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Native and Naturalized (101)

  1. Rock Pigeon Columba livia
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Churchill Park, Kaikoura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.403, 173.681)
  2. New Zealand Bellbird Anthornis melanura
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Churchill Park, Kaikoura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.403, 173.681)
  3. Gray Gerygone Gerygone igata
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Churchill Park, Kaikoura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.403, 173.681)
  4. New Zealand Fantail Rhipidura fuliginosa
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Churchill Park, Kaikoura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.403, 173.681)
  5. Silvereye Zosterops lateralis
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Churchill Park, Kaikoura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.403, 173.681)
  6. European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
    # Count: 11
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Churchill Park, Kaikoura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.403, 173.681)
  7. Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Churchill Park, Kaikoura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.403, 173.681)
  8. Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Churchill Park, Kaikoura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.403, 173.681)
  9. Dunnock Prunella modularis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Churchill Park, Kaikoura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.403, 173.681)
  10. House Sparrow Passer domesticus
    # Count: 13
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Churchill Park, Kaikoura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.403, 173.681)
  11. Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Churchill Park, Kaikoura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.403, 173.681)
  12. European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
    # Count: 10
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Churchill Park, Kaikoura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.403, 173.681)
  13. Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
    # Count: 12
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Churchill Park, Kaikoura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.403, 173.681)
  14. Paradise Shelduck Tadorna variegata
    # Count: 20
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Kaikoura sewage ponds
  15. Australasian Shoveler Spatula rhynchotis
    # Count: 7
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Kaikoura sewage ponds
  16. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
    # Count: 75
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Kaikoura sewage ponds
  17. Gray Teal Anas gracilis
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Kaikoura sewage ponds
  18. New Zealand Scaup Aythya novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Kaikoura sewage ponds
  19. Pied Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Kaikoura sewage ponds
  20. South Island Oystercatcher Haematopus finschi
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Kaikoura sewage ponds
  21. Double-banded Plover Anarhynchus bicinctus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Kaikoura sewage ponds
  22. Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
    # Count: 50
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Kaikoura sewage ponds
  23. Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
    # Count: 32
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Kaikoura sewage ponds
  24. Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Kaikoura sewage ponds
  25. Swamp Harrier Circus approximans
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Kaikoura sewage ponds
  26. Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Kaikoura sewage ponds
  27. Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena
    # Count: 12
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Kaikoura sewage ponds
  28. New Zealand Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Kaikoura sewage ponds
  29. Northern Giant-Petrel Macronectes halli
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Sudima, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.409, 173.686)
  30. Westland Petrel Procellaria westlandica
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Sudima, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.409, 173.686)
  31. Variable Oystercatcher Haematopus unicolor
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Zane Fuqua
    Location: Kaikoura--beach adjacent Railway Station
  32. White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Dan Burgin
    Location: NZ-Canterbury-Kaikōura-246 Esplanade
  33. White-fronted Tern Sterna striata
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Dan Burgin
    Location: NZ-Canterbury-Kaikōura-Kaikōura Peninsula Walkway-Coastal Rocks
  34. Tui Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: The Grove (Private Residence), Churchill Street, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.409, 173.678)
  35. European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: The Grove (Private Residence), Churchill Street, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.409, 173.678)
  36. Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Sudima, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.409, 173.686)
  37. Australasian Gannet Morus serrator
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Sudima, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.409, 173.686)
  38. New Zealand Pigeon Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Inland Kaikoura Road, Inland Road, Canterbury, NZ (-42.393, 173.407)
  39. Northern Royal Albatross Diomedea sanfordi
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Kaikoura--Point Kean Seal Colony
  40. Southern Royal Albatross Diomedea epomophora
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Kaikoura--Point Kean Seal Colony
