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BIRDS OF NEW ZEALAND, CHECKLIST OF THE BIRDS OF NEW ZEALAND

Birds of New Zealand coded for abundance, breeding, migration, wintering, endemic, rare, etc.; 2000 pages on birds, nature, birdwatching, where to go birding, birds and nature pictures, nature conservation, equipment, bird feeding, etc. Welcome to the bird list of New Zealand.

New Zealand is home to an impressive number of species of birds that vary from residents, that stay all year around, to breeding birds, that spend a good part of the growing season in New Zealand to raise their young, migrants who pass through New Zealand with the seasons, to wintering birds who like to spend a good part of the winter in New Zealand to escape colder conditions up north. While many species of birds are relatively common as they are part of the ecosystems of the state, it is always a thrill to stumble upon a rare bird or vagrant, that does not really form part of any the New Zealand ecosystems. Maybe it got lost during its travels between its summer and winter residence or it got displaced by bad weather.

Among the species of the checklist of the birds of New Zealand you can find  waterfowl and wading birds, a large suite of song birds, raptors, game birds, swifts and nighthawks, etc., many of which occupy several ecosystems simultaneously, as they fly to and from forests, meadows, shorelines of waters, cities and and urban green spaces. At Birdlist, we have developed a coding system that can help you predict when you may expect a certain species, with a code for seasonality, such as resident, nesting, wintering, etc. A code for abundance will give you a clue on the likelihood that you may actually see a certain species of bird. As we progressed with the coding, we realized that there should be a differentiation in the coding for "common", such as less common, common and very common birds. However, this would require reliable quantative data, which for most states, are not revealed by the commission of bird records. We hope to provide those in the future. In the meantime, enjoy the current checklist of the birds of New Zealand.

 

National bird: Kiwi

  Abundance Codes

D

Distribution range deducted from map, not actual record.

P

Present, abundance not determined.

C

Within its range, varying from common to occasional

O

Rare, wandered outside of its normal range but still may be expected from time to time. Normally between 10 - 100 records.

V

Vagrant, accidental, species far out of its normal distribution range. >10 observations.

I

Introduced species.

Q

Not verified.

X

Extinct.

XL

Extinct in country

Status of Permanence Codes

R

Resident, present  year around.

N

Nests in the area but absent during part of the year.

M

Migrant, non-breeding. May spend a short period or the entire winter.

W

Wintering; stays in the area, while its primary nesting range is elsewhere.

E

National endemic.

*

National bird.

