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  1. Paradise Shelduck Tadorna variegata
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: The Grove (Private Residence), Churchill Street, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.409, 173.678)
  2. Rock Pigeon Columba livia
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: The Grove (Private Residence), Churchill Street, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.409, 173.678)
  3. Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
    # Count: 35
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: The Grove (Private Residence), Churchill Street, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.409, 173.678)
  4. Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
    # Count: 24
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: The Grove (Private Residence), Churchill Street, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.409, 173.678)
  5. Swamp Harrier Circus approximans
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: The Grove (Private Residence), Churchill Street, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.409, 173.678)
  6. Tui Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: The Grove (Private Residence), Churchill Street, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.409, 173.678)
  7. New Zealand Bellbird Anthornis melanura
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: The Grove (Private Residence), Churchill Street, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.409, 173.678)
  8. Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: The Grove (Private Residence), Churchill Street, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.409, 173.678)
  9. New Zealand Fantail Rhipidura fuliginosa
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: The Grove (Private Residence), Churchill Street, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.409, 173.678)
  10. Silvereye Zosterops lateralis
    # Count: 7
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: The Grove (Private Residence), Churchill Street, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.409, 173.678)
  11. European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
    # Count: 26
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: The Grove (Private Residence), Churchill Street, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.409, 173.678)
  12. Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: The Grove (Private Residence), Churchill Street, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.409, 173.678)
  13. Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula
    # Count: 11
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: The Grove (Private Residence), Churchill Street, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.409, 173.678)
  14. House Sparrow Passer domesticus
    # Count: 18
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: The Grove (Private Residence), Churchill Street, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.409, 173.678)
  15. Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: The Grove (Private Residence), Churchill Street, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.409, 173.678)
  16. European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: The Grove (Private Residence), Churchill Street, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.409, 173.678)
  17. European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: The Grove (Private Residence), Churchill Street, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.409, 173.678)
  18. Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: The Grove (Private Residence), Churchill Street, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.409, 173.678)
  19. Dunnock Prunella modularis
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: The Grove (Private Residence), Churchill Street, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.409, 173.678)
  20. Black-billed Gull Chroicocephalus bulleri
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: david kembel
    Location: Kaikoura—South Bay Coastguard Station
  21. Black-fronted Tern Chlidonias albostriatus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: david kembel
    Location: Kaikoura—South Bay Coastguard Station
  22. White-fronted Tern Sterna striata
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: david kembel
    Location: Kaikoura—South Bay Coastguard Station
  23. Northern Royal Albatross Diomedea sanfordi
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: david kembel
    Location: Kaikoura—South Bay Coastguard Station
  24. Antipodean Albatross Diomedea antipodensis
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: david kembel
    Location: Kaikoura—South Bay Coastguard Station
  25. White-capped Albatross Thalassarche cauta
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: david kembel
    Location: Kaikoura—South Bay Coastguard Station
  26. Salvin's Albatross Thalassarche salvini
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: david kembel
    Location: Kaikoura—South Bay Coastguard Station
  27. Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: david kembel
    Location: Kaikoura—South Bay Coastguard Station
  28. Northern Giant-Petrel Macronectes halli
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: david kembel
    Location: Kaikoura—South Bay Coastguard Station
  29. Southern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialoides
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: david kembel
    Location: Kaikoura—South Bay Coastguard Station
  30. Cape Petrel Daption capense
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: david kembel
    Location: Kaikoura—South Bay Coastguard Station
  31. Westland Petrel Procellaria westlandica
    # Count: 9
    Date:
    Observer: david kembel
    Location: Kaikoura—South Bay Coastguard Station
  32. Australasian Gannet Morus serrator
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: david kembel
    Location: Kaikoura—South Bay Coastguard Station
  33. Spotted Shag Phalacrocorax punctatus
    # Count: 13
    Date:
    Observer: david kembel
    Location: Kaikoura—South Bay Coastguard Station
