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Native and Naturalized (65)

  1. Graylag Goose Anser anser
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Peter Reese
    Location: Halswell--Westlake Reserve Ponds
  2. Pacific Reef-Heron Egretta sacra
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: David Price
    Location: Godley Head
  3. Little Penguin Eudyptula minor
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Jonathan Rihan
    Location: Banks Peninsula--Okains Bay campground
  4. Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Christian Cosgrove
    Location: Styx Mill Walkway
  5. Australasian Gannet Morus serrator
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Jannis Link
    Location: Godley Head Gun Placements
  6. Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Brett Curry
    Location: Travis Wetland--New Pond
  7. Shining Bronze-Cuckoo Chrysococcyx lucidus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ben Ackerley
    Location: Christchurch--King Park
  8. New Zealand Falcon Falco novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Philip Crutchley
    Location: NZ-Canterbury-Akaroa-582 Flea Bay Road - -43.851x173.002
  9. Pipipi Mohoua novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Philip Crutchley
    Location: Stoney Bay Road, Akaroa, Canterbury, NZ (-43.835, 173.001)
  10. Tomtit Petroica macrocephala
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Philip Crutchley
    Location: Stoney Bay Road, Akaroa, Canterbury, NZ (-43.835, 173.001)
  11. New Zealand Pigeon Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Christian Cosgrove
    Location: Christchurch--Botanic Gardens
  12. Wrybill Anarhynchus frontalis
    # Count: 29
    Date:
    Observer: Philip Crutchley
    Location: Lake Ellesmere(Te Waihora)--'tip' of Kaitorete Spit
  13. Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Philip Crutchley
    Location: Lake Ellesmere(Te Waihora)--'tip' of Kaitorete Spit
  14. Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
    # Count: 13
    Date:
    Observer: Philip Crutchley
    Location: Lake Ellesmere(Te Waihora)--'tip' of Kaitorete Spit
  15. Little Owl Athene noctua
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Tessa Mitchell-Anyon
    Location: Styx Mill Walkway
  16. Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Sharon Lake
    Location: Lake Roto Kohatu, Harewood, Christchurch
  17. Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
    # Count: 11
    Date:
    Observer: Sharon Lake
    Location: Lake Roto Kohatu, Harewood, Christchurch
  18. Black-fronted Tern Chlidonias albostriatus
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Sharon Lake
    Location: Lake Roto Kohatu, Harewood, Christchurch
  19. Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia
    # Count: 7
    Date:
    Observer: Don Goodale
    Location: Avon-Heathcote Estuary Ihutai--McCormacks Bay Reserve
  20. White-fronted Tern Sterna striata
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Don Goodale
    Location: 32–56 Beachville Rd, Christchurch NZ-Canterbury -43.56035, 172.73938
  21. Double-banded Plover Anarhynchus bicinctus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Ben Ackerley
    Location: 172 Orchard Rd, Christchurch NZ-Canterbury -43.47297, 172.55676
  22. Black-billed Gull Chroicocephalus bulleri
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ben Ackerley
    Location: 172 Orchard Rd, Christchurch NZ-Canterbury -43.47297, 172.55676
  23. New Zealand Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ben Ackerley
    Location: 172 Orchard Rd, Christchurch NZ-Canterbury -43.47297, 172.55676
  24. Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ben Ackerley
    Location: Christchurch International Airport
  25. Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Christopher Tuffley
    Location: Birdwood Avenue, Christchurch, Canterbury, NZ (-43.566, 172.642)
  26. South Island Oystercatcher Haematopus finschi
    # Count: 7
    Date:
    Observer: Ben Ackerley
    Location: Avon Heathcote Estuary Shag roost (along Main road)
  27. Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Ben Ackerley
    Location: Avon Heathcote Estuary Shag roost (along Main road)
  28. White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ben Ackerley
    Location: Avon Heathcote Estuary Shag roost (along Main road)
  29. Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Don Goodale
    Location: 59A Middleton Rd, Christchurch NZ-Canterbury (-43.5355,172.5814)
  30. Rock Pigeon Columba livia
    # Count: 22
    Date:
    Observer: Samuel Amaris
    Location: 115 Taylors Mistake Road, Sumner NZ-Canterbury -43.57740, 172.77703
  31. Spotted Shag Phalacrocorax punctatus
    # Count: 80
    Date:
    Observer: Samuel Amaris
    Location: 115 Taylors Mistake Road, Sumner NZ-Canterbury -43.57740, 172.77703
  32. Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Samuel Amaris
    Location: 115 Taylors Mistake Road, Sumner NZ-Canterbury -43.57740, 172.77703
  33. Canada Goose Branta canadensis
    # Count: 24
    Date:
    Observer: Charles Gillingham
    Location: Travis Wetland--New Pond
  34. Australasian Shoveler Spatula rhynchotis
    # Count: 10
    Date:
    Observer: Charles Gillingham
    Location: Travis Wetland--New Pond
  35. New Zealand Scaup Aythya novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Charles Gillingham
    Location: Travis Wetland--New Pond
  36. Australasian Swamphen Porphyrio melanotus
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Charles Gillingham
    Location: Travis Wetland--New Pond
  37. Black-fronted Dotterel Charadrius melanops
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Charles Gillingham
    Location: Travis Wetland--New Pond
  38. Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Charles Gillingham
    Location: Travis Wetland--New Pond
  39. Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Charles Gillingham
    Location: Travis Wetland--New Pond
  40. Swamp Harrier Circus approximans
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Charles Gillingham
    Location: Travis Wetland--New Pond
  41. Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Charles Gillingham
    Location: Travis Wetland--New Pond
  42. New Zealand Bellbird Anthornis melanura
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Philip Crutchley
    Location: Summit Road, Governors Bay, Canterbury, NZ (-43.607, 172.645)
  43. Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Christopher Tuffley
    Location: Birdwood Avenue, Christchurch, Canterbury, NZ (-43.564, 172.643)
  44. Dunnock Prunella modularis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Philip Crutchley
    Location: Summit Road, Governors Bay, Canterbury, NZ (-43.607, 172.645)
  45. Black Swan Cygnus atratus
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Christine McCormack
    Location: Avon-Heathcote Estuary Ihutai--McCormacks Bay Reserve
  46. Paradise Shelduck Tadorna variegata
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Christine McCormack
    Location: Avon-Heathcote Estuary Ihutai--McCormacks Bay Reserve
  47. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Christine McCormack
    Location: Avon-Heathcote Estuary Ihutai--McCormacks Bay Reserve
  48. Gray Teal Anas gracilis
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Christine McCormack
    Location: Avon-Heathcote Estuary Ihutai--McCormacks Bay Reserve
  49. California Quail Callipepla californica
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Christine McCormack
    Location: Avon-Heathcote Estuary Ihutai--McCormacks Bay Reserve
  50. Pied Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Christine McCormack
    Location: Avon-Heathcote Estuary Ihutai--McCormacks Bay Reserve
  51. Variable Oystercatcher Haematopus unicolor
    # Count: 24
    Date:
    Observer: Christine McCormack
    Location: Avon-Heathcote Estuary Ihutai--McCormacks Bay Reserve
  52. Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Christine McCormack
    Location: Avon-Heathcote Estuary Ihutai--McCormacks Bay Reserve
  53. Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
    # Count: 25
    Date:
    Observer: Christine McCormack
    Location: Avon-Heathcote Estuary Ihutai--McCormacks Bay Reserve
  54. Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Christine McCormack
    Location: Avon-Heathcote Estuary Ihutai--McCormacks Bay Reserve
  55. Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Christine McCormack
    Location: Avon-Heathcote Estuary Ihutai--McCormacks Bay Reserve
  56. Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Christine McCormack
    Location: Avon-Heathcote Estuary Ihutai--McCormacks Bay Reserve
  57. Gray Gerygone Gerygone igata
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Christine McCormack
    Location: Avon-Heathcote Estuary Ihutai--McCormacks Bay Reserve
  58. New Zealand Fantail Rhipidura fuliginosa
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Christine McCormack
    Location: Avon-Heathcote Estuary Ihutai--McCormacks Bay Reserve
  59. Silvereye Zosterops lateralis
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Christine McCormack
    Location: Avon-Heathcote Estuary Ihutai--McCormacks Bay Reserve
  60. European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Christine McCormack
    Location: Avon-Heathcote Estuary Ihutai--McCormacks Bay Reserve
  61. Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Christine McCormack
    Location: Avon-Heathcote Estuary Ihutai--McCormacks Bay Reserve
  62. House Sparrow Passer domesticus
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Christine McCormack
    Location: Avon-Heathcote Estuary Ihutai--McCormacks Bay Reserve
  63. Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Christine McCormack
    Location: Avon-Heathcote Estuary Ihutai--McCormacks Bay Reserve
  64. European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Christine McCormack
    Location: Avon-Heathcote Estuary Ihutai--McCormacks Bay Reserve
  65. European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
    # Count: 14
    Date:
    Observer: Christine McCormack
    Location: Avon-Heathcote Estuary Ihutai--McCormacks Bay Reserve