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WICE BIRDLIST

XX Species full name Birds NZ
  Apteryx australis Brown Kiwi P
  Apteryx haastii Great Spotted Kiwi P
  Apteryx owenii Little Spotted Kiwi P
  Alectoris chukar Chukar P
  Alectoris rufa Red-legged Partridge P
  Coturnix ypsilophora Brown Quail P
  Meleagris gallopavo Wild Turkey P
  Pavo cristatus Indian Peafowl P
  Perdix perdix Grey Partridge P
  Phasianus colchicus Common Pheasant P
  Numida meleagris Helmeted Guineafowl P
  Callipepla californica California Quail P
  Colinus virginianus Northern Bobwhite P
  Anas platyrhynchos Mallard P
  Anas rhynchotis Australian Shoveler P
  Anas superciliosa Pacific Black Duck P
  Anser anser Greylag Goose P
  Aythya novaeseelandiae New Zealand Scaup P
  Branta canadensis Canada Goose P
  Cygnus atratus Black Swan P
  Cygnus olor Mute Swan P
  Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos Blue Duck P
  Tadorna tadornoides Australian Shelduck P
  Tadorna variegata Paradise Shelduck P
  Dacelo novaeguineae Laughing Kookaburra P
  Chrysococcyx lucidus Shining Bronze-Cuckoo P
  Eudynamys taitensis Long-tailed Koel P
  Cacatua galerita Sulphur-crested Cockatoo P
  Cyanoramphus auriceps Yellow-fronted Parakeet P
  Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae Red-fronted Parakeet P
  Cyanoramphus unicolor Antipodes Parakeet P
  Nestor meridionalis New Zealand Kaka P
  Nestor notabilis Kea P
  Platycercus eximius Eastern Rosella P
  Strigops habroptilus Kakapo P
  Athene noctua Little Owl P
  Ninox novaeseelandiae Morepork P
  Columba livia Rock Dove P
  Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae New Zealand Pigeon P
  Streptopelia chinensis Spotted Dove P
  Streptopelia roseogrisea African Collared-Dove P
  Fulica atra Common Coot P
  Gallirallus australis Weka P
  Gallirallus philippensis Buff-banded Rail P
  Lewinia muelleri Auckland Islands Rail P
  Porphyrio mantelli Takahe P
  Porphyrio porphyrio Purple Swamphen P
  Porzana pusilla Baillon's Crake P
  Porzana tabuensis Spotless Crake P
  Arenaria interpres Ruddy Turnstone P
  Calidris canutus Red Knot P
  Calidris ruficollis Red-necked Stint P
  Coenocorypha aucklandica Subantarctic Snipe P
  Coenocorypha pusilla Chatham Islands Snipe P
  Limosa lapponica Bar-tailed Godwit P
  Anarhynchus frontalis Wrybill P
  Charadrius bicinctus Double-banded Plover P
  Charadrius obscurus Red-breasted Plover P
  Elseyornis melanops Black-fronted Dotterel P
  Haematopus ostralegus Eurasian Oystercatcher P
  Haematopus unicolor Variable Oystercatcher P
  Himantopus novaezelandiae Black Stilt P
  Pluvialis fulva Pacific Golden-Plover P
  Thinornis novaeseelandiae Shore Plover P
  Vanellus miles Masked Lapwing P
  Anous stolidus Brown Noddy P
  Anous tenuirostris Lesser Noddy P
  Catharacta skua Great Skua P
  Chlidonias albostriatus Black-fronted Tern P
  Gygis alba Common White-Tern P
  Larus bulleri Black-billed Gull P
  Larus dominicanus Kelp Gull P
  Larus novaehollandiae Silver Gull P
  Procelsterna cerulea Blue-grey Noddy P
  Stercorarius parasiticus Parasitic Jaeger P
  Sterna albifrons Little Tern P
  Sterna caspia Caspian Tern P
  Sterna fuscata Sooty Tern P
  Sterna nereis Fairy Tern P
  Sterna vittata Antarctic Tern P
  Circus approximans Swamp Harrier P
  Falco novaeseelandiae New Zealand Falcon P
  Podiceps cristatus Great Crested Grebe P
  Poliocephalus poliocephalus Hoary-headed Grebe P
  Poliocephalus rufopectus New Zealand Grebe P
  Tachybaptus novaehollandiae Australasian Grebe P
  Phaethon rubricauda Red-tailed Tropicbird P
  Morus serrator Australasian Gannet P
  Sula dactylatra Masked Booby P
  Phalacrocorax campbelli Campbell Island Shag P