  34. White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: david kembel
    Location: Kaikoura—South Bay Coastguard Station
  35. South Island Oystercatcher Haematopus finschi
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Ana de Joux
    Location: Kaikoura--Offshore--'The Hole' (ONLY for near stationary counts)
  36. Variable Oystercatcher Haematopus unicolor
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Ana de Joux
    Location: Kaikoura--Offshore--'The Hole' (ONLY for near stationary counts)
  37. Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ana de Joux
    Location: Kaikoura--Offshore--'The Hole' (ONLY for near stationary counts)
  38. Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: david kembel
    Location: Auto selected -42.41604, 173.70763
  39. Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Sudima, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.409, 173.686)
  40. Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Sudima, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.409, 173.686)
  41. Morepork Ninox novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: 11 Shearwater Drive, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.406, 173.676)
  42. Canada Goose Branta canadensis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Christian Cosgrove
    Location: Kaikoura South Coast--Kahutara River Mouth
  43. Pied Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Christian Cosgrove
    Location: Kaikoura South Coast--Kahutara River Mouth
  44. Gray Gerygone Gerygone igata
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Christian Cosgrove
    Location: Kaikoura--Tom's Track
  45. Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Christian Cosgrove
    Location: Kaikoura--Tom's Track
  46. Hutton's Shearwater Puffinus huttoni
    # Count: 28
    Date:
    Observer: Christian Cosgrove
    Location: Kaikoura--Point Kean Seal Colony
  47. Fluttering Shearwater Puffinus gavia
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Christian Cosgrove
    Location: Kaikoura--Point Kean Seal Colony
  48. Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Christian Cosgrove
    Location: Kaikoura--Point Kean Seal Colony
  49. Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Christian Cosgrove
    Location: Kaikoura--Point Kean Seal Colony
  50. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
    # Count: 7
    Date:
    Observer: Christian Cosgrove
    Location: Kaikoura South Coast--Paia Point
  51. Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Inland Road, Canterbury, NZ (-42.38, 173.611)
  52. Australasian Shoveler Spatula rhynchotis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Kaikoura--beach adjacent Railway Station
  53. Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Oscar Thomas
    Location: Kaikoura South Coast--Pinnacle Rock
  54. Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Oscar Thomas
    Location: 21 Mount Fyffe Rd South, Kaikōura NZ-Canterbury -42.40236, 173.66905
  55. Southern Royal Albatross Diomedea epomophora
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Oscar Thomas
    Location: Hikurangi Marine Reserve NZ-Canterbury (-42.4923,173.6374)
  56. Southern Giant-Petrel Macronectes giganteus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Oscar Thomas
    Location: Hikurangi Marine Reserve NZ-Canterbury (-42.4923,173.6374)
  57. Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Oscar Thomas
    Location: Hikurangi Marine Reserve NZ-Canterbury (-42.4923,173.6374)
  58. New Zealand Falcon Falco novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Oscar Thomas
    Location: Kaikoura North Coast--Paparoa Point
  59. New Zealand Pigeon Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Oscar Thomas
    Location: Okiwi Bay walking tracks
  60. Pipipi Mohoua novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Noah Fenwick
    Location: Okiwi Bay walking tracks
  61. New Zealand Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Natalie Forsdick
    Location: Kaikoura--South Bay Reserve
  62. Double-banded Plover Anarhynchus bicinctus
    # Count: 14
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Kaikōura Peninsula Walkway, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.427, 173.708)
  63. Pacific Reef-Heron Egretta sacra
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Kaikōura Peninsula Walkway, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.427, 173.708)
  64. Buller's Albatross Thalassarche bulleri
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Mauricio Garcia-Ramos
    Location: Kaikoura--Offshore--'The Hole' (ONLY for near stationary counts)
  65. Fairy Prion Pachyptila turtur
    # Count: 250
    Date:
    Observer: Mauricio Garcia-Ramos
    Location: Kaikoura--Offshore--'The Hole' (ONLY for near stationary counts)
  66. Gray Teal Anas gracilis
    # Count: 13
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Kersage Drive, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.412, 173.645)
  67. Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Kaikōura Peninsula Walkway, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.425, 173.714)
  68. Snowy Albatross Diomedea exulans
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Kaikōura Peninsula Walkway, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.425, 173.714)
  69. Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
    # Count: 1
    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. small albatross sp. Thalassarche sp.
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Canterbury, NZ (-42.428, 173.665)
  2. albatross sp. Diomedeidae sp.
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Canterbury, NZ (-42.428, 173.665)
  3. Silver/Black-billed Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae/bulleri
    # Count: 50
    Date:
    Observer: Oscar Thomas
    Location: Kaikoura South Coast--Pinnacle Rock
  4. large albatross sp. Diomedea sp.
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Oscar Thomas
    Location: Kaikoura South Coast--Pinnacle Rock
  5. cormorant sp. Phalacrocoracidae sp.
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Natalie Forsdick
    Location: Kaikoura--Esplanade & Encounter Cafe