-and-white shearwater sp. Puffinus sp. (black-and-white shearwater sp.)
    # Count: 400
    Date:
    Observer: William Hemstrom
    Location: 103 South Bay Parade, South Bay, Canterbury, NZ (-42.422, 173.682)
  28. Sooty/Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna grisea/tenuirostris
    # Count: 1000
    Date:
    Observer: Ric Else
    Location: Kaikoura--Point Kean Seal Colony
  29. gull sp. Larinae sp.
    # Count: 1500
    Date:
    Observer: Ric Else
    Location: Kaikoura South Coast--Goose Bay
  30. curlew sp. Numenius sp.
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Hazel Watson
    Location: Kaikoura--Point Kean Seal Colony
  31. Great-winged/Gray-faced Petrel Pterodroma macroptera/gouldi
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Chuck Heikkinen
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  32. peep sp. Calidris sp. (peep sp.)
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Angelika Nelson
    Location: Peneka Beach camping
  33. White-capped/Salvin's/Chatham Albatross Thalassarche cauta/salvini/eremita
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Vince Griesemer
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Whale Watch Tour
  34. Gray-tailed/Wandering Tattler Tringa brevipes/incana
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Richard Cope
    Location: Kaikoura Peninsula Walkway
  35. Snowy/Tristan/Antipodean Albatross Diomedea exulans/dabbenena/antipodensis
    # Count: 50
    Date:
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
    Location: Kaikoura--FV Virgo
  36. shearwater sp. Procellariidae sp. (shearwater sp.)
    # Count: 1500
    Date:
    Observer: Michael Brinch-Pedersen
    Location: Kaikoura Peninsula (general)