Menu

Change Region

Change Region

Kaikoura District

Map

Explore...

Bird List

Updated ~2 days ago
140 All Years 98 This Year 2024 74 This Month May 2024
Last Observed First Observed High Count

Custom Time Period

Change Time Period

Sort by

  1. Species Name
    Count
    Date
    Observer
    Location

Native and Naturalized (74)

  1. Fluttering Shearwater Puffinus gavia
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Emily Jenkins
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Dolphin Encounter
  2. White-headed Petrel Pterodroma lessonii
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Jemima Gardiner
    Location: Kaikoura--South Bay Reserve
  3. Gray Teal Anas gracilis
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Dan Burgin
    Location: Clarence River Mouth
  4. Pied Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Dan Burgin
    Location: Clarence River Mouth
  5. Pipipi Mohoua novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Miles Burford
    Location: 82 Chapmans Road, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.363, 173.592)
  6. South Island Robin Petroica australis
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Jean Jack
    Location: Luke Creek Kaikōura NZ-Canterbury -42.34691, 173.63739
  7. Little Owl Athene noctua
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: The Grove (Private Residence), Churchill Street, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.409, 173.678)
  8. Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Sudima, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.409, 173.686)
  9. White-chinned Petrel Procellaria aequinoctialis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Stefan Passlick
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  10. New Zealand Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Philip Crutchley
    Location: wardens hut
  11. Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Kaikoura--Point Kean Seal Colony
  12. Black-billed Gull Chroicocephalus bulleri
    # Count: 60
    Date:
    Observer: Dawn Palmer
    Location: 1137 State Highway 1, Canterbury, NZ (-42.306, 173.751)
  13. New Zealand Falcon Falco novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Philip Crutchley
    Location: Kahutara River
  14. Australasian Swamphen Porphyrio melanotus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: 85A Beach Road, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.392, 173.678)
  15. Northern Royal Albatross Diomedea sanfordi
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Kaikōura Peninsula Walkway, Canterbury, NZ (-42.426, 173.689)
  16. Pacific Reef-Heron Egretta sacra
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Tom Hitchon
    Location: Kaikoura South Coast--Paia Point
  17. Salvin's Albatross Thalassarche salvini
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Encounter Kaikoura
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  18. Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Encounter Kaikoura
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  19. Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: 86 Scarborough Street, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.413, 173.683)
  20. Rock Pigeon Columba livia
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: The Grove (Private Residence), Churchill Street, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.409, 173.678)
  21. New Zealand Pigeon Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Nick Schofield
    Location: Kaikoura--Fyffe/Palmer Reserve
  22. Tui Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Nick Schofield
    Location: Kaikoura--Fyffe/Palmer Reserve
  23. North Island Robin Petroica longipes
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Daniel Bastaja
    Location: Kowhai Bush--Schoolhouse Rd entrance
  24. Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Daniel Bastaja
    Location: Kowhai Bush--Schoolhouse Rd entrance
  25. South Island Oystercatcher Haematopus finschi
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Isaac Newell
    Location: Kaikoura Peninsula Walkway
  26. Double-banded Plover Anarhynchus bicinctus
    # Count: 7
    Date:
    Observer: Isaac Newell
    Location: Kaikoura Peninsula Walkway
  27. Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Isaac Newell
    Location: Kaikoura Peninsula Walkway
  28. Swamp Harrier Circus approximans
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Isaac Newell
    Location: Kaikoura Peninsula Walkway
  29. Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Isaac Newell
    Location: Kaikoura Peninsula Walkway
  30. Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Isaac Newell
    Location: Kaikoura Peninsula Walkway
  31. Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Isaac Newell
    Location: Kaikoura Peninsula Walkway
  32. Southern Royal Albatross Diomedea epomophora
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Encounter Kaikoura
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  33. Antipodean Albatross Diomedea antipodensis
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Encounter Kaikoura
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  34. Buller's Albatross Thalassarche bulleri
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Encounter Kaikoura
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  35. Southern Giant-Petrel Macronectes giganteus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Encounter Kaikoura
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  36. Northern Giant-Petrel Macronectes halli
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Encounter Kaikoura
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  37. Westland Petrel Procellaria westlandica
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Encounter Kaikoura
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  38. Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Encounter Kaikoura
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  39. Canada Goose Branta canadensis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Isaac Newell
