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Native and Naturalized (65)

  1. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Warwick Allen
    Location: Travis Wetland/Ōruapaeroa--Western Edge
  2. Australasian Swamphen Porphyrio melanotus
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Warwick Allen
    Location: Travis Wetland/Ōruapaeroa--Western Edge
  3. Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Warwick Allen
    Location: Travis Wetland/Ōruapaeroa--Western Edge
  4. Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Brett Curry
    Location: Waimairi Beach Golf Club - Carpark Gate to Tee 13 - Christchurch NZ-Canterbury
  5. Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Brett Curry
    Location: Waimairi Beach Golf Club - Carpark Gate to Tee 13 - Christchurch NZ-Canterbury
  6. House Sparrow Passer domesticus
    # Count: 9
    Date:
    Observer: Brett Curry
    Location: Waimairi Beach Golf Club - Carpark Gate to Tee 13 - Christchurch NZ-Canterbury
  7. European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Brett Curry
    Location: Waimairi Beach Golf Club - Carpark Gate to Tee 13 - Christchurch NZ-Canterbury
  8. Paradise Shelduck Tadorna variegata
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Don Goodale
    Location: 59A Middleton Rd, Christchurch NZ-Canterbury (-43.5355,172.5814)
  9. Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Don Goodale
    Location: 59A Middleton Rd, Christchurch NZ-Canterbury (-43.5355,172.5814)
  10. New Zealand Bellbird Anthornis melanura
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Don Goodale
    Location: 59A Middleton Rd, Christchurch NZ-Canterbury (-43.5355,172.5814)
  11. Gray Gerygone Gerygone igata
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Don Goodale
    Location: 59A Middleton Rd, Christchurch NZ-Canterbury (-43.5355,172.5814)
  12. Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Don Goodale
    Location: 59A Middleton Rd, Christchurch NZ-Canterbury (-43.5355,172.5814)
  13. New Zealand Fantail Rhipidura fuliginosa
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Don Goodale
    Location: 59A Middleton Rd, Christchurch NZ-Canterbury (-43.5355,172.5814)
  14. Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Don Goodale
    Location: 59A Middleton Rd, Christchurch NZ-Canterbury (-43.5355,172.5814)
  15. Silvereye Zosterops lateralis
    # Count: 14
    Date:
    Observer: Don Goodale
    Location: 59A Middleton Rd, Christchurch NZ-Canterbury (-43.5355,172.5814)
  16. European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Don Goodale
    Location: 59A Middleton Rd, Christchurch NZ-Canterbury (-43.5355,172.5814)
  17. Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Don Goodale
    Location: 59A Middleton Rd, Christchurch NZ-Canterbury (-43.5355,172.5814)
  18. Dunnock Prunella modularis
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Don Goodale
    Location: 59A Middleton Rd, Christchurch NZ-Canterbury (-43.5355,172.5814)
  19. Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Don Goodale
    Location: 59A Middleton Rd, Christchurch NZ-Canterbury (-43.5355,172.5814)
  20. Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Don Goodale
    Location: 59A Middleton Rd, Christchurch NZ-Canterbury (-43.5355,172.5814)
  21. European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Don Goodale
    Location: 59A Middleton Rd, Christchurch NZ-Canterbury (-43.5355,172.5814)
  22. Canada Goose Branta canadensis
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Lisa Ryan
    Location: Travis Wetland--New Pond
  23. Black Swan Cygnus atratus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Lisa Ryan
    Location: Travis Wetland--New Pond
  24. Australasian Shoveler Spatula rhynchotis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Lisa Ryan
    Location: Travis Wetland--New Pond
  25. Gray Teal Anas gracilis
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Lisa Ryan
    Location: Travis Wetland--New Pond
  26. New Zealand Scaup Aythya novaeseelandiae
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Lisa Ryan
    Location: Travis Wetland--New Pond
  27. Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Lisa Ryan
    Location: Travis Wetland--New Pond
  28. Swamp Harrier Circus approximans
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Lisa Ryan
    Location: Travis Wetland--New Pond
  29. California Quail Callipepla californica
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Warwick Allen
    Location: Bayview Road, Charteris Bay, Canterbury, NZ (-43.64, 172.714)
  30. New Zealand Pigeon Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Deleece Augustyn
    Location: 12 Felthams Road, Akaroa, Canterbury, NZ (-43.798, 172.971)
  31. Shining Bronze-Cuckoo Chrysococcyx lucidus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Deleece Augustyn
    Location: 12 Felthams Road, Akaroa, Canterbury, NZ (-43.798, 172.971)
  32. Tui Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Deleece Augustyn
    Location: 12 Felthams Road, Akaroa, Canterbury, NZ (-43.798, 172.971)
  33. Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Warwick Allen
    Location: Orton Bradley Park
  34. Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
    # Count: 20
    Date:
    Observer: Warwick Allen
    Location: Orton Bradley Park
  35. Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Lisa Ryan
    Location: Christchurch--Sumner Beach
  36. Rock Pigeon Columba livia
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Janet Burton
    Location: Hagley Park, Riccarton Avenue, Christchurch
  37. Black-billed Gull Chroicocephalus bulleri
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Philip Crutchley
    Location: Lake Forsyth--Catons Bay.
  38. Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Philip Crutchley
    Location: Lake Forsyth--Catons Bay.
  39. White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Philip Crutchley
    Location: Lake Forsyth--Catons Bay.
  40. Pipipi Mohoua novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Philip Crutchley
    Location: Te Oka Bay Road, Te Oka, Canterbury, NZ (-43.824, 172.788)
  41. Tomtit Petroica macrocephala
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Philip Crutchley
    Location: Te Oka Bay Road, Te Oka, Canterbury, NZ (-43.835, 172.777)
  42. White-fronted Tern Sterna striata
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Warwick Allen
    Location: Bayview Road, Charteris Bay, Canterbury, NZ (-43.64, 172.714)
  43. South Island Oystercatcher Haematopus finschi
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Ben Ackerley
    Location: Avon Heathcote Estuary Shag roost (along Main road)
  44. Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
    # Count: 15
    Date:
    Observer: Ben Ackerley
    Location: Avon Heathcote Estuary Shag roost (along Main road)
  45. Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ben Ackerley
    Location: Avon Heathcote Estuary Shag roost (along Main road)
  46. Little Owl Athene noctua
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Emily Muller
    Location: Somerfield Suburb
  47. Pied Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
    Location: Lake Ellesmere (Te Waihora)--Ataahua Point
  48. Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
    Location: Lake Ellesmere (Te Waihora)--Ataahua Point
  49. Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
    # Count: 20
    Date:
    Observer: Sharon Lake
    Location: Styx Mill Walkway
  50. Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
    Location: Kaituna Lagoon--SE corner & Lapis Lake
  51. Variable Oystercatcher Haematopus unicolor
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
    Location: Birdlings Flat--beach and inshore waters
  52. Spotted Shag Phalacrocorax punctatus
    # Count: 11
    Date:
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
    Location: Birdlings Flat--beach and inshore waters
  53. Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
    Location: Lake Forsyth--outlet lagoon
  54. Double-banded Plover Anarhynchus bicinctus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
    Location: Lake Forsyth--outlet lagoon
  55. Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
    Location: Lake Forsyth--outlet lagoon
  56. Graylag Goose Anser anser
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
    Location: Lake Forsyth--Western end of main body
  57. Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
    Location: Lake Forsyth--Western end of main body
  58. Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Patrick Aldwell
    Location: Te Kuru Wetlands, Christchurch NZ-Canterbury
  59. New Zealand Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Patrick Aldwell
    Location: Te Kuru Wetlands, Christchurch NZ-Canterbury
  60. Black-fronted Tern Chlidonias albostriatus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
    Location: Lake Forsyth--Catons Bay.
  61. White-capped Albatross Thalassarche cauta
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Warwick Allen
    Location: Akaroa Head Scenic Reserve
  62. Northern Giant-Petrel Macronectes halli
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Warwick Allen
    Location: Akaroa Head Scenic Reserve
  63. Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Warwick Allen
    Location: Akaroa Head Scenic Reserve
  64. Great Egret Ardea alba
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
    Location: 275 Bridle Path Rd, Christchurch NZ-Canterbury -43.56364, 172.70812
  65. Pacific Reef-Heron Egretta sacra
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Warwick Allen
    Location: Purau