  41. White-capped Albatross Thalassarche cauta
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Kaikoura--Point Kean Seal Colony
  42. Salvin's Albatross Thalassarche salvini
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Kaikoura--Point Kean Seal Colony
  43. Fluttering Shearwater Puffinus gavia
    # Count: 65
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Kaikoura--Point Kean Seal Colony
  44. Black-fronted Tern Chlidonias albostriatus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Sudima, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.409, 173.686)
  45. Black-billed Gull Chroicocephalus bulleri
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Sudima, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.409, 173.686)
  46. Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Kaikoura--Kowhai Ford Road
  47. Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Kaikoura--Kowhai Ford Road
  48. Cape Petrel Daption capense
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Jonathan Rihan
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  49. Spotted Shag Phalacrocorax punctatus
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Jonathan Rihan
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  50. Snowy Albatross Diomedea exulans
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: gabriel normand
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  51. Antipodean Albatross Diomedea antipodensis
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: gabriel normand
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  52. Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: gabriel normand
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  53. Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: gabriel normand
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  54. Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Jonathan Rihan
    Location: 1364–1442 Highway 1, Kaikōura NZ-Canterbury -42.46698, 173.53852
  55. Pipipi Mohoua novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 20
    Date:
    Observer: David Boyle
    Location: Kaikoura--Mt Fyffe track
  56. Tomtit Petroica macrocephala
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: David Boyle
    Location: Kaikoura--Mt Fyffe track
  57. South Island Robin Petroica australis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: David Boyle
    Location: Kaikoura--Mt Fyffe track
  58. Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret
    # Count: 15
    Date:
    Observer: David Boyle
    Location: Kaikoura--Mt Fyffe track
  59. Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Robin & Sandy Toy
    Location: Kaikoura--South Bay Reserve
  60. Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Josh Brown
    Location: Kaikoura Peninsula Walkway
  61. Canada Goose Branta canadensis
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Josh Brown
    Location: Kaikoura sewage ponds
  62. Hutton's Shearwater Puffinus huttoni
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Tom Hitchon
    Location: Kaikoura South Coast--Kowhai River Mouth
  63. Southern Giant-Petrel Macronectes giganteus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: kathryn richards
    Location: Canterbury, NZ (-42.525, 173.604)
  64. Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Sudima, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.409, 173.686)
  65. Pacific Reef-Heron Egretta sacra
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Kaikoura--Point Kean Seal Colony
  66. Fairy Prion Pachyptila turtur
    # Count: 100
    Date:
    Observer: David Peritt
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  67. Little Penguin Eudyptula minor
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: David Peritt
    Location: Kaikoura—South Bay Coastguard Station
  68. Little Owl Athene noctua
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: The Grove (Private Residence), Churchill Street, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.409, 173.678)
  69. Buller's Albatross Thalassarche bulleri
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Kyle Burt
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  70. Southern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialoides
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Kyle Burt
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  71. Australasian Swamphen Porphyrio melanotus
    # Count: 14
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: 121 Mount Fyffe Road, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.393, 173.665)
  72. Rifleman Acanthisitta chloris
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Kaikoura--Fyffe/Palmer Reserve
  73. California Quail Callipepla californica
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Patrick Crowe
    Location: 433–953 Blue Duck Valley Rd, Seaward Valley NZ-Canterbury (-42.2297,173.7902)
  74. Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Kaikōura Peninsula Walkway, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.425, 173.712)
  75. Buller's Shearwater Ardenna bulleri
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Great Kaikōura Whale Count post, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.43, 173.698)
  76. Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Encounter Kaikoura
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  77. Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Colton Tinkey
    Location: Kaikoura North Coast—Ōhau seal colony
  78. Morepork Ninox novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: 11 Shearwater Drive, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.406, 173.676)
  79. Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Oscar Thomas
    Location: 21 Mount Fyffe Rd South, Kaikōura NZ-Canterbury -42.40236, 173.66905
  80. New Zealand Falcon Falco novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Oscar Thomas
    Location: Kaikoura North Coast--Paparoa Point
  81. Eastern Cattle Egret Bubulcus coromandus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Will Schenck
