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Native and Naturalized (85)

  1. Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Philip Crutchley
    Location: NZ-Canterbury-Motukarara-25 Miller Road - -43.731x172.598 Selwyn District
  2. Little Owl Athene noctua
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Philip Crutchley
    Location: NZ-Canterbury-Motukarara-25 Miller Road - -43.731x172.598 Selwyn District
  3. Great Spotted Kiwi Apteryx haastii
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: דותן רותם
    Location: Arthur's Pass Village Selwyn District
  4. Canada Goose Branta canadensis
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Kieran Rowe
    Location: Ashley River Estuary Waimakariri District
  5. Black Swan Cygnus atratus
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Kieran Rowe
    Location: Ashley River Estuary Waimakariri District
  6. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Kieran Rowe
    Location: Ashley River Estuary Waimakariri District
  7. Gray Teal Anas gracilis
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Kieran Rowe
    Location: Ashley River Estuary Waimakariri District
  8. Australasian Swamphen Porphyrio melanotus
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Kieran Rowe
    Location: Ashley River Estuary Waimakariri District
  9. South Island Oystercatcher Haematopus finschi
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Kieran Rowe
    Location: Ashley River Estuary Waimakariri District
  10. Greater Sand-Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Kieran Rowe
    Location: Ashley River Estuary Waimakariri District
  11. Double-banded Plover Anarhynchus bicinctus
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Kieran Rowe
    Location: Ashley River Estuary Waimakariri District
  12. Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Kieran Rowe
    Location: Ashley River Estuary Waimakariri District
  13. Sanderling Calidris alba
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Kieran Rowe
    Location: Ashley River Estuary Waimakariri District
  14. Black-billed Gull Chroicocephalus bulleri
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Kieran Rowe
    Location: Ashley River Estuary Waimakariri District
  15. Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Kieran Rowe
    Location: Ashley River Estuary Waimakariri District
  16. Black-fronted Tern Chlidonias albostriatus
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Kieran Rowe
    Location: Ashley River Estuary Waimakariri District
  17. White-fronted Tern Sterna striata
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Kieran Rowe
    Location: Ashley River Estuary Waimakariri District
  18. Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Kieran Rowe
    Location: Ashley River Estuary Waimakariri District
  19. Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Kieran Rowe
    Location: Ashley River Estuary Waimakariri District
  20. White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Kieran Rowe
    Location: Ashley River Estuary Waimakariri District
  21. Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Kieran Rowe
    Location: Ashley River Estuary Waimakariri District
  22. Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Kieran Rowe
    Location: Ashley River Estuary Waimakariri District
  23. Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Janet Burton
    Location: Goulds Road, Springston Selwyn District
  24. Swamp Harrier Circus approximans
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Janet Burton
    Location: Goulds Road, Springston Selwyn District
  25. House Sparrow Passer domesticus
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Janet Burton
    Location: Goulds Road, Springston Selwyn District
  26. Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Janet Burton
    Location: Goulds Road, Springston Selwyn District
  27. European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Janet Burton
    Location: Goulds Road, Springston Selwyn District
  28. California Quail Callipepla californica
    # Count: 14
    Date:
    Observer: Janet Burton
    Location: Lower Lake Road/ Lakeside Ridge Road junc, Leeston Selwyn District
  29. Rock Pigeon Columba livia
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Janet Burton
    Location: Lower Lake Road/ Lakeside Ridge Road junc, Leeston Selwyn District
  30. Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Janet Burton
    Location: Lower Lake Road/ Lakeside Ridge Road junc, Leeston Selwyn District
  31. Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Janet Burton
    Location: Lower Lake Road/ Lakeside Ridge Road junc, Leeston Selwyn District
  32. Paradise Shelduck Tadorna variegata
    # Count: 10
    Date:
    Observer: Bev Alexander
    Location: Roto Kohatu, 43.4642,172.5761. Christchurch City
