Canterbury

Bird List

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Native and Naturalized (130)

  1. # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ben Ackerley
    Location: Hawdon Hut, Arthur's Pass NZ-Canterbury Selwyn District
  2. # Count: 28
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
  3. # Count: 11
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
    Location: Coopers Lagoon Selwyn District
  4. # Count: 1
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
  5. # Count: 9
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
    Location: Lake Ellesmere (Te Waihora)--Drain Rd Selwyn District
  6. # Count: 49
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
  7. # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Ben Ackerley
    Location: Arthur's Pass National Park, Arthur's Pass NZ-Canterbury Selwyn District
  8. # Count: 5
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
  9. # Count: 1
    Observer: Elizabeth Hamilton
    Location: Christchurch Christchurch City
  10. # Count: 2
    Observer: William Brice
  11. # Count: 8
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
  12. # Count: 2
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
    Location: Lake Ellesmere (Te Waihora)--Drain Rd Selwyn District
  13. # Count: X
    Observer: John Dunlop
  14. # Count: 1
    Observer: Esteban Martinez Fredes
  15. # Count: 1
    Observer: Philip Crutchley
    Location: Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.315, 173.602) Kaikoura District
  16. # Count: 55
    Observer: Don Goodale
    Location: 69A Yaldhurst Rd, Christchurch NZ-Canterbury -43.53029, 172.56406 Christchurch City
  17. # Count: 1
    Observer: Bud Chapman
  18. # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ben Ackerley
    Location: Hawdon Valley--true right side Selwyn District
  19. # Count: 1
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: The Grove (Private Residence), Churchill Street, Kaikōura, Canterbury, NZ (-42.409, 173.678) Kaikoura District
  20. # Count: 1
    Observer: david karr
    Location: Twizel--High Country Salmon Waitaki District
  21. # Count: 2
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
    Location: Lake Ellesmere (Te Waihora)--Drain Rd Selwyn District
  22. # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Mackenzie Goldthwait
    Location: Ohau C Ponds Mackenzie District
  23. # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Warwick Allen
  24. # Count: 87
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
  25. # Count: 1
    Observer: Dana Cameron
    Location: Ashley Estuary south end Waimakariri District
  26. # Count: 1
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
  27. # Count: 4
    Observer: Christopher Tuffley
    Location: Raramai, State Highway 1, Peketā, Canterbury, NZ (-42.458, 173.555) Kaikoura District
  28. # Count: 24
    Date:
    Observer: Charles Gillingham
    Location: Lake Ellesmere (Te Waihora)--Jarvis Road Selwyn District
  29. # Count: 1
    Observer: Don Geddes
    Location: Orari River downstream of Orari Bridge, Timaru District
  30. # Count: 6
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
    Location: Lake Ellesmere (Te Waihora)--Drain Rd Selwyn District
  31. # Count: 2
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
    Location: McEverdys Road end beach and sea watch Selwyn District
  32. # Count: 5
    Observer: Joy Sagar
    Location: Timaru--Washdyke Lagoon Timaru District
  33. # Count: 140
    Observer: William Brice
  34. # Count: 1
    Observer: Ben Ackerley
    Location: Ashley River Estuary Waimakariri District
  35. # Count: 3
    Observer: William Brice
    Location: Lake Ellesmere (Te Waihora)--Yarrs Bay Selwyn District
  36. # Count: 2
    Observer: Esteban Martinez Fredes
  37. # Count: 1
    Observer: Esteban Martinez Fredes
  38. # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Niall Mugan
    Location: Lake Ellesmere (Te Waihora), Banks Peninsula Ward NZ-Canterbury -43.84304, 172.40645 Christchurch City
  39. # Count: 16
    Observer: William Brice
    Location: Lake Ellesmere (Te Waihora)--Yarrs Bay Selwyn District
  40. # Count: 1
    Observer: William Brice
    Location: Lake Ellesmere (Te Waihora)--Yarrs Bay Selwyn District
  41. # Count: 1
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
    Location: McEverdys Road end beach and sea watch Selwyn District
  42. # Count: 1
    Observer: Luke Seitz
    Location: Birding Down Under—Bounty Islands stationary
  43. # Count: 4
    Observer: Don Goodale
    Location: 69A Yaldhurst Rd, Christchurch NZ-Canterbury -43.53029, 172.56406 Christchurch City
