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  1. Tui Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: The Grove (Private Residence), Churchill Street, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.409, 173.678)
  2. Swamp Harrier Circus approximans
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: The Grove (Private Residence), Churchill Street, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.409, 173.678)
  3. Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: The Grove (Private Residence), Churchill Street, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.409, 173.678)
  4. Northern Royal Albatross Diomedea sanfordi
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: david kembel
    Location: Kaikoura—South Bay Coastguard Station
  5. Northern Giant-Petrel Macronectes halli
    # Count: 14
    Date:
    Observer: Cassandre Crawford
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  6. Southern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialoides
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: david kembel
    Location: Kaikoura—South Bay Coastguard Station
  7. Westland Petrel Procellaria westlandica
    # Count: 9
    Date:
    Observer: david kembel
    Location: Kaikoura—South Bay Coastguard Station
  8. South Island Oystercatcher Haematopus finschi
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Ana de Joux
    Location: Kaikoura--Offshore--'The Hole' (ONLY for near stationary counts)
  9. Salvin's Albatross Thalassarche salvini
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Ana de Joux
    Location: Kaikoura--Offshore--'The Hole' (ONLY for near stationary counts)
  10. Rock Pigeon Columba livia
    # Count: 19
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: The Grove (Private Residence), Churchill Street, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.409, 173.678)
  11. Morepork Ninox novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: 11 Shearwater Drive, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.406, 173.676)
  12. Canada Goose Branta canadensis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Christian Cosgrove
    Location: Kaikoura South Coast--Kahutara River Mouth
  13. Pied Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Christian Cosgrove
    Location: Kaikoura South Coast--Kahutara River Mouth
  14. Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Christian Cosgrove
    Location: Kaikoura--Tom's Track
  15. Hutton's Shearwater Puffinus huttoni
    # Count: 28
    Date:
    Observer: Christian Cosgrove
    Location: Kaikoura--Point Kean Seal Colony
  16. Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Christian Cosgrove
    Location: Kaikoura--Point Kean Seal Colony
  17. White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae
    # Count: 7
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Inland Road, Canterbury, NZ (-42.38, 173.611)
  18. Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
    # Count: 15
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Inland Road, Canterbury, NZ (-42.38, 173.611)
  19. Paradise Shelduck Tadorna variegata
    # Count: 11
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Kaikoura--South Bay Reserve
  20. Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Kaikoura--South Bay Reserve
  21. Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius
    # Count: 34
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Kaikoura--South Bay Reserve
  22. Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena
    # Count: 25
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Kaikoura--South Bay Reserve
  23. Australasian Shoveler Spatula rhynchotis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Kaikoura--beach adjacent Railway Station
  24. Silvereye Zosterops lateralis
    # Count: 34
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Kaikoura--beach adjacent Railway Station
  25. Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Oscar Thomas
    Location: Kaikoura South Coast--Pinnacle Rock
  26. Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Oscar Thomas
    Location: 21 Mount Fyffe Rd South, Kaikōura NZ-Canterbury -42.40236, 173.66905
  27. Black-fronted Tern Chlidonias albostriatus
    # Count: 30
    Date:
    Observer: Oscar Thomas
    Location: NZ-Canterbury-Kaikōura-South Bay-Pelagic-(-42.44402, 173.67040)
  28. Southern Royal Albatross Diomedea epomophora
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Oscar Thomas
    Location: Hikurangi Marine Reserve NZ-Canterbury (-42.4923,173.6374)
  29. White-capped Albatross Thalassarche cauta
    # Count: 22
    Date:
    Observer: Oscar Thomas
    Location: Hikurangi Marine Reserve NZ-Canterbury (-42.4923,173.6374)
  30. Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Oscar Thomas
    Location: Hikurangi Marine Reserve NZ-Canterbury (-42.4923,173.6374)
  31. Southern Giant-Petrel Macronectes giganteus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Oscar Thomas
    Location: Hikurangi Marine Reserve NZ-Canterbury (-42.4923,173.6374)
  32. Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Oscar Thomas
    Location: Hikurangi Marine Reserve NZ-Canterbury (-42.4923,173.6374)
  33. New Zealand Falcon Falco novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Oscar Thomas
    Location: Kaikoura North Coast--Paparoa Point
  34. New Zealand Pigeon Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Oscar Thomas
    Location: Okiwi Bay walking tracks
  35. Pipipi Mohoua novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Noah Fenwick
    Location: Okiwi Bay walking tracks
  36. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
    # Count: 14
    Date:
    Observer: Natalie Forsdick
    Location: Kaikoura--South Bay Reserve
  37. New Zealand Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Natalie Forsdick
    Location: Kaikoura--South Bay Reserve
  38. Variable Oystercatcher Haematopus unicolor
    # Count: 16
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Kaikōura Peninsula Walkway, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.427, 173.708)
  39. Double-banded Plover Anarhynchus bicinctus
    # Count: 14
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Kaikōura Peninsula Walkway, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.427, 173.708)
  40. Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
    # Count: 185
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Kaikōura Peninsula Walkway, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.427, 173.708)
  41. Fluttering Shearwater Puffinus gavia
    # Count: 43
