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Native and Naturalized (117)

  1. Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Paul Gibson
    Location: Whanganui River Estuary
  2. Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Jim Norris
    Location: Whangaehu R estuary, -40.03938, 175.10177
  3. Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Jim Norris
    Location: Whanganui River Estuary
  4. Rifleman Acanthisitta chloris
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Christopher Tuffley
    Location: Ngāpūrua Hut, Whanganui National Park, Manawatu-Wanganui, NZ (-39.371, 174.908)
  5. Yellow-crowned Parakeet Cyanoramphus auriceps
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Christopher Tuffley
    Location: Ngāpūrua Hut, Whanganui National Park, Manawatu-Wanganui, NZ (-39.371, 174.908)
  6. Pacific Golden-Plover Pluvialis fulva
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Ormond Torr
    Location: Riverside Yacht Club to Karoro Rd
  7. Great Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Peter Frost
    Location: North Mole, Whanganui R mouth, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand (-39.948, 174.981)
  8. Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ormond Torr
    Location: Riverside near Karoro Rd
  9. Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Benjamin Davis
    Location: Westmere Reserve
  10. Buller's Albatross Thalassarche bulleri
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Peter Frost
    Location: Whanganui R, Taupo Quay
  11. Far Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Peter Frost
    Location: Whanganui R estuary, Beach Rd
  12. Red-breasted Dotterel Anarhynchus obscurus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Wanganui RR (Peter Frost)
    Location: Whanganui R estuary, off Gilberd Street
  13. Brown Teal Anas chlorotis
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: paul mclelland
    Location: Whanganui River--Taupo Quay/Somme Parade
  14. Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ormond Torr
    Location: End Beach Rd
  15. Long-tailed Koel Urodynamis taitensis
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Peter Frost
    Location: Waitainga Trail (start)
  16. Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Kasun Bodawatta
    Location: Whanganui--Virginia Lake Reserve (Rotokawau)
  17. Stitchbird Notiomystis cincta
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Glenda Rees
    Location: Bushy Park
  18. Black-fronted Dotterel Charadrius melanops
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Peter Frost
    Location: Whangaehu R estuary, -40.03938, 175.10177
  19. Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret
    # Count: 14
    Date:
    Observer: Peter Frost
    Location: Whangaehu R estuary, -40.03938, 175.10177
  20. Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Jim Scarff
    Location: Whanganui NP--Atene campsite
  21. Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
    # Count: 17
    Date:
    Observer: Derek Onley
    Location: Bushy Park
  22. Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ormond Torr
    Location: South Mole Whanganui River
  23. Hutton's Shearwater Puffinus huttoni
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Peter Frost
    Location: 16.3 km, 248 deg, from Whanganui R mouth
  24. Flesh-footed Shearwater Ardenna carneipes
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Peter Frost
    Location: 15.2 km, 247 deg, from Whanganui R mouth
  25. Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Peter Frost
    Location: 15.2 km, 247 deg, from Whanganui R mouth
  26. White-capped Albatross Thalassarche cauta
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Peter Frost
    Location: 5.4 km, 221 deg, from Whanganui R mouth
  27. Northern Giant-Petrel Macronectes halli
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Peter Frost
    Location: 5.4 km, 221 deg, from Whanganui R mouth
  28. Fairy Prion Pachyptila turtur
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Peter Frost
    Location: 5.4 km, 221 deg, from Whanganui R mouth
  29. Spotless Crake Zapornia tabuensis
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Peter Frost
    Location: Aim's Farm, Matatara Stream
  30. Little Penguin Eudyptula minor
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Peter Frost
    Location: Off Whanganui R
  31. Cape Petrel Daption capense
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Peter Frost
    Location: Off Whanganui R
  32. Fluttering Shearwater Puffinus gavia
    # Count: 51
    Date:
    Observer: Peter Frost
    Location: Off Whanganui R
  33. Common Diving-Petrel Pelecanoides urinatrix
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Peter Frost
    Location: Off Whanganui R
  34. African Collared-Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Peter Frost
    Location: Bryalea Farm, Matarawa Valley Rd
  35. Eastern Rosella Platycercus eximius
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Derek Onley
    Location: Western Line, Brunswick
  36. Australasian Gannet Morus serrator
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Russell Cannings
    Location: Whanganui River Estuary (General)
  37. Shining Bronze-Cuckoo Chrysococcyx lucidus
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Anthony Schlencker
    Location: Bushy Park
  38. North Island Saddleback Philesturnus rufusater
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Anthony Schlencker