  44. # Count: 1
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
    Location: Lake Ellesmere (Te Waihora)--Drain Rd Selwyn District
  45. # Count: 3
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
    Location: Lake Ellesmere (Te Waihora)--Drain Rd Selwyn District
  46. # Count: 2
    Observer: Esteban Martinez Fredes
  47. # Count: 2
    Observer: Karen Miles
    Location: 7985, Geraldine NZ-Canterbury -44.15565, 171.22565 Timaru District
  48. # Count: 8
    Observer: Luke Seitz
    Location: Birding Down Under—Bounty Islands stationary
  49. # Count: 4
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
  50. # Count: 4
    Observer: david karr
    Location: Twizel--High Country Salmon Waitaki District
  51. # Count: 1
    Observer: Jenny Owens
    Location: Avon River, Victoria Square Christchurch City
  52. # Count: 300
    Observer: Shearwater Journeys
    Location: Bounty Islands
  53. # Count: 1
    Observer: Michael Hoit
    Location: At Sea--Between Chatham Islands and South Island, BDU 17 Dec 24 11
  54. # Count: 1
    Observer: Shearwater Journeys
    Location: HE BDU NZ 17 Dec 2024 18:30
  55. # Count: 1
    Observer: Bart Everts
  56. # Count: 1
    Observer: Pam Rasmussen
    Location: Auto selected -45.31578, 177.30372
  57. # Count: 1
    Observer: Luke Seitz
    Location: Birding Down Under—At Sea between Chathams and Bluff, Segment 3
  58. # Count: 1
    Observer: Luke Seitz
    Location: Birding Down Under—At Sea between Chathams and Bluff, Segment 8
  59. # Count: 4
    Observer: Michael Hoit
    Location: At Sea--Chatham Islands to Bluff, Waters East Of South Island, BDU 18 Dec 24 1 Christchurch City
  60. # Count: 1
    Observer: Michael Hoit
    Location: At Sea--Chatham Islands to Bluff, Waters East Of South Island, BDU 18 Dec 24 1 Christchurch City
  61. # Count: 1
    Observer: Shearwater Journeys
    Location: HE BDU NZ 17 Dec 2024 14:30
  62. # Count: 4
    Observer: Luke Seitz
    Location: Birding Down Under—At Sea between Chathams and Bluff, Segment 7
  63. # Count: 2
    Observer: Dorothy Bedford
    Location: Passage Chatham Islands to Bluff -44.94241, 179.19539
  64. # Count: 1
    Observer: Philip Crutchley
    Location: Canterbury, NZ (-43.843, 172.631) Christchurch City
  65. # Count: 1
    Observer: Michael Hoit
    Location: At Sea--Chatham Islands to Bluff, Waters East Of South Island, BDU 18 Dec 24 1 Christchurch City
  66. # Count: 1
    Observer: Michael Hoit
    Location: At Sea--Chatham Islands to Bluff, Waters East Of South Island, BDU 18 Dec 24 1 Christchurch City
  67. # Count: 2
    Observer: Dorothy Bedford
    Location: M/V Heritage Adventurer -45.41275, 176.79579
  68. # Count: 1
    Observer: Pam Rasmussen
    Location: Auto selected -45.25551, 177.61570
  69. # Count: 1
    Observer: Michael Hoit
    Location: At Sea--Between Chatham Islands and South Island, BDU 17 Dec 24 6
  70. # Count: 2
    Observer: Michael Hoit
    Location: At Sea--Chatham Islands to Bluff, Waters East Of South Island, BDU 18 Dec 24 1 Christchurch City
  71. # Count: 1
    Observer: Michael Hoit
    Location: At Sea--Chatham Islands to Bluff, Waters East Of South Island, BDU 18 Dec 24 1 Christchurch City
  72. # Count: 2
    Observer: Michael Hoit
    Location: At Sea--Between Chatham Islands and South Island, BDU 17 Dec 24 11
  73. # Count: 10
    Observer: Michael Hoit
    Location: At Sea--Northeast of the Bounty Islands, BDU 14 Dec 24 1
  74. # Count: 2
    Observer: Michael Hoit
    Location: At Sea--Chatham Islands to Bluff, Waters East Of South Island, BDU 18 Dec 24 1 Christchurch City
  75. # Count: 1
    Observer: Shearwater Journeys
    Location: HE BDU NZ 17 Dec 2024 14:30
  76. # Count: 4
    Observer: Ted Gilliland
  77. # Count: 47
    Observer: Michael Hoit
    Location: At Sea--Chatham Islands to Bluff, Waters East Of South Island, BDU 18 Dec 24 1 Christchurch City
  78. # Count: 40
    Observer: Ted Gilliland
  79. # Count: 1
    Observer: Ted Gilliland
  80. # Count: 1
    Observer: Pam Rasmussen
    Location: Auto selected -45.25551, 177.61570
  81. # Count: 1
    Observer: Magnus Persmark
    Location: Bounty To Chatham Islands 5
  82. # Count: 1
    Observer: Philip Crutchley
    Location: Birdlings Flat, Canterbury, NZ (-43.83, 172.637) Christchurch City
  83. # Count: 15
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
    Location: Lake Ellesmere (Te Waihora)--Drain Rd Selwyn District
  84. # Count: 1025
    Observer: Philip Crutchley
    Location: Canterbury, NZ (-43.846, 172.502) Christchurch City
  85. # Count: 1
    Observer: Emily Lawrence
