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Native and Naturalized (116)

  1. Fluttering Shearwater Puffinus gavia
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Johannes Fischer
    Location: Glenburn, Wellington, NZ (-41.263, 175.9)
  2. North Island Brown Kiwi Apteryx mantelli
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Lydia Titterton
    Location: 494 Mount Holdsworth Road, Tararua Forest Park NZ-Wellington -40.90686, 175.48010
  3. Pacific Golden-Plover Pluvialis fulva
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Joanna McVeagh
    Location: Cornwall Farm at crop paddock
  4. Spotless Crake Zapornia tabuensis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Shane Cotter
    Location: Waingawa wetlands
  5. South Island Oystercatcher Haematopus finschi
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Joanna McVeagh
    Location: Cornwall Farm, (-41.007, 175.659)
  6. Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Kirsten Olsen
    Location: 15 Millars Road, Ponatahi, Wellington, NZ (-41.104, 175.572)
  7. Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Glenn Kincaid
    Location: Auto selected -43.87502, 178.39848
  8. Wilson's Storm-Petrel Oceanites oceanicus
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Glenn Kincaid
    Location: Auto selected -43.87502, 178.39848
  9. Gray-backed Storm-Petrel Garrodia nereis
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Glenn Kincaid
    Location: Auto selected -43.87502, 178.39848
  10. Black-winged Petrel Pterodroma nigripennis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Glenn Kincaid
    Location: Auto selected -43.87502, 178.39848
  11. Spotted Shag Phalacrocorax punctatus
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Duncan Watson
    Location: Honeycomb Rock
  12. Graylag Goose Anser anser
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Wildlife Management International Ltd
    Location: First Creek mouth
  13. Red-breasted Dotterel Anarhynchus obscurus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Wildlife Management International Ltd
    Location: Waihingaia Stream mouth
  14. Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
    # Count: 7
    Date:
    Observer: Paul Shortis
    Location: Stonehenge Aotearoa
  15. Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Peter Reese
    Location: Tupurupuru
  16. Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Paul Shortis
    Location: Kourarau Dam
  17. Wrybill Anarhynchus frontalis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Greater Wellington Regional Council Data
    Location: Waingawa River, opposite Hood Aerodrome
  18. Soft-plumaged Petrel Pterodroma mollis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: PETER FRASER
    Location: 216 nm E Akaroa peninsula
  19. Pycroft's Petrel Pterodroma pycrofti
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: PETER FRASER
    Location: 216 nm E Akaroa peninsula
  20. Common Diving-Petrel Pelecanoides urinatrix
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: PETER FRASER
    Location: 216 nm E Akaroa peninsula
  21. New Zealand Scaup Aythya novaeseelandiae
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Bev Alexander
    Location: Gladstone
  22. Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Bev Alexander
    Location: Gladstone
  23. Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Bev Alexander
    Location: Gladstone
  24. Pacific Reef-Heron Egretta sacra
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Birds NZ Wellington Region Data
    Location: Glenburn Station coastline
  25. Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: David Lawrie
    Location: AT SEA BETWEEN LYTLETON and CHATHAMS
  26. Flesh-footed Shearwater Ardenna carneipes
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: David Lawrie
    Location: AT SEA BETWEEN LYTLETON and CHATHAMS
  27. Buller's Shearwater Ardenna bulleri
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: David Lawrie
    Location: AT SEA BETWEEN LYTLETON and CHATHAMS
  28. Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: David Lawrie
    Location: AT SEA BETWEEN LYTLETON and CHATHAMS
  29. Brown Skua Stercorarius antarcticus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Colin Miskelly
    Location: East of Kaikoura
  30. Salvin's Albatross Thalassarche salvini
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Colin Miskelly
    Location: East of Kaikoura
  31. Gray Petrel Procellaria cinerea
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Colin Miskelly
    Location: East of Kaikoura
  32. Buller's Albatross Thalassarche bulleri
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Colin Miskelly
    Location: East of Kaikoura
  33. Southern Royal Albatross Diomedea epomophora
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Colin Miskelly
    Location: East of Kaikoura
  34. Antipodean Albatross Diomedea antipodensis
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Colin Miskelly
    Location: East of Kaikoura
  35. Chatham Albatross Thalassarche eremita
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Colin Miskelly
    Location: East of Kaikoura
  36. Black-bellied Storm-Petrel Fregetta tropica
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Colin Miskelly
    Location: East of Kaikoura
  37. Northern Giant-Petrel Macronectes halli
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Colin Miskelly
    Location: East of Kaikoura
  38. Cape Petrel Daption capense
