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Native and Naturalized (98)

  1. Southern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialoides
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ian McLean
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Dolphin Encounter
  2. White-headed Petrel Pterodroma lessonii
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Jemima Gardiner
    Location: Kaikoura--South Bay Reserve
  3. Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: 158 Ludstone Road, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.398, 173.667)
  4. Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Oscar Nigam
    Location: Kaikoura--town waterfront
  5. Gray-faced Petrel Pterodroma gouldi
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Encounter Kaikoura
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  6. Black-fronted Dotterel Charadrius melanops
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Kekerengu--The Store
  7. Black-winged Petrel Pterodroma nigripennis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Encounter Kaikoura
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  8. Tomtit Petroica macrocephala
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Patrick Crowe
    Location: Wharekiri Stream, Puhi Puhi NZ-Canterbury (-42.1708,173.7358)
  9. Gray-backed Storm-Petrel Garrodia nereis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Encounter Kaikoura
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  10. Cook's Petrel Pterodroma cookii
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Encounter Kaikoura
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  11. Kea Nestor notabilis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Patrick Crowe
    Location: Shearwater Hut, HeliPad, Kowhai River, NZ-Canterbury (-42.2613,173.6027)
  12. Rifleman Acanthisitta chloris
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Patrick Crowe
    Location: Shearwater Hut
  13. Australasian Swamphen Porphyrio melanotus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Patrick Crowe
    Location: 25 Athelney Rd, Kaikōura NZ-Canterbury -42.37419, 173.67604
  14. Little Owl Athene noctua
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Sujan Chatterjee
    Location: 181 Beach Road, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.383, 173.68)
  15. Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Will Parsons
    Location: Lake Rotorua
  16. White-faced Storm-Petrel Pelagodroma marina
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Encounter Kaikoura
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  17. Morepork Ninox novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Hadley Muller
    Location: Kaikoura--Mt Fyffe track
  18. New Zealand Scaup Aythya novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Mark S. Hoffman
    Location: Kaikoura--South Bay Reserve
  19. New Zealand Pigeon Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Hadley Muller
    Location: Kaikoura--Hinau Walk
  20. Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Encounter Kaikoura
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  21. Pipipi Mohoua novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Mats Olsthoorn
    Location: Waipapa Bay, Canterbury, NZ (-42.176, 173.916)
  22. Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Christian Cosgrove
    Location: Kaikoura--Armers Beach
  23. New Zealand Falcon Falco novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: 17 Brighton Street, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.412, 173.686)
  24. Black Swan Cygnus atratus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Ragnar Voss
    Location: Kaikoura--South Bay Beach (beach adjacent to South Bay Parade)
  25. Gray Teal Anas gracilis
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Tom Rennebaum
    Location: 1 Kersage Drive, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.412, 173.645)
  26. Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Anders Wiig Nielsen
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Whale Watch Tour
  27. Buller's Albatross Thalassarche bulleri
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Vivienne Hastie
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Whale Watch Tour
  28. Black-fronted Tern Chlidonias albostriatus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Vivienne Hastie
    Location: Kaikoura--beach adjacent Railway Station
  29. Common Diving-Petrel Pelecanoides urinatrix
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Bhubordee Ngamphueak
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Dolphin Encounter
  30. Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Encounter Kaikoura
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  31. Cape Petrel Daption capense
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Encounter Kaikoura
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  32. Fairy Prion Pachyptila turtur
    # Count: 9
    Date:
    Observer: Encounter Kaikoura
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  33. Flesh-footed Shearwater Ardenna carneipes
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Encounter Kaikoura
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  34. Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Abi Quinnell
    Location: Kaikoura--South Bay Reserve
  35. Australasian Shoveler Spatula rhynchotis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Keegan Miskimmin
    Location: 64 West End, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.401, 173.682)
  36. Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Encounter Kaikoura
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  37. Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Kaikōura Peninsula Walkway, Canterbury, NZ (-42.426, 173.689)
  38. Snowy Albatross Diomedea exulans
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Jedi Casas
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  39. Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Encounter Kaikoura
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  40. Pied Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Gill Harker
    Location: 7371, Thermette break Kaikōura NZ-Canterbury -42.02124, 173.78433
  41. White-chinned Petrel Procellaria aequinoctialis
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Encounter Kaikoura
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  42. Buller's Shearwater Ardenna bulleri
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Encounter Kaikoura
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  43. Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Encounter Kaikoura
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  44. Black-billed Gull Chroicocephalus bulleri
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Kaikoura Peninsula Walkway
  45. Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Kaikoura Peninsula Walkway
  46. Little Penguin Eudyptula minor
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Kaikoura Peninsula Walkway
  47. Westland Petrel Procellaria westlandica
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Kaikoura Peninsula Walkway
  48. Fluttering Shearwater Puffinus gavia
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Kaikoura Peninsula Walkway
  49. Spotted Shag Phalacrocorax punctatus
    # Count: 9
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Kaikoura Peninsula Walkway
