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Native and Naturalized (113)

  1. Paradise Shelduck Tadorna variegata
    # Count: 13
    Date:
    Observer: Richard Chambers
    Location: Townsend 5
  2. Swamp Harrier Circus approximans
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Richard Chambers
    Location: Townsend 5
  3. Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Richard Chambers
    Location: Townsend 5
  4. Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Richard Chambers
    Location: Townsend 5
  5. Silvereye Zosterops lateralis
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Richard Chambers
    Location: Townsend 5
  6. Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Richard Chambers
    Location: Townsend 5
  7. Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Richard Chambers
    Location: Townsend 5
  8. Australasian Swamphen Porphyrio melanotus
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Richard Chambers
    Location: Townsend 4
  9. Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Richard Chambers
    Location: Townsend 4
  10. Gray Gerygone Gerygone igata
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Richard Chambers
    Location: Townsend 4
  11. House Sparrow Passer domesticus
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Richard Chambers
    Location: Townsend 4
  12. Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Richard Chambers
    Location: Townsend 4
  13. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Richard Chambers
    Location: Townsend 3
  14. Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Richard Chambers
    Location: Townsend 3
  15. Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Richard Chambers
    Location: Townsend 3
  16. Gray Teal Anas gracilis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Richard Chambers
    Location: Tounsend 2
  17. New Zealand Scaup Aythya novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Richard Chambers
    Location: Tounsend 2
  18. Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Richard Chambers
    Location: Tounsend 2
  19. New Zealand Fantail Rhipidura fuliginosa
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Richard Chambers
    Location: Tounsend 2
  20. Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Richard Chambers
    Location: Tounsend 1
  21. European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Richard Chambers
    Location: Tounsend 1
  22. Black Swan Cygnus atratus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Christian Cosgrove
    Location: Pegasus Golf & Sports Club
  23. Canada Goose Branta canadensis
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Christian Cosgrove
    Location: Pegasus Wetland
  24. Little Owl Athene noctua
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Christian Cosgrove
    Location: Pegasus Wetland
  25. Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Christian Cosgrove
    Location: Lake Pegasus
  26. Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Christian Cosgrove
    Location: Lake Pegasus
  27. Black-billed Gull Chroicocephalus bulleri
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Christian Cosgrove
    Location: Lake Pegasus
  28. Australasian Shoveler Spatula rhynchotis
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Sharon Lake
    Location: Waikuku Beach Road, Waikuku Beach, Canterbury, NZ (-43.288, 172.715)
  29. Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Sharon Lake
    Location: Waikuku Beach Road, Waikuku Beach, Canterbury, NZ (-43.288, 172.715)
  30. Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Sharon Lake
    Location: Waikuku Beach Road, Waikuku Beach, Canterbury, NZ (-43.288, 172.715)
  31. California Quail Callipepla californica
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Christian Cosgrove
    Location: Kaiapoi Pa Road
  32. Rock Pigeon Columba livia
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Christian Cosgrove
    Location: Kaiapoi Pa Road
  33. Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Christian Cosgrove
    Location: Kaiapoi Pa Road
  34. Dunnock Prunella modularis
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Christian Cosgrove
    Location: Kaiapoi Pa Road
  35. European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Christian Cosgrove
    Location: Kaiapoi Pa Road
  36. Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
    # Count: 7
    Date:
    Observer: Christian Cosgrove
    Location: Kaiapoi Pa Road
  37. European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
    # Count: 14
    Date:
    Observer: Christian Cosgrove
    Location: Taranaki Creek Paddocks
  38. Pied Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus
    # Count: 13
    Date:
    Observer: Sharon Lake
    Location: Ashley Estuary south end
  39. South Island Oystercatcher Haematopus finschi
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Sharon Lake
    Location: Ashley Estuary south end
  40. Variable Oystercatcher Haematopus unicolor
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Sharon Lake
    Location: Ashley Estuary south end
  41. Double-banded Plover Anarhynchus bicinctus
    # Count: 15
    Date:
    Observer: Sharon Lake
    Location: Ashley Estuary south end
  42. Wrybill Anarhynchus frontalis
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Sharon Lake
    Location: Ashley Estuary south end
  43. Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
    # Count: 21
    Date:
    Observer: Sharon Lake
    Location: Ashley Estuary south end
  44. Black-fronted Tern Chlidonias albostriatus
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Sharon Lake
    Location: Ashley Estuary south end
  45. White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Sharon Lake
    Location: Ashley Estuary south end
  46. Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Sharon Lake
    Location: Ashley Estuary south end
  47. Red Knot Calidris canutus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Christian Cosgrove
    Location: Ashley Estuary south end
  48. Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Christian Cosgrove
    Location: Ashley Estuary south end
  49. White-fronted Tern Sterna striata
    # Count: 275
    Date:
    Observer: Christian Cosgrove
    Location: Ashley Estuary south end
  50. Spotted Shag Phalacrocorax punctatus
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Christian Cosgrove
    Location: Ashley Estuary south end
  51. Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Christian Cosgrove
    Location: Waikuku Horsefloat Park
  52. New Zealand Bellbird Anthornis melanura
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Christian Cosgrove
    Location: Waikuku Horsefloat Park
  53. Graylag Goose Anser anser
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Christian Cosgrove
    Location: Pegasus Wetlands N of Tiritiri Moana Dr
  54. Mute Swan Cygnus olor
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Christian Cosgrove
    Location: Pegasus Wetlands N of Tiritiri Moana Dr
  55. Black-fronted Dotterel Charadrius melanops
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Sharon Lake
    Location: Ravenswood--Kesteven Place Wetland
  56. Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Anita Spencer
    Location: Lake Pegasus
  57. Black Stilt Himantopus novaezelandiae
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ben Ackerley
    Location: Ashley-Saltwater Creek Estuary
  58. Shining Bronze-Cuckoo Chrysococcyx lucidus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Christian Cosgrove
    Location: PF Waimakariri 5mbc Site TP3