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Colin Miskelly
    Location: East of Kaikoura
  39. Gray-faced Petrel Pterodroma gouldi
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Colin Miskelly
    Location: East of Kaikoura
  40. Broad-billed Prion Pachyptila vittata
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Colin Miskelly
    Location: East of Kaikoura
  41. White-chinned Petrel Procellaria aequinoctialis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Colin Miskelly
    Location: East of Kaikoura
  42. Northern Royal Albatross Diomedea sanfordi
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Colin Miskelly
    Location: East of Kaikoura
  43. White-capped Albatross Thalassarche cauta
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Colin Miskelly
    Location: East of Kaikoura
  44. Westland Petrel Procellaria westlandica
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Colin Miskelly
    Location: East of Kaikoura
  45. Canada Goose Branta canadensis
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: R.H.D. Stidolph
    Location: Kourarau Dam
  46. Australasian Grebe Tachybaptus novaehollandiae
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: R.H.D. Stidolph
    Location: Waingawa Freezing Works effluent ponds (former)
  47. Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: R.H.D. Stidolph
    Location: Waingawa Freezing Works effluent ponds (former)
  48. Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus optatus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: R.H.D. Stidolph
    Location: Ponatahi Bridge area
  49. Black-billed Gull Chroicocephalus bulleri
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: R.H.D. Stidolph
    Location: Waingawa Freezing Works effluent ponds (former)
  50. Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: R.H.D. Stidolph
    Location: Wairarapa, Norfolk Road
  51. Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena
    # Count: 15
    Date:
    Observer: R.H.D. Stidolph
    Location: East Taratahi, Hughes Line
  52. Black-fronted Dotterel Charadrius melanops
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: R.H.D. Stidolph
    Location: Waingawa Freezing Works effluent ponds (former)
  53. Eastern Rosella Platycercus eximius
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: R.H.D. Stidolph
    Location: Fensham Reserve, Carterton
  54. White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: R.H.D. Stidolph
    Location: Waingawa Freezing Works effluent ponds (former)
  55. Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: R.H.D. Stidolph
    Location: Wairarapa, Flat Point
  56. New Zealand Grebe Poliocephalus rufopectus
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: R.H.D. Stidolph
    Location: Kourarau Dam
  57. Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: R.H.D. Stidolph
    Location: Waingawa Freezing Works effluent ponds (former)
  58. Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: R.H.D. Stidolph
    Location: Waingawa Freezing Works effluent ponds (former)
  59. Black Swan Cygnus atratus
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: R.H.D. Stidolph
    Location: Kourarau Dam
  60. Rook Corvus frugilegus
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: R.H.D. Stidolph
    Location: Te Wharau Road at Tyneside
  61. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: R.H.D. Stidolph
    Location: Carters Scenic Reserve
  62. Gray Teal Anas gracilis
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: R.H.D. Stidolph
    Location: Carter's Bush at Pike's lagoon
  63. Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: R.H.D. Stidolph
    Location: Taratahi Plains
  64. Fairy Prion Pachyptila turtur
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: R.H.D. Stidolph
    Location: Waingawa
  65. Great Egret Ardea alba
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: R.H.D. Stidolph
    Location: Waingawa Swamp
  66. Blue Duck Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos
    # Count: 11
    Date:
    Observer: R.H.D. Stidolph
    Location: Waingawa River headwaters
  67. North Island Robin Petroica longipes
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: R.H.D. Stidolph
    Location: Donnelly's Flat, Tararua Forest Park
  68. Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: R.H.D. Stidolph
    Location: Kourarau Dam
  69. Variable Oystercatcher Haematopus unicolor
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: R.H.D. Stidolph
    Location: Wairarapa, Flat Point
  70. Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: R.H.D. Stidolph
    Location: Wairarapa, Flat Point
  71. White-fronted Tern Sterna striata
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: R.H.D. Stidolph
    Location: Wairarapa, Flat Point
  72. Australasian Gannet Morus serrator
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: R.H.D. Stidolph
    Location: Wairarapa, Flat Point
  73. Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: R.H.D. Stidolph
    Location: Wairarapa, East Taratahi
  74. Australasian Shoveler Spatula rhynchotis
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: R.H.D. Stidolph
    Location: Kourarau Dam
  75. Paradise Shelduck Tadorna variegata
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: R.H.D. Stidolph
    Location: Carterton
  76. Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: R.H.D. Stidolph
    Location: Carterton
  77. New Zealand Falcon Falco novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: R.H.D. Stidolph