  50. New Zealand Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Kaikoura Peninsula Walkway
  51. Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Kaikoura Peninsula Walkway
  52. California Quail Callipepla californica
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Gill Harker
    Location: 7371, Snowgrass Camp Kaikōura NZ-Canterbury -42.05082, 173.73910
  53. Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Gill Harker
    Location: 7371, Snowgrass Camp Kaikōura NZ-Canterbury -42.05082, 173.73910
  54. Northern Royal Albatross Diomedea sanfordi
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Encounter Kaikoura
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  55. Southern Royal Albatross Diomedea epomophora
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Encounter Kaikoura
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  56. Antipodean Albatross Diomedea antipodensis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Encounter Kaikoura
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  57. White-capped Albatross Thalassarche cauta
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Encounter Kaikoura
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  58. Salvin's Albatross Thalassarche salvini
    # Count: 7
    Date:
    Observer: Encounter Kaikoura
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  59. Northern Giant-Petrel Macronectes halli
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Encounter Kaikoura
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  60. Hutton's Shearwater Puffinus huttoni
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Encounter Kaikoura
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  61. Swamp Harrier Circus approximans
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
    Location: 7371, Kaikōura NZ-Canterbury -42.36780, 173.59116
  62. Tui Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
    Location: 7371, Kaikōura NZ-Canterbury -42.36780, 173.59116
  63. South Island Robin Petroica australis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
    Location: Postmans Rd, Kaikōura NZ-Canterbury -42.36759, 173.59571
  64. Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
    Location: Postmans Rd, Kaikōura NZ-Canterbury -42.36759, 173.59571
  65. Australasian Gannet Morus serrator
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
    Location: Kaikoura Peninsula, Kaikōura NZ-Canterbury -42.42756, 173.71218
  66. Pacific Reef-Heron Egretta sacra
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
    Location: 7300, Kaikōura NZ-Canterbury -42.43013, 173.70178
  67. Southern Giant-Petrel Macronectes giganteus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Hugh Robertson
    Location: Bay south of Pinnacle Rock, Kaikoura
  68. Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
    Location: Recreational Reserve, Kaikoura Peninsula NZ-Canterbury -42.42384, 173.71610
  69. Paradise Shelduck Tadorna variegata
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Hugh Robertson
    Location: Kaikoura--South Bay Reserve
  70. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
    # Count: 22
    Date:
    Observer: Hugh Robertson
    Location: Kaikoura--South Bay Reserve
  71. Canada Goose Branta canadensis
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
    Location: Kaikoura--South Bay Reserve
  72. Shining Bronze-Cuckoo Chrysococcyx lucidus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
    Location: Kaikoura--South Bay Reserve
  73. South Island Oystercatcher Haematopus finschi
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
    Location: Kaikoura--South Bay Reserve
  74. Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos
    # Count: 7
    Date:
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
    Location: Kaikoura--South Bay Reserve
  75. White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
    Location: Kaikoura--South Bay Reserve
  76. Rock Pigeon Columba livia
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: 15 Deal Street, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.404, 173.683)
  77. Variable Oystercatcher Haematopus unicolor
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: 15 Deal Street, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.404, 173.683)
  78. Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: 15 Deal Street, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.404, 173.683)
  79. Gray Gerygone Gerygone igata
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: 15 Deal Street, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.404, 173.683)
  80. Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: 15 Deal Street, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.404, 173.683)
  81. European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: 15 Deal Street, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.404, 173.683)
  82. Double-banded Plover Anarhynchus bicinctus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
    Location: 5 South Bay Parade, South Bay NZ-Canterbury -42.41552, 173.67724
  83. Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
    Location: 5 South Bay Parade, South Bay NZ-Canterbury -42.41552, 173.67724
  84. Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
    Location: 5 South Bay Parade, South Bay NZ-Canterbury -42.41552, 173.67724
  85. White-fronted Tern Sterna striata
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
    Location: 5 South Bay Parade, South Bay NZ-Canterbury -42.41552, 173.67724
  86. New Zealand Bellbird Anthornis melanura
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
    Location: 5 South Bay Parade, South Bay NZ-Canterbury -42.41552, 173.67724
  87. Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
    Location: 5 South Bay Parade, South Bay NZ-Canterbury -42.41552, 173.67724
  88. New Zealand Fantail Rhipidura fuliginosa
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
    Location: 5 South Bay Parade, South Bay NZ-Canterbury -42.41552, 173.67724
  89. Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
    Location: 5 South Bay Parade, South Bay NZ-Canterbury -42.41552, 173.67724
  90. Silvereye Zosterops lateralis
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
    Location: 5 South Bay Parade, South Bay NZ-Canterbury -42.41552, 173.67724
  91. European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
    Location: 5 South Bay Parade, South Bay NZ-Canterbury -42.41552, 173.67724
  92. Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
    Location: 5 South Bay Parade, South Bay NZ-Canterbury -42.41552, 173.67724
  93. Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
    Location: 5 South Bay Parade, South Bay NZ-Canterbury -42.41552, 173.67724
  94. Dunnock Prunella modularis
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
    Location: 5 South Bay Parade, South Bay NZ-Canterbury -42.41552, 173.67724
  95. House Sparrow Passer domesticus
    # Count: 20
    Date:
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
    Location: 5 South Bay Parade, South Bay NZ-Canterbury -42.41552, 173.67724
  96. Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
    Location: 5 South Bay Parade, South Bay NZ-Canterbury -42.41552, 173.67724
  97. European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
    Location: 5 South Bay Parade, South Bay NZ-Canterbury -42.41552, 173.67724
  98. Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
    Location: 5 South Bay Parade, South Bay NZ-Canterbury -42.41552, 173.67724

