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Native and Naturalized (64)

  1. New Zealand Fantail Rhipidura fuliginosa
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Brett Curry
    Location: Backyard BBQ Patio
  2. Dunnock Prunella modularis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Brett Curry
    Location: Backyard BBQ Patio
  3. Black Swan Cygnus atratus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Antony Shadbolt
    Location: Te Waoku Kahikatea Reserve -43.46435, 172.64945
  4. Australasian Shoveler Spatula rhynchotis
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Antony Shadbolt
    Location: Te Waoku Kahikatea Reserve -43.46435, 172.64945
  5. New Zealand Scaup Aythya novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Antony Shadbolt
    Location: Te Waoku Kahikatea Reserve -43.46435, 172.64945
  6. California Quail Callipepla californica
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Antony Shadbolt
    Location: Te Waoku Kahikatea Reserve -43.46435, 172.64945
  7. Rock Pigeon Columba livia
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Antony Shadbolt
    Location: Te Waoku Kahikatea Reserve -43.46435, 172.64945
  8. Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Antony Shadbolt
    Location: Te Waoku Kahikatea Reserve -43.46435, 172.64945
  9. Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Antony Shadbolt
    Location: Te Waoku Kahikatea Reserve -43.46435, 172.64945
  10. Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Antony Shadbolt
    Location: Te Waoku Kahikatea Reserve -43.46435, 172.64945
  11. Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Antony Shadbolt
    Location: Te Waoku Kahikatea Reserve -43.46435, 172.64945
  12. Little Owl Athene noctua
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Antony Shadbolt
    Location: Te Waoku Kahikatea Reserve -43.46435, 172.64945
  13. Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Antony Shadbolt
    Location: Te Waoku Kahikatea Reserve -43.46435, 172.64945
  14. New Zealand Bellbird Anthornis melanura
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Antony Shadbolt
    Location: Te Waoku Kahikatea Reserve -43.46435, 172.64945
  15. Gray Gerygone Gerygone igata
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Antony Shadbolt
    Location: Te Waoku Kahikatea Reserve -43.46435, 172.64945
  16. Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Antony Shadbolt
    Location: Te Waoku Kahikatea Reserve -43.46435, 172.64945
  17. European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Antony Shadbolt
    Location: Te Waoku Kahikatea Reserve -43.46435, 172.64945
  18. Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula
    # Count: 7
    Date:
    Observer: Antony Shadbolt
    Location: Te Waoku Kahikatea Reserve -43.46435, 172.64945
  19. Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Antony Shadbolt
    Location: Te Waoku Kahikatea Reserve -43.46435, 172.64945
  20. Canada Goose Branta canadensis
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Andrew Heap
    Location: Christchurch--Botanic Gardens
  21. Paradise Shelduck Tadorna variegata
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Andrew Heap
    Location: Christchurch--Botanic Gardens
  22. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Andrew Heap
    Location: Christchurch--Botanic Gardens
  23. Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Andrew Heap
    Location: Christchurch--Botanic Gardens
  24. Silvereye Zosterops lateralis
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Andrew Heap
    Location: Christchurch--Botanic Gardens
  25. Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Andrew Heap
    Location: Christchurch--Botanic Gardens
  26. House Sparrow Passer domesticus
    # Count: 16
    Date:
    Observer: Andrew Heap
    Location: Christchurch--Botanic Gardens
  27. Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Johnny Herd
    Location: Christchurch--Orana Wildlife Trust
  28. Australasian Swamphen Porphyrio melanotus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Johnny Herd
    Location: Christchurch--Orana Wildlife Trust
  29. Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Dana Dopleach
    Location: Godley Head
  30. Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Dana Dopleach
    Location: Godley Head
  31. South Island Oystercatcher Haematopus finschi
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Brett Curry
    Location: Home, Waimairi Beach, Christchurch NZ (Upstairs Balcony Overlooking the Golf Course)
  32. Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Brett Curry
    Location: Home, Waimairi Beach, Christchurch NZ (Upstairs Balcony Overlooking the Golf Course)
  33. European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Brett Curry
    Location: Home, Waimairi Beach, Christchurch NZ (Upstairs Balcony Overlooking the Golf Course)
  34. New Zealand Pigeon Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Charles Gillingham
    Location: Christchurch--Botanic Gardens
  35. Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Simon Lamb
    Location: 33E Rolleston Avenue, Christchurch, Canterbury, NZ (-43.529, 172.627)
  36. Black-billed Gull Chroicocephalus bulleri
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Simon Lamb
    Location: 33E Rolleston Avenue, Christchurch, Canterbury, NZ (-43.529, 172.627)
  37. Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Janet Burton
    Location: Avon-Heathcote Estuary Ihutai--McCormacks Bay Reserve
  38. Spotted Shag Phalacrocorax punctatus
    # Count: 12
    Date:
    Observer: David Price
    Location: Godley Head
  39. Pacific Reef-Heron Egretta sacra
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: David Price
    Location: Godley Head
  40. European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: David Price
    Location: Godley Head
  41. Variable Oystercatcher Haematopus unicolor
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Charles Gillingham
    Location: Birdlings Flat--beach and inshore waters
  42. Double-banded Plover Anarhynchus bicinctus
    # Count: 9
    Date:
    Observer: Charles Gillingham
    Location: Birdlings Flat--beach and inshore waters
  43. Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Charles Gillingham
    Location: Birdlings Flat--beach and inshore waters
  44. Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius
    # Count: 7
    Date:
    Observer: Charles Gillingham
    Location: Birdlings Flat--beach and inshore waters
  45. White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Charles Gillingham
    Location: Birdlings Flat--beach and inshore waters
  46. Swamp Harrier Circus approximans
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: SLLT Bird
    Location: Radcliffe road ponds
  47. Gray Teal Anas gracilis
    # Count: 18
    Date:
    Observer: SLLT Bird
    Location: Styx Mill Walkway
  48. New Zealand Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Juan Esparza
    Location: Barnett Park
  49. Pied Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Juan Esparza
    Location: Avon-Heathcote Estuary Ihutai--McCormacks Bay Reserve
  50. White-fronted Tern Sterna striata
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Warwick Allen
    Location: Bayview Road, Charteris Bay, Canterbury, NZ (-43.64, 172.714)
  51. Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Warwick Allen
    Location: Lyttelton Harbour--Allandale
  52. Pipipi Mohoua novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Philip Crutchley
    Location: Akaroa, Canterbury, NZ (-43.835, 172.983)
  53. Tomtit Petroica macrocephala
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Philip Crutchley
    Location: Akaroa, Canterbury, NZ (-43.835, 172.983)
  54. Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Ben Ackerley
    Location: Avon Heathcote Estuary Shag roost (along Main road)
  55. New Zealand Falcon Falco novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Philip Crutchley
    Location: 268 Kinloch Road, Okuti Valley, Canterbury, NZ (-43.797, 172.8)
  56. Little Penguin Eudyptula minor
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Jonathan Rihan
    Location: Banks Peninsula--Okains Bay campground
  57. Black-fronted Dotterel Charadrius melanops
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Bev Alexander
    Location: Travis Wetland Nature Heritage Park, Christchurch NZ-Canterbury -43.48452, 172.69875
  58. Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Bev Alexander
    Location: Travis Wetland Nature Heritage Park, Christchurch NZ-Canterbury -43.48452, 172.69875
  59. Wrybill Anarhynchus frontalis
    # Count: 55
    Date:
    Observer: Kieran Rowe
    Location: Lake Ellesmere(Te Waihora)--'tip' of Kaitorete Spit
  60. Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Kieran Rowe
    Location: Lake Ellesmere(Te Waihora)--'tip' of Kaitorete Spit
  61. Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
    # Count: 7
    Date:
    Observer: Sue Galvin
    Location: Christchurch--Roto Kohatu
  62. Black-fronted Tern Chlidonias albostriatus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Sue Galvin
    Location: Christchurch--Roto Kohatu
  63. Shining Bronze-Cuckoo Chrysococcyx lucidus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Christian Cosgrove
    Location: Christchurch--King Park
  64. Australasian Gannet Morus serrator
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Jannis Link
    Location: Godley Head Gun Placements