    Location: Bushy Park
  39. Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ormond Torr
    Location: Whanganui River Estuary--Gilberd St/Karoro Rd access
  40. Black-fronted Tern Chlidonias albostriatus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ormond Torr
    Location: Riverside near Karoro Rd
  41. Dunnock Prunella modularis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Bruce McKinlay
    Location: Whanganui--Virginia Lake Reserve (Rotokawau)
  42. Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Peter Frost
    Location: Whitiau Ecological Reserve (West)
  43. Blue Duck Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Georges Olioso
    Location: Nouvelle Zélande, Ateno River
  44. North Island Brown Kiwi Apteryx mantelli
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Oscar Campbell
    Location: Whanganui NP -- Kemps Pole
  45. Variable Oystercatcher Haematopus unicolor
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Ormond Torr
    Location: Riverside near Karoro Road
  46. New Zealand Fernbird Poodytes punctatus
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: David Lawrie
    Location: Whanganui NP -- Kemps Pole
  47. California Quail Callipepla californica
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Stuart Nicholson
    Location: Whanganui NP -- Kemps Pole
  48. New Zealand Fantail Rhipidura fuliginosa
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Stuart Nicholson
    Location: Whanganui NP -- Kemps Pole
  49. Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
    # Count: 15
    Date:
    Observer: Ormond Torr
    Location: Riverside near Karoro Road
  50. Whitehead Mohoua albicilla
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Jeannette Bourgoin
    Location: Whanganui--Virginia Lake Reserve (Rotokawau)
  51. Morepork Ninox novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Newell Pledger-Shinn
    Location: Omaka Farm
  52. Graylag Goose Anser anser
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: John Young
    Location: Whanganui River Estuary (General)
  53. Black-billed Gull Chroicocephalus bulleri
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: John Young
    Location: Whanganui River Estuary (General)
  54. Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: John Young
    Location: Whanganui River Estuary (General)
  55. North Island Robin Petroica longipes
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: John Young
    Location: Whanganui River Estuary (General)
  56. Rock Pigeon Columba livia
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: John Young
    Location: Wanganui--town
  57. House Sparrow Passer domesticus
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: John Young
    Location: Wanganui--town
  58. Tomtit Petroica macrocephala
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ormond Torr
    Location: Westmere Reserve
  59. Rook Corvus frugilegus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Ormond Torr
    Location: Westmere Reserve
  60. Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ormond Torr
    Location: Old bridge piles near meatworks
  61. Great Egret Ardea alba
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ormond Torr
    Location: Southern end of Kowhai park
  62. Canada Goose Branta canadensis
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Chris Ellingwood
    Location: Whanganui--Virginia Lake Reserve (Rotokawau)
  63. Tui Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Chris Ellingwood
    Location: Whanganui--Virginia Lake Reserve (Rotokawau)
  64. Gray Gerygone Gerygone igata
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Chris Ellingwood
    Location: Whanganui--Virginia Lake Reserve (Rotokawau)
  65. Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Chris Ellingwood
    Location: Whanganui--Virginia Lake Reserve (Rotokawau)
  66. Silvereye Zosterops lateralis
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Chris Ellingwood
    Location: Whanganui--Virginia Lake Reserve (Rotokawau)
  67. Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Chris Ellingwood
    Location: Whanganui--Virginia Lake Reserve (Rotokawau)
  68. Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Chris Ellingwood
    Location: Whanganui--Virginia Lake Reserve (Rotokawau)
  69. European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Chris Ellingwood
    Location: Whanganui--Virginia Lake Reserve (Rotokawau)
  70. Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Chris Ellingwood
    Location: Whanganui--Virginia Lake Reserve (Rotokawau)
  71. Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Enid Angelstad
    Location: Upokongaro
  72. European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Enid Angelstad
    Location: Upokongaro
  73. Gray Teal Anas gracilis
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Ormond Torr
    Location: Kaitoke Lake
  74. New Zealand Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Kevin Nick
    Location: Westmere Reserve
  75. Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Kevin Nick
    Location: Whanganui River Estuary (General)
  76. European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Kevin Nick
    Location: Whanganui River Estuary (General)
  77. Black Stilt Himantopus novaezelandiae
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ormond Torr
    Location: Whanganui River Estuary--Gilberd St/Karoro Rd access
  78. Paradise Shelduck Tadorna variegata
    # Count: 20
    Date:
    Observer: Carsten Fog
    Location: Wanganui
  79. White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Carsten Fog
    Location: Wanganui
  80. New Zealand Scaup Aythya novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 9
    Date:
    Observer: Ormond Torr
    Location: Kaitoke Lake
  81. Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ormond Torr
    Location: End Beach Rd
  82. New Zealand Grebe Poliocephalus rufopectus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ormond Torr
    Location: River near Wharf St.
  83. Double-banded Plover Anarhynchus bicinctus
    # Count: 33
    Date:
    Observer: Ormond Torr
    Location: Riverside near Karoro Rd
  84. Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
    # Count: 93
    Date:
    Observer: Ormond Torr
    Location: Whanganui River Estuary--Gilberd St/Karoro Rd access
  85. Wrybill Anarhynchus frontalis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ormond Torr
    Location: Riverside near Karoro Rd
  86. Red Knot Calidris canutus
    # Count: 7
    Date:
    Observer: Ormond Torr
    Location: Riverside near Karoro Rd
  87. Little Tern Sternula albifrons
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ormond Torr
    Location: Riverside near Karoro Rd
  88. Australian Tern Gelochelidon macrotarsa
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ormond Torr
    Location: Riverside near Karoro Road
  89. New Zealand Kaka Nestor meridionalis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Bruce Johnson
    Location: Wanganui--town
  90. Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Bruce Johnson
    Location: Wanganui--town
  91. Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Ormond Torr
    Location: Pasture near Virginia Lake
  92. South Island Oystercatcher Haematopus finschi
    # Count: 26
    Date:
    Observer: Ormond Torr
    Location: Whanganui River Estuary--Gilberd St/Karoro Rd access
  93. Black Swan Cygnus atratus
    # Count: 17
    Date:
    Observer: Ormond Torr
    Location: Westmere Reserve
  94. Spotted Shag Phalacrocorax punctatus
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Ormond Torr
    Location: South Mole Whanganui River
  95. Eastern Cattle Egret Bubulcus coromandus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ormond Torr
    Location: Pasture beside Lake Kohata
  96. Pacific Reef-Heron Egretta sacra
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ormond Torr
    Location: riverside Taupo Quay
  97. Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Ormond Torr
    Location: Whangaehu River estuary
  98. Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
    # Count: 26
    Date:
    Observer: Ormond Torr
    Location: riverside Taupo Quay
  99. Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: R.H.D. Stidolph
    Location: SH3, near Kai-iwi
  100. Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
    # Count: 18
    Date:
    Observer: Ormond Torr
    Location: riverside Taupo Quay
  101. Australasian Bittern Botaurus poiciloptilus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ormond Torr
    Location: Marybank Whanganui
  102. Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Ormond Torr
    Location: Whanganui--Virginia Lake Reserve (Rotokawau)
  103. Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus optatus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Anonymous eBirder
    Location: Aramoho, Whanganui
  104. Australasian Shoveler Spatula rhynchotis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: R.H.D. Stidolph
    Location: Whanganui--Virginia Lake Reserve (Rotokawau)
  105. Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa
    # Count: 10
    Date:
    Observer: R.H.D. Stidolph
    Location: Whanganui--Virginia Lake Reserve (Rotokawau)
  106. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: R.H.D. Stidolph
    Location: Whanganui--Virginia Lake Reserve (Rotokawau)
  107. Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
    # Count: 100
    Date:
    Observer: R.H.D. Stidolph
    Location: Whanganui River mouth
  108. White-fronted Tern Sterna striata
    # Count: 10
    Date:
    Observer: R.H.D. Stidolph
    Location: Whanganui River mouth
  109. Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
    # Count: 12
    Date:
    Observer: R.H.D. Stidolph
    Location: Whanganui River mouth
  110. New Zealand Bellbird Anthornis melanura
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: R.H.D. Stidolph
    Location: Whanganui--Virginia Lake Reserve (Rotokawau)
  111. New Zealand Pigeon Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: R.H.D. Stidolph
    Location: SH3, near Kai-iwi
  112. Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: R.H.D. Stidolph
    Location: Okoia to Nukumaru by train
  113. Australasian Swamphen Porphyrio melanotus
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: R.H.D. Stidolph
    Location: Okoia to Nukumaru by train
  114. Pied Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: R.H.D. Stidolph
    Location: Okoia to Nukumaru by train
  115. Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: R.H.D. Stidolph
    Location: Okoia to Nukumaru by train
  116. New Zealand Falcon Falco novaeseelandiae
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: R.H.D. Stidolph
    Location: SH4 at saddle between Mangawhero and Wanganui Rivers
  117. Swamp Harrier Circus approximans
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: R.H.D. Stidolph
    Location: Nukumaru