  86. # Count: 25
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
  87. # Count: 1
    Observer: Michael Hoit
    Location: At Sea--Northeast of the Bounty Islands, BDU 14 Dec 24 1
  88. # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Paul Sagar
    Location: Wainono Lagoons--southern atlas square Waimate District
  89. # Count: 11
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
    Location: Lake Ellesmere (Te Waihora)--Drain Rd Selwyn District
  90. # Count: 1
    Observer: Tammy Stellanova
    Location: Kaikoura Peninsula Walkway Kaikoura District
  91. # Count: 1
    Observer: Ben Ackerley
    Location: Ashley River Estuary Waimakariri District
  92. # Count: 2
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
    Location: Lake Ellesmere (Te Waihora)--Drain Rd Selwyn District
  93. # Count: X
    Observer: John Dunlop
  94. # Count: 1
    Observer: Elizabeth Hamilton
    Location: 532 Geraldine-Fairlie Hwy, Fairlie NZ-Canterbury -44.07320, 170.86731 Mackenzie District
  95. # Count: 1
    Observer: Emily Lawrence
  96. # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Micah Pomare
    Location: Arthur's Pass NP--Woolshed Hill Selwyn District
  97. # Count: 2
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
  98. # Count: 1
    Observer: Tessa Mitchell-Anyon
    Location: Nina valley track Hurunui District
  99. # Count: 2
    Observer: Michelle Reiner
    Location: Arthur's Pass Village Selwyn District
  100. # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ben Ackerley
    Location: Hawdon Shelter Selwyn District
  101. # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Micah Pomare
    Location: Arthur's Pass NP--Woolshed Hill Selwyn District
  102. # Count: 10
    Observer: Tessa Mitchell-Anyon
    Location: Nina valley track Hurunui District
  103. # Count: 2
    Observer: Michelle Miles
    Location: Forest Road, Geraldine, Canterbury, NZ (-44.087, 171.241) Timaru District
  104. # Count: 2
    Observer: Philip Crutchley
    Location: NZ-Canterbury-Tai Tapu-Summit Road - -43.638x172.622 Selwyn District
  105. # Count: 1
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
  106. # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Ben Ackerley
    Location: Hawdon Valley--true right side Selwyn District
  107. # Count: 2
    Observer: Andrew Crossland
    Location: 3856–4094 Christchurch-Akaroa Rd, Little River NZ-Canterbury -43.78747, 172.76896 Christchurch City
  108. # Count: 1
    Observer: Elizabeth Hamilton
    Location: 532 Geraldine-Fairlie Hwy, Fairlie NZ-Canterbury -44.07320, 170.86731 Mackenzie District
  109. # Count: 6
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
  110. # Count: 1
    Observer: Tessa Mitchell-Anyon
    Location: Nina valley track Hurunui District
  111. # Count: 8
    Observer: Tessa Mitchell-Anyon
    Location: Nina valley track Hurunui District
  112. # Count: 1
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
    Location: Lake Ellesmere (Te Waihora)--Drain Rd Selwyn District
  113. # Count: 1
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
  114. # Count: 1
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
  115. # Count: 6
    Observer: Don Goodale
    Location: 69A Yaldhurst Rd, Christchurch NZ-Canterbury -43.53029, 172.56406 Christchurch City
  116. # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ben Ackerley
    Location: Birdlings Flat--beach and inshore waters Christchurch City
  117. # Count: 4
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
  118. # Count: 1
    Observer: Elizabeth Hamilton
    Location: Riddle St, Fairlie NZ-Canterbury -44.09864, 170.82933 Mackenzie District
  119. # Count: 4
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
  120. # Count: 15
    Observer: Elizabeth Hamilton
    Location: Riddle St, Fairlie NZ-Canterbury -44.09864, 170.82933 Mackenzie District
  121. # Count: 3
    Observer: Dimi K
    Location: Christchurch--Botanic Gardens Christchurch City
  122. # Count: 1
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
  123. # Count: 5
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
  124. # Count: 2
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
  125. # Count: 1
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
    Location: Lake Ellesmere (Te Waihora)--Drain Rd Selwyn District
  126. # Count: 1
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
    Location: Lake Ellesmere (Te Waihora)--Ataahua Point Christchurch City
  127. # Count: 1
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
    Location: Lake Ellesmere (Te Waihora)--Drain Rd Selwyn District