Exotic: Provisional (2)

  1. Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Charles Gillingham
    Location: Ataahua--Prices Valley Rd
  2. Mute Swan Cygnus olor
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Sharon Lake
    Location: Avon-Heathcote Estuary/Ihutai--Southshore Spit Reserve

Exotic: Escapee (2)

  1. Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Johnny Herd
    Location: Christchurch--Orana Wildlife Trust
  2. Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Sharon Lake
    Location: Otaitaikino Walkway Lake Rua Towards Clearwater, Christchurch, Canterbury, NZ (-43.46, 172.577)

Hybrids (3)

  1. Mallard x Pacific Black Duck (hybrid) Anas platyrhynchos x superciliosa
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Antony Shadbolt
    Location: Te Waoku Kahikatea Reserve -43.46435, 172.64945
  2. Pied x Black Stilt (hybrid) Himantopus leucocephalus x novaezelandiae
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ben Ackerley
    Location: Travis Wetland/Ōruapaeroa--Stockyard Scape
  3. Muscovy Duck x Mallard (hybrid) Cairina moschata x Anas platyrhynchos
    # Count: 7
    Date:
    Observer: Christian Cosgrove
    Location: Christchurch--Avon River (near Hospital)

Additional Taxa (7)

  1. passerine sp. Passeriformes sp.
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Don Goodale
    Location: 59A Middleton Rd, Christchurch NZ-Canterbury (-43.5355,172.5814)
  2. gull sp. Larinae sp.
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Simon Lamb
    Location: 8 Riccarton Ave, Christchurch Central, Christchurch 8013 Riccarton Avenue, Christchurch, Canterbury, NZ (-43.528, 172.621)
  3. finch sp. Fringillidae sp.
    # Count: 9
    Date:
    Observer: Sharon Lake
    Location: Avon-Heathcote Estuary/Ihutai--Southshore Spit Reserve
  4. bird sp. Aves sp.
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Sharon Lake
    Location: Avon-Heathcote Estuary/Ihutai--Southshore Spit Reserve
  5. Silver/Black-billed Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae/bulleri
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Don Goodale
    Location: 32–56 Beachville Rd, Christchurch NZ-Canterbury -43.56035, 172.73938
  6. Southern/Northern Giant-Petrel Macronectes giganteus/halli
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Jesse M. Rubenstein
    Location: Boulder Bay, Godley Heads, Christchurch, New Zealand
  7. cormorant sp. Phalacrocoracidae sp.
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Audrey Austin
    Location: Avon-Heathcote Estuary/Ihutai--northern arm