Exotic: Provisional (4)

  1. Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: James Boccia
    Location: North of Whanganui
  2. Cape Barren Goose Cereopsis novaehollandiae
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Michael Greenshields
    Location: Whanganui NP -- Kemps Pole
  3. Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Ormond Torr
    Location: Westmere Reserve
  4. Mute Swan Cygnus olor
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: George Watola
    Location: Whanganui--Virginia Lake Reserve (Rotokawau)

Exotic: Escapee (7)

  1. Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Tim Garman
    Location: Durham Road, Whanganui
  2. Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Phil Penwarden
    Location: 5.19km up Rangitatau East Rd
  3. Fischer's Lovebird Agapornis fischeri
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Donavin de Jager
    Location: Whanganui--Virginia Lake Reserve (Rotokawau)
  4. Yellow-collared Lovebird Agapornis personatus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Donavin de Jager
    Location: Whanganui--Virginia Lake Reserve (Rotokawau)
  5. Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Alan Tennyson
    Location: Aberferdy School, SH4
  6. Rosy-faced Lovebird Agapornis roseicollis
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Alan Tennyson
    Location: Whanganui--Virginia Lake Reserve (Rotokawau)
  7. Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Kai Joaquin
    Location: Whanganui--Virginia Lake Reserve (Rotokawau)

Hybrids (3)

  1. Pied x Black Stilt (hybrid) Himantopus leucocephalus x novaezelandiae
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Caiden B
    Location: Whangaehu Rivermouth
  2. Muscovy Duck x Mallard (hybrid) Cairina moschata x Anas platyrhynchos
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Juliette Renard
    Location: Whanganui--Virginia Lake Reserve (Rotokawau)
  3. Mallard x Pacific Black Duck (hybrid) Anas platyrhynchos x superciliosa
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Derek Onley
    Location: Western Line, Brunswick

Additional Taxa (11)

  1. Turdus sp. Turdus sp.
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Christopher Tuffley
    Location: Upokongaro
  2. Parasitic/Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus/pomarinus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Steve Purdon
    Location: Whanganui mouth--North Mole
  3. bird sp. Aves sp.
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: DOC Tier 1 Bird Counts
    Location: CK75
  4. Cyanoramphus sp. Cyanoramphus sp.
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: DOC Tier 1 Bird Counts
    Location: CK75
  5. gull sp. Larinae sp.
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Abi Quinnell
    Location: Castlecliff Beach By Surf Club, Whanganui, Manawatu-Wanganui, NZ (-39.938, 174.975)
  6. duck sp. Anatidae (duck sp.)
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Abi Quinnell
    Location: Wiritoa Reserve, Manawatu-Wanganui, NZ (-39.977, 175.085)
  7. goose sp. Anatidae (goose sp.)
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Mark Taler
    Location: Whanganui--Virginia Lake Reserve (Rotokawau)
  8. cormorant sp. Phalacrocoracidae sp.
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Mark Taler
    Location: Whanganui River Estuary (General)
  9. passerine sp. Passeriformes sp.
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Anne Rohn
    Location: Bushy Park
  10. small albatross sp. Thalassarche sp.
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Peter Frost
    Location: Off Whanganui R
  11. Snowy/Tristan/Antipodean Albatross Diomedea exulans/dabbenena/antipodensis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ormond Torr
    Location: Castlecliff Beach near public access