Exotic: Provisional (2)

  1. Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Philip Crutchley
    Location: mouth of prices valley
  2. Mute Swan Cygnus olor
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Peter Reese
    Location: Halswell--Creamery Reserve

Exotic: Escapee (2)

  1. Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Charles Gillingham
    Location: Christchurch--Riccarton Bush
  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. Pied x Black Stilt (hybrid) Himantopus leucocephalus x novaezelandiae
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Kieran Rowe
    Location: Lake Ellesmere(Te Waihora)--'tip' of Kaitorete Spit
  2. Muscovy Duck x Mallard (hybrid) Cairina moschata x Anas platyrhynchos
    # Count: 7
    Date:
    Observer: Christian Cosgrove
    Location: Christchurch--Avon River (near Hospital)
  3. Mallard x Pacific Black Duck (hybrid) Anas platyrhynchos x superciliosa
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Charles Gillingham
    Location: Travis Wetland--New Pond

Additional Taxa (7)

  1. finch sp. Fringillidae sp.
    # Count: 9
    Date:
    Observer: Sharon Lake
    Location: Avon-Heathcote Estuary/Ihutai--Southshore Spit Reserve
  2. bird sp. Aves sp.
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Sharon Lake
    Location: Avon-Heathcote Estuary/Ihutai--Southshore Spit Reserve
  3. Southern/Northern Giant-Petrel Macronectes giganteus/halli
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Jesse M. Rubenstein
    Location: Boulder Bay, Godley Heads, Christchurch, New Zealand
  4. cormorant sp. Phalacrocoracidae sp.
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Audrey Austin
    Location: Avon-Heathcote Estuary/Ihutai--northern arm
  5. gull sp. Larinae sp.
    # Count: 25
    Date:
    Observer: Josh Brown
    Location: Christchurch--Roto Kohatu
  6. Silver/Black-billed Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae/bulleri
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Don Lovett
    Location: 177 MacKenzie Avenue, Christchurch, Canterbury, NZ (-43.551, 172.672)
  7. passerine sp. Passeriformes sp.
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Don Goodale
    Location: 59A Middleton Rd, Christchurch NZ-Canterbury (-43.5355,172.5814)