  33. New Zealand Scaup Aythya novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Bev Alexander
    Location: Roto Kohatu, 43.4642,172.5761. Christchurch City
  34. Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Bev Alexander
    Location: Roto Kohatu, 43.4642,172.5761. Christchurch City
  35. New Zealand Fantail Rhipidura fuliginosa
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Bev Alexander
    Location: Roto Kohatu, 43.4642,172.5761. Christchurch City
  36. Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Bev Alexander
    Location: Roto Kohatu, 43.4642,172.5761. Christchurch City
  37. Silvereye Zosterops lateralis
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Bev Alexander
    Location: Roto Kohatu, 43.4642,172.5761. Christchurch City
  38. European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Bev Alexander
    Location: Roto Kohatu, 43.4642,172.5761. Christchurch City
  39. Gray Gerygone Gerygone igata
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Philip Crutchley
    Location: motukarara hedge Selwyn District
  40. European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Philip Crutchley
    Location: motukarara hedge Selwyn District
  41. Graylag Goose Anser anser
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Janet Burton
    Location: Lower Lake Road, Leeston Selwyn District
  42. Dunnock Prunella modularis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Kieran Rowe
    Location: 8051, Harewood NZ-Canterbury (-43.4730,172.5781) Christchurch City
  43. Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Janet Burton
    Location: Lower Lake Road, Leeston Selwyn District
  44. Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Sandra Wallace
    Location: 197 Chertsey Kyle Road, Chertsey, Canterbury, NZ (-43.819, 171.942) Ashburton District
  45. Kea Nestor notabilis
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: דותן רותם
    Location: Arthur's Pass Village Selwyn District
  46. Rifleman Acanthisitta chloris
    # Count: 14
    Date:
    Observer: דותן רותם
    Location: Arthur's Pass Village Selwyn District
  47. New Zealand Bellbird Anthornis melanura
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: דותן רותם
    Location: Arthur's Pass Village Selwyn District
  48. Tomtit Petroica macrocephala
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: דותן רותם
    Location: Arthur's Pass Village Selwyn District
  49. South Island Robin Petroica australis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: דותן רותם
    Location: Arthur's Pass Village Selwyn District
  50. Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: דותן רותם
    Location: Arthur's Pass Village Selwyn District
  51. Australasian Shoveler Spatula rhynchotis
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Sandra Wallace
    Location: 497 Hepburns Road, Mitcham, Canterbury, NZ (-43.853, 171.8) Ashburton District
  52. Pied Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus
    # Count: 11
    Date:
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
    Location: Ashley/Saltwater Crk Est/Raupo Berm Waimakariri District
  53. Variable Oystercatcher Haematopus unicolor
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
    Location: Ashley/Saltwater Crk Est/Raupo Berm Waimakariri District
  54. Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
    Location: Ashley/Saltwater Crk Est/Raupo Berm Waimakariri District
  55. Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Janet Burton
    Location: 1004-1176 The Lake Road. 43.7718,172.3509 Selwyn District
  56. Eastern Cattle Egret Bubulcus coromandus
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Janet Burton
    Location: 1004-1176 The Lake Road. 43.7718,172.3509 Selwyn District
  57. Shining Bronze-Cuckoo Chrysococcyx lucidus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
    Location: Ashley/Saltwater Crk Est/Raupo Berm Waimakariri District
  58. Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
    Location: Ashley/Saltwater Crk Est/Raupo Berm Waimakariri District
  59. New Zealand Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Philip Crutchley
    Location: Major Hornbrook Track, Lyttelton, Canterbury, NZ (-43.589, 172.72) Christchurch City
  60. Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Janet Burton
    Location: Lake Ellesmere (Te Waihora)--Drain Rd Selwyn District
  61. Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Janet Burton
    Location: Lake Ellesmere (Te Waihora)--Drain Rd Selwyn District
  62. New Zealand Pigeon Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Janet Burton
    Location: Hanmer Springs Hurunui District
  63. Northern Royal Albatross Diomedea sanfordi
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Niall Mugan
    Location: Ocean wings trip Kaikoura District
  64. Southern Royal Albatross Diomedea epomophora