    Location: Te Wharau Road at Tyneside
  78. Red-crowned Parakeet Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: R.H.D. Stidolph
    Location: Mt Holdsworth below Mountain House
  79. California Quail Callipepla californica
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: R.H.D. Stidolph
    Location: Waingawa River, downstream from SH2 bridge
  80. Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: R.H.D. Stidolph
    Location: Waingawa River, downstream from SH2 bridge
  81. Rock Pigeon Columba livia
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: R.H.D. Stidolph
    Location: Waiohine Bridge
  82. Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: R.H.D. Stidolph
    Location: Mount Holdsworth road-end
  83. Double-banded Plover Anarhynchus bicinctus
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: R.H.D. Stidolph
    Location: Waingawa River, downstream from SH2 bridge
  84. Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: R.H.D. Stidolph
    Location: Waingawa
  85. Dunnock Prunella modularis
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: R.H.D. Stidolph
    Location: Mt Holdsworth below Mountain House
  86. Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: R.H.D. Stidolph
    Location: Mt Holdsworth below Mountain House
  87. Yellow-crowned Parakeet Cyanoramphus auriceps
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: R.H.D. Stidolph
    Location: Donnelly's Flat, Tararua Forest Park
  88. Long-tailed Koel Urodynamis taitensis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: R.H.D. Stidolph
    Location: Donnelly's Flat, Tararua Forest Park
  89. New Zealand Bellbird Anthornis melanura
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: R.H.D. Stidolph
    Location: Donnelly's Flat, Tararua Forest Park
  90. New Zealand Pigeon Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: R.H.D. Stidolph
    Location: Donnelly's Flat, Tararua Forest Park
  91. New Zealand Kaka Nestor meridionalis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: R.H.D. Stidolph
    Location: Donnelly's Flat, Tararua Forest Park
  92. House Sparrow Passer domesticus
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: R.H.D. Stidolph
    Location: Mount Holdsworth road-end
  93. Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: R.H.D. Stidolph
    Location: Mount Holdsworth road-end
  94. European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: R.H.D. Stidolph
    Location: Mount Holdsworth road-end
  95. European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: R.H.D. Stidolph
    Location: Mount Holdsworth road-end
  96. Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: R.H.D. Stidolph
    Location: Mount Holdsworth road-end
  97. Pied Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: R.H.D. Stidolph
    Location: Waingawa Swamp
  98. Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: R.H.D. Stidolph
    Location: Mt Holdsworth (track to Mountain Hut)
  99. Morepork Ninox novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: R.H.D. Stidolph
    Location: Mt Holdsworth (track to Mountain Hut)
  100. Rifleman Acanthisitta chloris
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: R.H.D. Stidolph
    Location: Mt Holdsworth (track to Mountain Hut)
  101. Whitehead Mohoua albicilla
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: R.H.D. Stidolph
    Location: Mt Holdsworth (track to Mountain Hut)
  102. Tomtit Petroica macrocephala
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: R.H.D. Stidolph
    Location: Mt Holdsworth (track to Mountain Hut)
  103. Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: R.H.D. Stidolph
    Location: Mt Holdsworth (track to Mountain Hut)
  104. Gray Gerygone Gerygone igata
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: R.H.D. Stidolph
    Location: Wairarapa, Gladstone
  105. Silvereye Zosterops lateralis
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: R.H.D. Stidolph
    Location: Wairarapa, Gladstone
  106. Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: R.H.D. Stidolph
    Location: Waingawa Swamp
  107. Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa
    # Count: 20
    Date:
    Observer: R.H.D. Stidolph
    Location: Waingawa Swamp
  108. Shining Bronze-Cuckoo Chrysococcyx lucidus
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: R.H.D. Stidolph
    Location: Wairarapa, East Taratahi
  109. Tui Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: R.H.D. Stidolph
    Location: Wairarapa, East Taratahi
  110. New Zealand Fantail Rhipidura fuliginosa
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: R.H.D. Stidolph
    Location: Wairarapa, East Taratahi
  111. European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: R.H.D. Stidolph
    Location: Waingawa Swamp
  112. Australasian Bittern Botaurus poiciloptilus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: R.H.D. Stidolph
    Location: Waingawa Swamp
  113. Australasian Swamphen Porphyrio melanotus
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: R.H.D. Stidolph
    Location: Waingawa
  114. Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: R.H.D. Stidolph
    Location: Waingawa
  115. Swamp Harrier Circus approximans
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: R.H.D. Stidolph
    Location: Mount Holdsworth road-end
  116. New Zealand Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: R.H.D. Stidolph
    Location: Mount Holdsworth road-end

