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Updated ~7 days ago
140 All Years 98 This Year 2024 74 This Month May 2024 22 Global Big Day 5 May 2018
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Native and Naturalized (22)

  1. Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
    # Count: 250
    Date:
    Observer: BirdsNZ Canterbury
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Dolphin Encounter
  2. Black-billed Gull Chroicocephalus bulleri
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Encounter Kaikoura
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  3. Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
    # Count: 40
    Date:
    Observer: BirdsNZ Canterbury
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Dolphin Encounter
  4. Black-fronted Tern Chlidonias albostriatus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Encounter Kaikoura
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  5. White-fronted Tern Sterna striata
    # Count: 30
    Date:
    Observer: BirdsNZ Canterbury
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Dolphin Encounter
  6. Southern Royal Albatross Diomedea epomophora
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Encounter Kaikoura
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  7. Antipodean Albatross Diomedea antipodensis
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Encounter Kaikoura
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  8. Buller's Albatross Thalassarche bulleri
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Encounter Kaikoura
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  9. White-capped Albatross Thalassarche cauta
    # Count: 10
    Date:
    Observer: BirdsNZ Canterbury
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Dolphin Encounter
  10. Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: BirdsNZ Canterbury
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Dolphin Encounter
  11. Northern Giant-Petrel Macronectes halli
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Encounter Kaikoura
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  12. Cape Petrel Daption capense
    # Count: 30
    Date:
    Observer: BirdsNZ Canterbury
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Dolphin Encounter
  13. Fairy Prion Pachyptila turtur
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Encounter Kaikoura
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  14. Westland Petrel Procellaria westlandica
    # Count: 12
    Date:
    Observer: BirdsNZ Canterbury
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Dolphin Encounter
  15. Buller's Shearwater Ardenna bulleri
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Encounter Kaikoura
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  16. Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Encounter Kaikoura
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  17. Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris
    # Count: 20
    Date:
    Observer: BirdsNZ Canterbury
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Dolphin Encounter
  18. Fluttering Shearwater Puffinus gavia
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: BirdsNZ Canterbury
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Dolphin Encounter
  19. Common Diving-Petrel Pelecanoides urinatrix
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Encounter Kaikoura
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  20. Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Encounter Kaikoura
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  21. Spotted Shag Phalacrocorax punctatus
    # Count: 100
    Date:
    Observer: BirdsNZ Canterbury
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Dolphin Encounter
  22. Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: BirdsNZ Canterbury
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Dolphin Encounter

Additional Taxa (2)

  1. Northern/Southern Royal Albatross Diomedea sanfordi/epomophora
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: BirdsNZ Canterbury
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Dolphin Encounter
  2. Snowy/Tristan/Antipodean Albatross Diomedea exulans/dabbenena/antipodensis
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: BirdsNZ Canterbury
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Dolphin Encounter