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Niall Mugan
    Location: Ocean wings trip Kaikoura District
  65. Antipodean Albatross Diomedea antipodensis
    # Count: 9
    Date:
    Observer: Niall Mugan
    Location: Ocean wings trip Kaikoura District
  66. White-capped Albatross Thalassarche cauta
    # Count: 10
    Date:
    Observer: Niall Mugan
    Location: Ocean wings trip Kaikoura District
  67. Salvin's Albatross Thalassarche salvini
    # Count: 12
    Date:
    Observer: Niall Mugan
    Location: Ocean wings trip Kaikoura District
  68. Southern Giant-Petrel Macronectes giganteus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Niall Mugan
    Location: Ocean wings trip Kaikoura District
  69. Northern Giant-Petrel Macronectes halli
    # Count: 17
    Date:
    Observer: Niall Mugan
    Location: Ocean wings trip Kaikoura District
  70. Southern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialoides
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Niall Mugan
    Location: Ocean wings trip Kaikoura District
  71. Cape Petrel Daption capense
    # Count: 40
    Date:
    Observer: Niall Mugan
    Location: Ocean wings trip Kaikoura District
  72. Fairy Prion Pachyptila turtur
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Niall Mugan
    Location: Ocean wings trip Kaikoura District
  73. Westland Petrel Procellaria westlandica
    # Count: 15
    Date:
    Observer: Niall Mugan
    Location: Ocean wings trip Kaikoura District
  74. Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris
    # Count: 10
    Date:
    Observer: Niall Mugan
    Location: Ocean wings trip Kaikoura District
  75. Hutton's Shearwater Puffinus huttoni
    # Count: 300
    Date:
    Observer: Niall Mugan
    Location: Ocean wings trip Kaikoura District
  76. Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
    # Count: 22
    Date:
    Observer: Niall Mugan
    Location: 33–53 Avoca Street, Kaikoura Central NZ-Canterbury (-42.4171,173.7077) Kaikoura District
  77. Wrybill Anarhynchus frontalis
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Malcolm Foster
    Location: Dobsons Ferry Road, Dorie, Canterbury, NZ (-43.867, 172.153) Ashburton District
  78. Mute Swan Cygnus olor
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
    Location: Lake Ellesmere (Te Waihora)--Harts Creek Bird Hide Selwyn District
  79. Australasian Bittern Botaurus poiciloptilus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
    Location: Lake Ellesmere (Te Waihora)--Harts Creek Bird Hide Selwyn District
  80. Black-fronted Dotterel Charadrius melanops
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Bev Alexander
    Location: Ashburton River Mouth, 44.056,171.797 Ashburton District
  81. Spotted Shag Phalacrocorax punctatus
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Bev Alexander
    Location: Ashburton River Mouth, 44.056,171.797 Ashburton District
  82. Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Kieran Rowe
    Location: Lake Ellesmere(Te Waihora)--'tip' of Kaitorete Spit Christchurch City
  83. Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
    # Count: 19
    Date:
    Observer: Kieran Rowe
    Location: Lake Ellesmere(Te Waihora)--'tip' of Kaitorete Spit Christchurch City
  84. Little Stint Calidris minuta
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Kieran Rowe
    Location: Lake Ellesmere(Te Waihora)--'tip' of Kaitorete Spit Christchurch City
  85. Black Stilt Himantopus novaezelandiae
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Gailon Brehm
    Location: Glentanner Mackenzie District

Exotic: Provisional (2)

  1. Cape Barren Goose Cereopsis novaehollandiae
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Janet Burton
    Location: St Anne's Lagoon Parnassus Road, Cheviot Hurunui District
  2. Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Bev Alexander
    Location: Terrace Road, Ashton.. 44.0065,171.7754. Ashburton District

Exotic: Escapee (3)

  1. Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Janet Burton
    Location: Lower Lake Road/ Lakeside Ridge Road junc, Leeston Selwyn District
  2. Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
    # Count: 7
    Date:
    Observer: Janet Burton
    Location: Timber Yard Road, Leeston Selwyn District
  3. Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Bev Alexander
    Location: Tinwald Domain, 43.171.7085. Ashburton District

Hybrids (2)

  1. South Island x Variable Oystercatcher (hybrid) Haematopus unicolor x finschi
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
    Location: Ashley/Saltwater Crk Est/Raupo Berm Waimakariri District
  2. Mallard x Pacific Black Duck (hybrid) Anas platyrhynchos x superciliosa
    # Count: 19
    Date:
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
    Location: Ashley/Saltwater Crk Est/Raupo Berm Waimakariri District