Exotic: Escapee (1)

  1. Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: 31 Red Swamp Road, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.395, 173.646)

Hybrids (1)

  1. Mallard x Pacific Black Duck (hybrid) Anas platyrhynchos x superciliosa
    # Count: 11
    Date:
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
    Location: Kaikoura--South Bay Reserve

Additional Taxa (16)

  1. gull sp. Larinae sp.
    # Count: 9
    Date:
    Observer: Frances Schmechel
    Location: Auto selected -42.42621, 173.68334
  2. Tui/New Zealand Bellbird Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae/Anthornis melanura
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Dawn Palmer
    Location: Fyffe Quay, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.42, 173.708)
  3. bird sp. Aves sp.
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Encounter Kaikoura
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  4. Procellaria sp. Procellaria sp.
    # Count: 10
    Date:
    Observer: Tony Crocker
    Location: Kaikoura South Coast--Otumatu Rock
  5. shearwater sp. Procellariidae sp. (shearwater sp.)
    # Count: 7
    Date:
    Observer: Pauline and Ray Priest
    Location: Kaikoura--Point Kean Seal Colony
  6. Silver/Black-billed Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae/bulleri
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Marcin Dyduch
    Location: Kaikoura—South Bay Coastguard Station
  7. Southern/Northern Giant-Petrel Macronectes giganteus/halli
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Hou Xiaoru
    Location: Fyffe Quay, Kaikōura NZ-坎特伯雷 -42.42369, 173.71589
  8. Sooty/Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna grisea/tenuirostris
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Boris Dobrowolsky
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Dolphin Encounter
  9. cormorant sp. Phalacrocoracidae sp.
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Bhubordee Ngamphueak
    Location: Kaikoura Town Foreshore--Lyell Creek mouth area
  10. Northern/Southern Royal Albatross Diomedea sanfordi/epomophora
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Vivienne Hastie
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Whale Watch Tour
  11. Snowy/Tristan/Antipodean Albatross Diomedea exulans/dabbenena/antipodensis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Vivienne Hastie
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Whale Watch Tour
  12. large albatross sp. Diomedea sp.
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Bhubordee Ngamphueak
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Dolphin Encounter
  13. small albatross sp. Thalassarche sp.
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Bhubordee Ngamphueak
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Dolphin Encounter
  14. albatross sp. Diomedeidae sp.
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Bhubordee Ngamphueak
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Dolphin Encounter
  15. Hutton's/Fluttering Shearwater Puffinus huttoni/gavia
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Bhubordee Ngamphueak
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Dolphin Encounter
  16. passerine sp. Passeriformes sp.
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Gill Harker
    Location: 7371, Jam StreamKaikōura NZ-Canterbury -41.98500, 173.82459