    Location: Kaikoura South Coast--Kahutara River Mouth
  40. Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Isaac Newell
    Location: Kaikoura South Coast--Kahutara River Mouth
  41. Black-fronted Tern Chlidonias albostriatus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Isaac Newell
    Location: Kaikoura South Coast--Kahutara River Mouth
  42. White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Isaac Newell
    Location: Kaikoura South Coast--Kahutara River Mouth
  43. Black Swan Cygnus atratus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Isaac Newell
    Location: Kaikoura--town waterfront
  44. Australasian Shoveler Spatula rhynchotis
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Isaac Newell
    Location: Kaikoura--town waterfront
  45. Little Penguin Eudyptula minor
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Isaac Newell
    Location: Kaikoura—South Bay Coastguard Station
  46. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Isaac Newell
    Location: Kaikoura South Coast--Raramai
  47. Spotted Shag Phalacrocorax punctatus
    # Count: 47
    Date:
    Observer: Isaac Newell
    Location: Kaikoura South Coast--Raramai
  48. Paradise Shelduck Tadorna variegata
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Lena Berger
    Location: 11 Kaka Road, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.425, 173.685)
  49. Variable Oystercatcher Haematopus unicolor
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Lena Berger
    Location: 11 Kaka Road, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.425, 173.685)
  50. Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Lena Berger
    Location: 11 Kaka Road, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.425, 173.685)
  51. New Zealand Bellbird Anthornis melanura
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: 21 Torquay Street, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.408, 173.683)
  52. Gray Gerygone Gerygone igata
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: 21 Torquay Street, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.408, 173.683)
  53. Silvereye Zosterops lateralis
    # Count: 9
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: 21 Torquay Street, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.408, 173.683)
  54. European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: 21 Torquay Street, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.408, 173.683)
  55. European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: 21 Torquay Street, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.408, 173.683)
  56. Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: The Grove (Private Residence), Churchill Street, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.409, 173.678)
  57. Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula
    # Count: 7
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: The Grove (Private Residence), Churchill Street, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.409, 173.678)
  58. Dunnock Prunella modularis
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: The Grove (Private Residence), Churchill Street, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.409, 173.678)
  59. Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: The Grove (Private Residence), Churchill Street, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.409, 173.678)
  60. White-fronted Tern Sterna striata
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Isaac Newell
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Whale Watch Tour
  61. White-capped Albatross Thalassarche cauta
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Isaac Newell
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Whale Watch Tour
  62. Cape Petrel Daption capense
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Isaac Newell
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Whale Watch Tour
  63. Buller's Shearwater Ardenna bulleri
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Isaac Newell
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Whale Watch Tour
  64. Australasian Gannet Morus serrator
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Isaac Newell
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Whale Watch Tour
  65. Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Isaac Newell
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Whale Watch Tour
  66. Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
    # Count: 15
    Date:
    Observer: Isaac Newell
    Location: Kaikoura Peketa Holiday Park
  67. Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
    # Count: 13
    Date:
    Observer: Isaac Newell
    Location: Kaikoura Peketa Holiday Park
  68. Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Isaac Newell
    Location: Kaikoura Peketa Holiday Park
  69. Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Isaac Newell
    Location: Kaikoura Peketa Holiday Park
  70. New Zealand Fantail Rhipidura fuliginosa
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Isaac Newell
    Location: Kaikoura Peketa Holiday Park
  71. Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Isaac Newell
    Location: Kaikoura Peketa Holiday Park
  72. European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Isaac Newell
    Location: Kaikoura Peketa Holiday Park
  73. House Sparrow Passer domesticus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Isaac Newell
    Location: Kaikoura Peketa Holiday Park
  74. Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Isaac Newell
    Location: Kaikoura Peketa Holiday Park

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: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Jean Jack
    Location: Waimangorara Bush
  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. large albatross sp. Diomedea sp.
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Stefan Passlick
    Location: Kaikoura--Point Kean Seal Colony
  4. small albatross sp. Thalassarche sp.
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Kaikoura--Point Kean Seal Colony
  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)