Exotic: Provisional (2)

  1. Mute Swan Cygnus olor
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Christian Cosgrove
    Location: 193 Travis Road, Christchurch, Canterbury, NZ (-43.492, 172.705)
  2. Cape Barren Goose Cereopsis novaehollandiae
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Christian Cosgrove
    Location: Travis Wetland/Ōruapaeroa--Stockyard Scape

Exotic: Escapee (1)

  1. Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Peter Reese
    Location: Christchurch--Avon River (near Hospital)

Hybrids (3)

  1. Mallard x Pacific Black Duck (hybrid) Anas platyrhynchos x superciliosa
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Bev Alexander
    Location: Otukaikino Reserve
  2. Pied x Black Stilt (hybrid) Himantopus leucocephalus x novaezelandiae
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
    Location: Kaituna Lagoon--SE corner & Lapis Lake
  3. Muscovy Duck x Mallard (hybrid) Cairina moschata x Anas platyrhynchos
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: James Scott
    Location: Kaitorete Spit--'Coop's'/CCC Reserve

Additional Taxa (6)

  1. passerine sp. Passeriformes sp.
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Don Goodale
    Location: 59A Middleton Rd, Christchurch NZ-Canterbury (-43.5355,172.5814)
  2. Hutton's/Fluttering Shearwater Puffinus huttoni/gavia
    # Count: 55
    Date:
    Observer: Warwick Allen
    Location: Akaroa Head Scenic Reserve
  3. Silver/Black-billed Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae/bulleri
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Don Lovett
    Location: 33 Governors Bay Teddington Road, Allandale, Canterbury, NZ (-43.637, 172.648)
  4. gull sp. Larinae sp.
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Brett Curry
    Location: Travis Wetland--New Pond
  5. cormorant sp. Phalacrocoracidae sp.
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Don Lovett
    Location: 187 Locksley Avenue, Christchurch, Canterbury, NZ (-43.511, 172.683)
  6. duck sp. Anatidae (duck sp.)
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Anita Spencer
    Location: 252 Westminster Street, Christchurch, Canterbury, NZ (-43.502, 172.646)