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Kaikōura Peninsula Walkway, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.427, 173.708)
  42. Australasian Gannet Morus serrator
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Kaikōura Peninsula Walkway, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.427, 173.708)
  43. Pacific Reef-Heron Egretta sacra
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Kaikōura Peninsula Walkway, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.427, 173.708)
  44. Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula
    # Count: 34
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Kaikōura Peninsula Walkway, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.427, 173.708)
  45. Dunnock Prunella modularis
    # Count: 11
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Kaikōura Peninsula Walkway, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.427, 173.708)
  46. Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
    # Count: 27
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Kaikōura Peninsula Walkway, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.427, 173.708)
  47. Antipodean Albatross Diomedea antipodensis
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Mauricio Garcia-Ramos
    Location: Kaikoura--Offshore--'The Hole' (ONLY for near stationary counts)
  48. Buller's Albatross Thalassarche bulleri
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Mauricio Garcia-Ramos
    Location: Kaikoura--Offshore--'The Hole' (ONLY for near stationary counts)
  49. Cape Petrel Daption capense
    # Count: 20
    Date:
    Observer: Mauricio Garcia-Ramos
    Location: Kaikoura--Offshore--'The Hole' (ONLY for near stationary counts)
  50. Fairy Prion Pachyptila turtur
    # Count: 250
    Date:
    Observer: Mauricio Garcia-Ramos
    Location: Kaikoura--Offshore--'The Hole' (ONLY for near stationary counts)
  51. Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos
    # Count: 10
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Kaikoura--South Bay Reserve
  52. New Zealand Bellbird Anthornis melanura
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: 274 State Highway 1, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.415, 173.639)
  53. Gray Gerygone Gerygone igata
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: 274 State Highway 1, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.415, 173.639)
  54. Gray Teal Anas gracilis
    # Count: 13
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Kersage Drive, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.412, 173.645)
  55. Black-billed Gull Chroicocephalus bulleri
    # Count: 24
    Date:
    Observer: Arawhetu Waipoua
    Location: Kaikōura Peninsula Walkway, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.423, 173.716)
  56. Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
    # Count: 22
    Date:
    Observer: Arawhetu Waipoua
    Location: Kaikōura Peninsula Walkway, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.423, 173.716)
  57. European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Arawhetu Waipoua
    Location: Kaikōura Peninsula Walkway, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.423, 173.716)
  58. European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
    # Count: 17
    Date:
    Observer: Arawhetu Waipoua
    Location: Kaikōura Peninsula Walkway, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.423, 173.716)
  59. Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
    # Count: 10
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Kaikōura Peninsula Walkway, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.425, 173.714)
  60. Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Kaikōura Peninsula Walkway, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.425, 173.714)
  61. Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
    # Count: 1200
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Kaikōura Peninsula Walkway, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.425, 173.714)
  62. White-fronted Tern Sterna striata
    # Count: 45
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Kaikōura Peninsula Walkway, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.425, 173.714)
  63. Snowy Albatross Diomedea exulans
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Kaikōura Peninsula Walkway, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.425, 173.714)
  64. Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Kaikōura Peninsula Walkway, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.425, 173.714)
  65. Spotted Shag Phalacrocorax punctatus
    # Count: 131
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Kaikōura Peninsula Walkway, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.425, 173.714)
  66. New Zealand Fantail Rhipidura fuliginosa
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Kaikōura Peninsula Walkway, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.425, 173.714)
  67. Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Kaikōura Peninsula Walkway, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.425, 173.714)
  68. European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
    # Count: 68
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Kaikōura Peninsula Walkway, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.425, 173.714)
  69. House Sparrow Passer domesticus
    # Count: 61
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Kaikōura Peninsula Walkway, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.425, 173.714)
  70. Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Kaikōura Peninsula Walkway, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.425, 173.714)

Additional Taxa (5)

  1. albatross sp. Diomedeidae sp.
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Canterbury, NZ (-42.428, 173.665)
  2. Silver/Black-billed Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae/bulleri
    # Count: 50
    Date:
    Observer: Oscar Thomas
    Location: Kaikoura South Coast--Pinnacle Rock
  3. large albatross sp. Diomedea sp.
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Oscar Thomas
    Location: Kaikoura South Coast--Pinnacle Rock
  4. cormorant sp. Phalacrocoracidae sp.
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Natalie Forsdick
    Location: Kaikoura--Esplanade & Encounter Cafe
  5. small albatross sp. Thalassarche sp.
    # Count: 17
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Kaikōura Peninsula Walkway, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.427, 173.708)