Exotic: Provisional (2)

  1. Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita
    # Count: 25
    Date:
    Observer: Colin Shore
    Location: Wainuioru at Clifton Grove Road
  2. Mute Swan Cygnus olor
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: R.H.D. Stidolph
    Location: Kourarau Dam

Exotic: Escapee (2)

  1. Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Stuart Nicholson
    Location: 1437C Te Whiti Road, Gladstone NZ-Wellington -41.07828, 175.65773
  2. Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Stuart Nicholson
    Location: 1437C Te Whiti Road, Gladstone NZ-Wellington -41.07817, 175.65776

Hybrids (1)

  1. Mallard x Pacific Black Duck (hybrid) Anas platyrhynchos x superciliosa
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Bev Alexander
    Location: Gladstone

Additional Taxa (17)

  1. Procellaria sp. Procellaria sp.
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Jim Moore
    Location: Offshore North Island New Zealand
  2. bird sp. Aves sp.
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Christopher Tuffley
    Location: Atiwhakatu Track, Tararua Forest Park, Te Whanga-nui-a-Tara, NZ (-40.861, 175.457)
  3. Tui/New Zealand Bellbird Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae/Anthornis melanura
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Christopher Tuffley
    Location: Atiwhakatu Hut, Tararua Forest Park, Wellington, NZ (-40.868, 175.454)
  4. Turdus sp. Turdus sp.
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Christopher Tuffley
    Location: Atiwhakatu Track, Tararua Forest Park, Wellington, NZ (-40.871, 175.453)
  5. cormorant sp. Phalacrocoracidae sp.
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Christopher Tuffley
    Location: Mid Waiohine Hut, Tararua Forest Park, Wellington, NZ (-40.874, 175.382)
  6. oystercatcher sp. Haematopus sp.
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Joanna McVeagh
    Location: Carterton area at 288 Cornwall Rd
  7. finch sp. Fringillidae sp.
    # Count: 9
    Date:
    Observer: Joanna McVeagh
    Location: Cornwall Wetland (-41.011, 175.659)
  8. tern sp. Sterninae sp.
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Wildlife Management International Ltd
    Location: Glenburn coastline
  9. Cookilaria petrel sp. Pterodroma sp. (Cookilaria sp.)
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: PETER FRASER
    Location: 216 nm E Akaroa peninsula
  10. Northern/Southern Royal Albatross Diomedea sanfordi/epomophora
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: David Lawrie
    Location: AT SEA BETWEEN LYTLETON and CHATHAMS
  11. Snowy/Tristan/Antipodean Albatross Diomedea exulans/dabbenena/antipodensis
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: David Lawrie
    Location: AT SEA BETWEEN LYTLETON and CHATHAMS
  12. Great-winged/Gray-faced Petrel Pterodroma macroptera/gouldi
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: David Lawrie
    Location: AT SEA BETWEEN LYTLETON and CHATHAMS
  13. Domestic goose sp. (Domestic type) Anser sp. (Domestic type)
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: R.H.D. Stidolph
    Location: Kourarau Dam
  14. duck sp. Anatidae (duck sp.)
    # Count: 500
    Date:
    Observer: R.H.D. Stidolph
    Location: Wairarapa, East Taratahi
  15. parakeet sp. Psittaciformes sp. (parakeet sp.)
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: R.H.D. Stidolph
    Location: Mt Holdsworth up Atiwhakatu creek and return
  16. passerine sp. Passeriformes sp.
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: R.H.D. Stidolph
    Location: Carrington
  17. Cyanoramphus sp. Cyanoramphus sp.
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: R.H.D. Stidolph
    Location: Mt Holdsworth (track to Mountain Hut)