  59. Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Don Goodale
    Location: Whites Rd Reserve, Ohoka
  60. Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ben Ackerley
    Location: Ashley-Saltwater Creek Estuary
  61. Great Egret Ardea alba
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Richard Chambers
    Location: Unnamed Road, Kaiapoi, Canterbury, NZ (-43.39, 172.678)
  62. Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Christopher Leathart
    Location: Pegasus Wetlands
  63. Australasian Gannet Morus serrator
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Christian Cosgrove
    Location: Ashley River Estuary
  64. Far Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Don Goodale
    Location: Ashley Estuary south end
  65. Little Egret Egretta garzetta
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Don Goodale
    Location: Ashley Estuary south end
  66. Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Frank Antram
    Location: Ashley Rakahuri Regional Park—Raupo Berm
  67. New Zealand Pigeon Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Joanna McVeagh
    Location: Oxford at 647 Bay Road Canterbury, NZ (-43.287, 172.185)
  68. New Zealand Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Anonymous eBirder
    Location: 7476, Swannanoa NZ-Canterbury -43.44604, 172.45845
  69. New Zealand Kaka Nestor meridionalis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Christian Cosgrove
    Location: 145A Sales Road, Oxford, Canterbury, NZ (-43.277, 172.187)
  70. New Zealand Falcon Falco novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Christian Cosgrove
    Location: 98 Forestry Road, Ashley, Canterbury, NZ (-43.246, 172.603)
  71. Rifleman Acanthisitta chloris
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Christian Cosgrove
    Location: Ashley Gorge Holiday Park
  72. Pipipi Mohoua novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Christian Cosgrove
    Location: Ashley Gorge Holiday Park
  73. Tomtit Petroica macrocephala
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Christian Cosgrove
    Location: Ashley Gorge Holiday Park
  74. Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Christian Cosgrove
    Location: Pegasus Wetland
  75. Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Don Goodale
    Location: Pegasus Wetlands N of Tiritiri Moana Dr
  76. Morepork Ninox novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Kieran Rowe
    Location: 7495, Coopers Creek NZ-Canterbury -43.26121, 172.09471
  77. Spotless Crake Zapornia tabuensis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Christian Cosgrove
    Location: Kaiapoi River Mouth
  78. Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Dave Howes
    Location: Ashley Estuary south end
  79. Sanderling Calidris alba
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Christian Cosgrove
    Location: Ashley River Estuary
  80. Common Tern Sterna hirundo
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Adam Colley
    Location: Ashley Estuary south end
  81. White-capped Albatross Thalassarche cauta
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Ben Ackerley
    Location: Pegasus Bay NZ-Canterbury (-43.3230,172.9194)
  82. Cape Petrel Daption capense
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ben Ackerley
    Location: Pegasus Bay NZ-Canterbury (-43.3230,172.9194)
  83. Fairy Prion Pachyptila turtur
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Ben Ackerley
    Location: Pegasus Bay NZ-Canterbury (-43.3230,172.9194)
  84. Buller's Shearwater Ardenna bulleri
    # Count: 7
    Date:
    Observer: Ben Ackerley
    Location: Pegasus Bay NZ-Canterbury (-43.3230,172.9194)
  85. Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ben Ackerley
    Location: Pegasus Bay NZ-Canterbury (-43.3230,172.9194)
  86. Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Vivienne Hastie
    Location: Waikuku Beach--beach & offshore
  87. Hutton's Shearwater Puffinus huttoni
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: William Brice
    Location: South Pacific Ocean NZ-Canterbury (-43.2770,172.7308)
  88. Long-tailed Koel Urodynamis taitensis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Christian Cosgrove
    Location: Ashley Gorge Holiday Park
  89. White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Andrew Crossland
    Location: Ashley Rakahuri Regional Park, Rangiora NZ-Canterbury -43.26660, 172.46479
  90. Northern Giant-Petrel Macronectes halli
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ben Ackerley
    Location: Waikuku Beach--beach & offshore
  91. Eastern Cattle Egret Bubulcus coromandus
    # Count: 9
    Date:
    Observer: Bev Alexander
    Location: 58 Marsh Road, Rangiora NZ-Canterbury -43.32265, 172.62062
  92. New Zealand Grebe Poliocephalus rufopectus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Bev Alexander
    Location: Pegasus Wetlands N of Tiritiri Moana Dr
  93. Australasian Bittern Botaurus poiciloptilus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Christian Cosgrove
    Location: Creek near The Pines Beach
  94. Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Christian Cosgrove
    Location: Ashley Estuary south end
  95. Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: David Thomas
    Location: Ashley Estuary south end
  96. Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Eleanor Gunby
    Location: Ashley Estuary -Raupo Berm
  97. Pacific Golden-Plover Pluvialis fulva
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Dave Howes
    Location: Ashley Estuary south end
  98. Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Dave Howes
    Location: Ashley Estuary south end
  99. Blue Duck Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Janet Burton
    Location: Wharfedale Hut, View Hill -43.199817, 172.009467
  100. Broad-billed Prion Pachyptila vittata
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Gregor Tims
    Location: Ashley Estuary south end
  101. Greater Sand-Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Adam Colley
    Location: Ashley Estuary south end
  102. Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: kelly johnson
    Location: ashlry river mouth waikuku.
  103. Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: BirdsNZ Canterbury
    Location: Ashley Estuary (Waikuku end)
  104. Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Warwick Allen
    Location: Waikuku Beach spit tip
  105. Gray-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Andrew Crossland
    Location: Ashley Estuary south end
  106. Little Tern Sternula albifrons
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: BirdsNZ Canterbury
    Location: Ashley River Estuary
  107. Tui Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Brian Ratcliff
    Location: Ashley Gorge Holiday Park, and track across river
  108. Red-breasted Dotterel Anarhynchus obscurus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Bev Alexander
    Location: Ashley River Estuary
  109. Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Jim Dawe
    Location: Ashley River Estruary
  110. Latham's Snipe Gallinago hardwickii
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Eleanor Gunby
    Location: Pegasus Wetland
  111. Hardhead Aythya australis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Phil Hammond
    Location: Kaiapoi Lakes
  112. Ruff Calidris pugnax
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Andrew Crossland
    Location: Kaiapoi Oxidation Ponds
  113. Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Andrew Crossland
    Location: Ashley-Saltwater Creek Estuary

