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Native and Naturalized (81)

  1. White-fronted Tern Sterna striata
    # Count: 20
    Date:
    Observer: Oscar Thomas
    Location: South Pacific Ocean NZ-Canterbury (-43.9299,172.9392)
  2. Spotted Shag Phalacrocorax punctatus
    # Count: 20
    Date:
    Observer: Oscar Thomas
    Location: South Pacific Ocean NZ-Canterbury (-43.9299,172.9392)
  3. Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
    # Count: 15
    Date:
    Observer: Oscar Thomas
    Location: South Pacific Ocean NZ-Canterbury (-43.9299,172.9392)
  4. Graylag Goose Anser anser
    # Count: 10
    Date:
    Observer: Andreas Steiner
    Location: Travis Wetland--New Pond
  5. Hutton's Shearwater Puffinus huttoni
    # Count: 10
    Date:
    Observer: Oscar Thomas
    Location: South Pacific Ocean NZ-Canterbury (-43.9299,172.9392)
  6. European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
    # Count: 9
    Date:
    Observer: Philip Crutchley
    Location: evans pass
  7. Canada Goose Branta canadensis
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Philip Crutchley
    Location: Christchurch--Linwood Canal
  8. Black-billed Gull Chroicocephalus bulleri
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Peter Reese
    Location: Summerset at Wigram
  9. Black-fronted Tern Chlidonias albostriatus
    # Count: 7
    Date:
    Observer: Bev Alexander
    Location: 8051, Christchurch NZ-Canterbury -43.45031, 172.44220
  10. House Sparrow Passer domesticus
    # Count: 7
    Date:
    Observer: Philip Crutchley
    Location: Victoria park HQ
  11. Australasian Shoveler Spatula rhynchotis
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Kieran Rowe
    Location: Christchurch-Akaroa Rd, Little River NZ-Canterbury -43.78976, 172.75891
  12. Rock Pigeon Columba livia
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Kieran Rowe
    Location: Birdlings Flat--beach and inshore waters
  13. New Zealand Pigeon Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Oscar Thomas
    Location: 124 Aylmers Valley Rd, Akaroa NZ-Canterbury (-43.8223,172.9693)
  14. Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: William Brice
    Location: The Groynes, Christchurch NZ-Canterbury -43.45183, 172.60657
  15. South Island Oystercatcher Haematopus finschi
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Philip Crutchley
    Location: Christchurch--Charlesworth Wetland Reserve
  16. New Zealand Scaup Aythya novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Philip Crutchley
    Location: Christchurch--Linwood Canal
  17. Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Philip Crutchley
    Location: Christchurch--Charlesworth Wetland Reserve
  18. Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Philip Crutchley
    Location: 190 Summit Road, Christchurch, Canterbury, NZ (-43.584, 172.764)
  19. Silvereye Zosterops lateralis
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Philip Crutchley
    Location: evans pass
  20. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Philip Crutchley
    Location: Christchurch--Linwood Canal
  21. Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Kieran Rowe
    Location: Christchurch-Akaroa Rd, Little River NZ-Canterbury -43.78976, 172.75891
  22. White-capped Albatross Thalassarche cauta
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Paul Waton
    Location: East of Christchurch
  23. Paradise Shelduck Tadorna variegata
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Kieran Rowe
    Location: Christchurch-Akaroa Rd, Little River NZ-Canterbury -43.78976, 172.75891
  24. Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Andrew Crossland
    Location: 24 Reynolds Valley Rd, Little River NZ-Canterbury -43.78936, 172.82574
  25. Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Peter Reese
    Location: Summerset at Wigram
  26. Salvin's Albatross Thalassarche salvini
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Oscar Thomas
    Location: South Pacific Ocean NZ-Canterbury (-43.9299,172.9392)
  27. Northern Giant-Petrel Macronectes halli
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Oscar Thomas
    Location: Akaroa Harbour, Banks Peninsula Ward NZ-Canterbury (-43.8807,172.9513)
  28. Pintado Petrel Daption capense
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: 谦益 张
    Location: Anchorage Auto selected -43.45080, 172.86051
  29. Buller's Shearwater Ardenna bulleri
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: 谦益 张
    Location: Anchorage Auto selected -43.45080, 172.86051
  30. Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Noah Fenwick
    Location: Lake Ellesmere(Te Waihora)--'tip' of Kaitorete Spit
  31. New Zealand Bellbird Anthornis melanura
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Philip Crutchley
    Location: Victoria park HQ
  32. Pied Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Philip Crutchley
    Location: Christchurch--Charlesworth Wetland Reserve
  33. Variable Oystercatcher Haematopus unicolor
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Oscar Thomas
    Location: 261 Beach Rd, Akaroa NZ-Canterbury -43.81586, 172.94971
  34. Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Brett Curry
    Location: Backyard BBQ Patio
  35. Little Penguin Eudyptula minor
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Oscar Thomas
    Location: South Pacific Ocean NZ-Canterbury (-43.9299,172.9392)
  36. Gray-backed Storm-Petrel Garrodia nereis
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Paul Waton
    Location: East of Christchurch
  37. Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Oscar Thomas
    Location: South Pacific Ocean NZ-Canterbury (-43.9299,172.9392)
  38. Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Philip Crutchley
    Location: Christchurch--Linwood Canal
  39. White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Philip Crutchley
    Location: Christchurch--Charlesworth Wetland Reserve