Exotic: Provisional (4)

  1. # Count: 1
    Observer: Charles Gillingham
    Location: Christchurch--Orana Wildlife Trust Christchurch City
  2. # Count: 2
    Observer: Bev Alexander
    Location: Ellesmere Cemetery Selwyn District
  3. # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ben Ackerley
    Location: 563–581 Courtenay Rd, Darfield NZ-Canterbury (-43.5573,172.1927) Selwyn District
  4. # Count: 1
    Observer: Philip Crutchley
    Location: 44 Parkinsons Road, Ataahua, Canterbury, NZ (-43.731, 172.691) Christchurch City

Exotic: Escapee (5)

  1. # Count: 1
    Observer: Kean Oh
    Location: Christchurch--Botanic Gardens Christchurch City
  2. # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Bev Alexander
    Location: 55–63 Timber Yard Rd, Leeston NZ-Canterbury -43.79870, 172.35347 Selwyn District
  3. # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Barb Scott
    Location: 3369 Lewis Pass Road, Poplars Range, Canterbury, NZ (-42.595, 172.408), near Matagouri Creek Hurunui District
  4. # Count: 1
    Observer: Ben Ackerley
    Location: Southern End of Bromley WTP, Christchurch NZ-Canterbury Christchurch City
  5. # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Peter Reese
    Location: Hoon Hay Valley Rd Christchurch City

Hybrids (5)

  1. Graylag x Canada Goose (hybrid) Anser anser x Branta canadensis
    # Count: 2
    Observer: Ben Ackerley
    Location: Eastern Side of Lower Bromley WTP, Christchurch NZ-Canterbury Christchurch City
  2. Muscovy Duck x Mallard (hybrid) Cairina moschata x Anas platyrhynchos
    # Count: 1
    Observer: Kean Oh
    Location: Christchurch--Botanic Gardens Christchurch City
  3. Mallard x Pacific Black Duck (hybrid) Anas platyrhynchos x superciliosa
    # Count: 4
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
    Location: Lake Ellesmere (Te Waihora)--Drain Rd Selwyn District
  4. Pied x Black Stilt (hybrid) Himantopus leucocephalus x novaezelandiae
    # Count: 1
    Observer: Bev Alexander
    Location: Ashley Estuary south end Waimakariri District
  5. South Island x Variable Oystercatcher (hybrid) Haematopus unicolor x finschi
    # Count: 1
    Observer: Bev Alexander
    Location: Ashley Estuary south end Waimakariri District

Additional Taxa (26)