Exotic: Provisional (2)

  1. African Collared-Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Bev Alexander
    Location: Steggall Rd, Rangiora NZ-Canterbury -43.30032, 172.60724
  2. Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Bev Alexander
    Location: Banks Road, Sefton NZ-Canterbury -43.23257, 172.71369

Exotic: Escapee (7)

  1. Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Don Goodale
    Location: 168–212 Marsh Rd, Rangiora NZ-Canterbury -43.32447, 172.60728
  2. Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Bev Alexander
    Location: 41–87 Banks Rd, Sefton NZ-Canterbury -43.23813, 172.71627
  3. Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Christian Cosgrove
    Location: 145A Sales Road, Oxford, Canterbury, NZ (-43.277, 172.187)
  4. Cape Barren Goose Cereopsis novaehollandiae
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Don Goodale
    Location: Taranaki Stream (Waikuku Beach Rd)
  5. Rook Corvus frugilegus
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Jay Huila Balvin
    Location: Ashley Estuary south end
  6. Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Ben Ackerley
    Location: 386–390 Dixons Rd, Loburn NZ-Canterbury (-43.2683,172.5561)
  7. Emu Dromaius novaehollandiae
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Bev Alexander
    Location: 2–148 Jelfs Road, Woodend Beach NZ-Canterbury -43.33974, 172.68665

Hybrids (4)

  1. Mallard x Pacific Black Duck (hybrid) Anas platyrhynchos x superciliosa
    # Count: 2