  40. Tui Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Oscar Thomas
    Location: 124 Aylmers Valley Rd, Akaroa NZ-Canterbury (-43.8223,172.9693)
  41. Gray Gerygone Gerygone igata
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Philip Crutchley
    Location: Victoria park HQ
  42. Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Philip Crutchley
    Location: Victoria park HQ
  43. European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Philip Crutchley
    Location: Victoria park HQ
  44. Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Russell Cannings
    Location: Godley Head
  45. Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Philip Crutchley
    Location: evans pass
  46. Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Elizabeth Hamilton
    Location: Christchurch
  47. Gray Teal Anas gracilis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Miu Phillips
    Location: Christchurch--Travis Wetland/Ōruapaeroa (general)
  48. California Quail Callipepla californica
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Oscar Thomas
    Location: 124 Aylmers Valley Rd, Akaroa NZ-Canterbury (-43.8223,172.9693)
  49. Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Andrew Crossland
    Location: 202 Kinloch Rd, Little River NZ-Canterbury -43.79757, 172.79961
  50. Shining Bronze-Cuckoo Chalcites lucidus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Philip Crutchley
    Location: Victoria park HQ
  51. Australasian Swamphen Porphyrio melanotus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Kieran Rowe
    Location: Christchurch-Akaroa Rd, Little River NZ-Canterbury -43.78976, 172.75891
  52. Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Gareth Hughes
    Location: Lake Forsyth--Catons Bay.
  53. Black-fronted Dotterel Thinornis melanops
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: LINDA SCHMIDT
    Location: Christchurch--Lower Heathcote Estuary
  54. Double-banded Plover Anarhynchus bicinctus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Kieran Rowe
    Location: Birdlings Flat--beach and inshore waters
  55. Wrybill Anarhynchus frontalis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: LINDA SCHMIDT
    Location: Christchurch--Lower Heathcote Estuary
  56. Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Oscar Thomas
    Location: South Pacific Ocean NZ-Canterbury (-43.9299,172.9392)
  57. Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Kieran Rowe
    Location: Birdlings Flat--beach and inshore waters
  58. Northern Royal Albatross Diomedea sanfordi
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Paul Waton
    Location: East of Christchurch
  59. Southern Royal Albatross Diomedea epomophora
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Oscar Thomas
    Location: South Pacific Ocean NZ-Canterbury (-43.9564,172.9112)
  60. Fluttering Shearwater Puffinus gavia
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Oscar Thomas
    Location: South Pacific Ocean NZ-Canterbury (-43.9299,172.9392)
  61. Australasian Gannet Morus serrator
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Russell Cannings
    Location: Godley Head
  62. Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Philip Crutchley
    Location: Christchurch--Linwood Canal
  63. Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Anonymous eBirder
    Location: Bexley wetland
  64. Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Philip Crutchley
    Location: Christchurch--Linwood Canal
  65. Pacific Reef-Heron Egretta sacra
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Juliet McMurren
    Location: McCormacks Bay Reserve, Christchurch NZ-Canterbury (-43.5580,172.7235)
  66. Swamp Harrier Circus approximans
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Philip Crutchley
    Location: Livingstone col
  67. Little Owl Athene noctua
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Daria Erastova
    Location: Christchurch--Botanic Gardens
  68. Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Philip Crutchley
    Location: summit rd godley head
  69. Rifleman Acanthisitta chloris
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Andrew Crossland
    Location: 202 Kinloch Rd, Little River NZ-Canterbury -43.80605, 172.79478
  70. Pipipi Mohoua novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Oscar Thomas
    Location: 124 Aylmers Valley Rd, Akaroa NZ-Canterbury (-43.8223,172.9693)
  71. Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Peter Reese
    Location: Summerset at Wigram
  72. New Zealand Fantail Rhipidura fuliginosa
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Philip Crutchley
    Location: Victoria park HQ
  73. Tomtit Petroica macrocephala
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Russell Cannings
    Location: Banks Peninsula--Montgomery Park
  74. Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Brett Curry
    Location: Backyard BBQ Patio
  75. European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Oscar Thomas
    Location: 124 Aylmers Valley Rd, Akaroa NZ-Canterbury (-43.8223,172.9693)
  76. Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Oscar Thomas
    Location: 124 Aylmers Valley Rd, Akaroa NZ-Canterbury (-43.8223,172.9693)
  77. Dunnock Prunella modularis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Oscar Thomas
    Location: 124 Aylmers Valley Rd, Akaroa NZ-Canterbury (-43.8223,172.9693)
  78. New Zealand Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Philip Crutchley
    Location: 190 Summit Road, Christchurch, Canterbury, NZ (-43.584, 172.764)
  79. Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Philip Crutchley
    Location: Victoria park HQ
  80. Redpoll Acanthis flammea
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Philip Crutchley
    Location: Victoria park HQ
  81. Black Swan Cygnus atratus
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Kieran Rowe
    Location: Christchurch-Akaroa Rd, Little River NZ-Canterbury -43.78976, 172.75891