  1. Anas sp. Anas sp.
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Ben Ackerley
    Location: Hawdon Valley--true right side Selwyn District
  2. duck sp. Anatidae (duck sp.)
    # Count: 2
    Observer: Peter Reese
    Location: Lake Ellesmere (Te Waihora)--Drain Rd Selwyn District
  3. skua sp. Stercorarius sp. (skua sp.)
    # Count: 1
    Observer: Luke Seitz
    Location: Birding Down Under—At Sea between Chathams and Bluff, Segment 5
  4. Silver/Black-billed Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae/bulleri
    # Count: 7
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
    Location: McEverdys Road end beach and sea watch Selwyn District
  5. gull sp. Larinae sp.
    # Count: 4
    Observer: Jack Stanton
    Location: Hagley Park--Victoria Lake Christchurch City
  6. Northern/Southern Royal Albatross Diomedea sanfordi/epomophora
    # Count: 1
    Observer: Mike Bell
    Location: At Sea North Of The Bounties
  7. Snowy/Tristan/Antipodean Albatross Diomedea exulans/dabbenena/antipodensis
    # Count: 1
    Observer: Luke Seitz
    Location: Birding Down Under—At Sea departing Bounties, Segment 2
  8. large albatross sp. Diomedea sp.
    # Count: 1
    Observer: Shearwater Journeys
    Location: HE BDU NZ 17 Dec 2024 18:30
  9. small albatross sp. Thalassarche sp.
    # Count: 4
    Observer: John O'Brien
    Location: Auto selected -45.35333, 177.12917
  10. albatross sp. Diomedeidae sp.
    # Count: 1
    Observer: Štefan Kopec
    Location: Kaikoura--South Bay Reserve Kaikoura District
  11. storm-petrel sp. Oceanitidae/Hydrobatidae sp.
    # Count: 1
    Observer: Shearwater Journeys
    Location: HE BDU NZ 17 Dec 2024 13:30
  12. Southern/Northern Giant-Petrel Macronectes giganteus/halli
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Tony Crocker
    Location: Kaikoura--South Bay Reserve Kaikoura District
  13. Cookilaria petrel sp. Pterodroma sp. (Cookilaria sp.)
    # Count: 1
    Observer: John O'Brien
    Location: Auto selected -45.35333, 177.12917
  14. prion sp. Pachyptila sp.
    # Count: 2
    Observer: John O'Brien
    Location: Auto selected -45.35333, 177.12917
  15. Procellaria sp. Procellaria sp.
    # Count: 1
    Observer: Shearwater Journeys
    Location: HE BDU NZ 17 Dec 2024 10:30
  16. Sooty/Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna grisea/tenuirostris
    # Count: 4
    Observer: Alvaro Jaramillo
    Location: Auto selected -47.31735, 179.65575
  17. Hutton's/Fluttering Shearwater Puffinus huttoni/gavia
    # Count: 40
    Observer: Ted Gilliland
    Location: Kaikoura Beach NZ-Canterbury (-42.4114,173.6889) Kaikoura District
  18. small shearwater sp. Puffinus sp.
    # Count: 1
    Observer: Michael Hoit
    Location: At Sea--Between Chatham Islands and South Island, BDU 17 Dec 24 10
  19. shearwater sp. Procellariidae sp. (shearwater sp.)
    # Count: 1
    Observer: Shearwater Journeys
    Location: HE BDU NZ 14 Dec 2024 15:00
  20. cormorant sp. Phalacrocoracidae sp.
    # Count: 1
    Observer: Karen Miles
    Location: 7985, Temuka NZ-Canterbury -44.21377, 171.25150 Timaru District
  21. Cyanoramphus sp. Cyanoramphus sp.
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Ben Ackerley
    Location: Hawdon Valley Doc Hut, Arthur's Pass NZ-Canterbury Selwyn District
  22. parakeet sp. Psittaciformes sp. (parakeet sp.)
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: George Wallace
    Location: Hawdon Shelter Selwyn District
  23. Tui/New Zealand Bellbird Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae/Anthornis melanura
    # Count: 1
    Observer: Michelle Miles
    Location: Forest Road, Geraldine, Canterbury, NZ (-44.087, 171.241) Timaru District
  24. finch sp. Fringillidae sp.
    # Count: 5
    Observer: Heather Rogers
    Location: 56A Hackthorne Rd, Christchurch NZ-Canterbury -43.57530, 172.62441 Christchurch City
  25. passerine sp. Passeriformes sp.
    # Count: 2
    Observer: Don Goodale
    Location: 69A Yaldhurst Rd, Christchurch NZ-Canterbury -43.53029, 172.56406 Christchurch City
  26. bird sp. Aves sp.
    # Count: 4
    Observer: Ben Ackerley
    Location: Drayton Reserve General, Christchurch NZ-Canterbury Christchurch City