    Location: 174–200 Athelney Rd, Kaikōura NZ-Canterbury -42.35919, 173.67638
  82. Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Emily Jenkins
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  83. White-headed Petrel Pterodroma lessonii
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Jemima Gardiner
    Location: Kaikoura--South Bay Reserve
  84. Black Swan Cygnus atratus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Kaikoura Town Foreshore--Lyell Creek mouth area
  85. White-chinned Petrel Procellaria aequinoctialis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Stefan Passlick
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  86. Black-fronted Dotterel Charadrius melanops
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Samantha Ray
    Location: Kekerengu--The Store
  87. Flesh-footed Shearwater Ardenna carneipes
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Caiden B
    Location: Canterbury, NZ (-42.474, 173.717)
  88. Common Diving-Petrel Pelecanoides urinatrix
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Encounter Kaikoura
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  89. Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Anonymous eBirder
    Location: Kaikōura- Fyffe Quay
  90. White-faced Storm-Petrel Pelagodroma marina
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Elizabeth Keating
    Location: Kaikoura Bay
  91. Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Oscar Nigam
    Location: Kaikoura--town waterfront
  92. Shining Bronze-Cuckoo Chrysococcyx lucidus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Della Bennet
    Location: 7371, Kaikōura NZ-Canterbury -42.37786, 173.61248
  93. Cook's Petrel Pterodroma cookii
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Kate Sutherland
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  94. Gray-faced Petrel Pterodroma gouldi
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Kate Sutherland
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  95. Kea Nestor notabilis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Kaikoura--Mt Fyffe track
  96. Black-winged Petrel Pterodroma nigripennis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Encounter Kaikoura
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  97. Gray-backed Storm-Petrel Garrodia nereis
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Carlton Cook
    Location: Auto selected -42.42546, 173.68087
  98. Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Isabel Apkarian
    Location: Kaikoura sewage ponds
  99. Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Bridget James
    Location: Kaikoura--Armers Beach
  100. Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Will Parsons
    Location: Lake Rotorua
  101. Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Edward Zheng
    Location: Kaikoura—South Bay Coastguard Station

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: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Dan Burgin
    Location: NZ-Canterbury-Kaikōura-Kaikōura Peninsula Walkway-Coastal Rock Outcrop

Additional Taxa (17)

  1. Southern/Northern Giant-Petrel Macronectes giganteus/halli
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Frank Antram
    Location: Kaikoura--Point Kean Seal Colony
  2. small albatross sp. Thalassarche sp.
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Sudima, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.409, 173.686)
  3. albatross sp. Diomedeidae sp.
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Sudima, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.409, 173.686)
  4. cormorant sp. Phalacrocoracidae sp.
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Josh Brown
    Location: Kaikoura South Coast—Toka-Ānau
  5. bird sp. Aves sp.
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Josh Brown
    Location: Alpine Pacific Touring Route, Peketā, Canterbury, NZ (-42.448, 173.578)
  6. passerine sp. Passeriformes sp.
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Dan Burgin
    Location: NZ-Canterbury-Kaikōura-3602–3606 Highway 1
  7. Hutton's/Fluttering Shearwater Puffinus huttoni/gavia
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Encounter Kaikoura
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  8. Silver/Black-billed Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae/bulleri
    # Count: 50
    Date:
    Observer: Oscar Thomas
    Location: Kaikoura South Coast--Pinnacle Rock
  9. large albatross sp. Diomedea sp.
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Oscar Thomas
    Location: Kaikoura South Coast--Pinnacle Rock
  10. shearwater sp. Procellariidae sp. (shearwater sp.)
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Max Chalfin-Jacobs
    Location: Kaikoura South Coast—Toka-Ānau
  11. gull sp. Larinae sp.
    # Count: 9
    Date:
    Observer: Frances Schmechel
    Location: Auto selected -42.42621, 173.68334
  12. Tui/New Zealand Bellbird Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae/Anthornis melanura
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Dawn Palmer
    Location: Fyffe Quay, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.42, 173.708)
  13. Snowy/Tristan/Antipodean Albatross Diomedea exulans/dabbenena/antipodensis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Encounter Kaikoura
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  14. Sooty/Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna grisea/tenuirostris
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Nick Schofield
    Location: Kaikoura--Offshore--'The Hole' (ONLY for near stationary counts)
  15. Procellaria sp. Procellaria sp.
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Caiden B
    Location: Canterbury, NZ (-42.452, 173.69)
  16. Northern/Southern Royal Albatross Diomedea sanfordi/epomophora
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Joe Yuhas
    Location: Kaikoura--offshore--Albatross Encounter pelagic (general)
  17. duck sp. Anatidae (duck sp.)
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Kathy Mihm Dunning
    Location: Kaikoura--Postmans Rd/McInnes Rd