Exotic: Provisional (2)

  1. Mute Swan Cygnus olor
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Kieran Rowe
    Location: Christchurch-Akaroa Rd, Little River NZ-Canterbury -43.78976, 172.75891
  2. Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Kieran Rowe
    Location: Ataahua--Prices Valley Rd

Exotic: Escapee (3)

  1. Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Andrew Crossland
    Location: 37–269 Reynolds Valley Rd, Little River NZ-Canterbury -43.79277, 172.82814
  2. Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Christchurch--Botanic Gardens
  3. Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Peter Reese
    Location: Hoon Hay Valley Rd

Hybrids (2)

  1. Muscovy Duck x Mallard (hybrid) Cairina moschata x Anas platyrhynchos
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: William Brice
    Location: Christchurch--Botanic Gardens
  2. Mallard x Pacific Black Duck (hybrid) Anas platyrhynchos x superciliosa
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Peter Reese
    Location: Halswell--Creamery Reserve

Additional Taxa (7)

  1. Silver/Black-billed Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae/bulleri
    # Count: 20
    Date:
    Observer: Peter Langlands
    Location: New Brighton Beach
  2. duck sp. Anatidae (duck sp.)
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Juliet McMurren
    Location: 131 Bridge St, Christchurch NZ-Canterbury -43.52524, 172.72490
  3. Tui/New Zealand Bellbird Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae/Anthornis melanura
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Elisha Smith
    Location: 7581, Akaroa NZ-Canterbury -43.84799, 172.94524
  4. passerine sp. Passeriformes sp.
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Don Goodale
    Location: 59A Middleton Rd, Christchurch NZ-Canterbury (-43.5355,172.5814)
  5. jaeger sp. Stercorarius sp. (jaeger sp.)
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Don Goodale
    Location: 32–56 Beachville Rd, Christchurch NZ-Canterbury -43.56035, 172.73938
  6. Parasitic/Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus/pomarinus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Avery Fish
    Location: Avon-Heathcote Estuary/Ihutai--Estuary Edge Walk
  7. Snowy/Tristan/Antipodean Albatross Diomedea exulans/dabbenena/antipodensis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Paul Waton
    Location: East of Christchurch