  Phalacrocorax carbo Great Cormorant P
  Phalacrocorax carunculatus Rough-faced Shag P
  Phalacrocorax chalconotus Bronze Shag P
  Phalacrocorax colensoi Auckland Islands Shag P
  Phalacrocorax featherstoni Pitt Island Shag P
  Phalacrocorax melanoleucos Little Pied Cormorant P
  Phalacrocorax onslowi Chatham Islands Shag P
  Phalacrocorax punctatus Spotted Shag P
  Phalacrocorax ranfurlyi Bounty Islands Shag P
  Phalacrocorax sulcirostris Little Black Cormorant P
  Phalacrocorax varius Pied Cormorant P
  Botaurus poiciloptilus Australasian Bittern P
  Egretta novaehollandiae White-faced Heron P
  Egretta sacra Pacific Reef-Egret P
  Nycticorax nycticorax Black-crowned Night-Heron P
  Platalea regia Royal Spoonbill P
  Eudyptes chrysocome Rockhopper Penguin P
  Eudyptes robustus Snares Penguin P
  Eudyptes sclateri Erect-crested Penguin P
  Eudyptula minor Little Penguin P
  Megadyptes antipodes Yellow-eyed Penguin P
  Daption capense Cape Petrel P
  Diomedea epomophora Royal Albatross P
  Diomedea exulans Wandering Albatross P
  Fregetta grallaria White-bellied Storm-Petrel P
  Fregetta tropica Black-bellied Storm-Petrel P
  Fulmarus glacialoides Southern Fulmar P
  Garrodia nereis Grey-backed Storm-Petrel P
  Macronectes giganteus Antarctic Giant-Petrel P
  Macronectes halli Hall's Giant-Petrel P
  Pachyptila belcheri Slender-billed Prion P
  Pachyptila crassirostris Fulmar Prion P
  Pachyptila desolata Antarctic Prion P
  Pachyptila salvini Medium-billed Prion P
  Pachyptila turtur Fairy Prion P
  Pachyptila vittata Broad-billed Prion P
  Pagodroma nivea Snow Petrel P
  Pelagodroma marina White-faced Storm-Petrel P
  Phoebetria palpebrata Light-mantled Albatross P
  Procellaria aequinoctialis White-chinned Petrel P
  Procellaria cinerea Grey Petrel P
  Procellaria parkinsoni Parkinson's Petrel P
  Procellaria westlandica Westland Petrel P
  Pterodroma axillaris Chatham Islands Petrel P
  Pterodroma cervicalis White-necked Petrel P
  Pterodroma cookii Cook's Petrel P
  Pterodroma inexpectata Mottled Petrel P
  Pterodroma lessonii White-headed Petrel P
  Pterodroma macroptera Great-winged Petrel P
  Pterodroma magentae Magenta Petrel P
  Pterodroma mollis Soft-plumaged Petrel P
  Pterodroma neglecta Kermadec Petrel P
  Pterodroma pycrofti Pycroft's Petrel P
  Puffinus assimilis Little Shearwater P
  Puffinus bulleri Buller's Shearwater P
  Puffinus carneipes @586 Flesh-footed Shearwater P
  Puffinus creatopus Pink-footed Shearwater P
  Puffinus gavia Fluttering Shearwater P
  Puffinus griseus Sooty Shearwater P
  Puffinus huttoni Hutton's Shearwater P
  Puffinus pacificus Wedge-tailed Shearwater P
  Puffinus tenuirostris Short-tailed Shearwater P
  Thalassarche bulleri Buller's Albatross P
  Thalassarche cauta Shy Albatross P
  Thalassarche chrysostoma Grey-headed Albatross P
  Thalassarche melanophris Black-browed Albatross P
  Acanthisitta chloris Rifleman P
  Xenicus gilviventris South Island Wren P
  Anthochaera paradoxa Yellow Wattlebird P
  Manorina flavigula Yellow-throated Miner P
  Melithreptus brevirostris Brown-headed Honeyeater P
  Gerygone igata Grey Gerygone P
  Gerygone modesta Norfolk Island Gerygone P
  Petroica australis New Zealand Robin P
  Petroica multicolor Scarlet Robin P
  Petroica rodinogaster Pink Robin P
  Corvus capensis Cape Crow P
  Cracticus quoyi Black Butcherbird P
  Daphoenositta miranda Black Sittella P
  Hypositta corallirostris Coral-billed Nuthatch P
  Mohoua albicilla Whitehead P
  Mohoua ochrocephala Yellowhead P
  Rhipidura phasiana Mangrove Fantail P
  Turdus boulboul Grey-winged Blackbird P
  Turdus iliacus Redwing P
  Leucopsar rothschildi Bali Myna P
  Sturnus roseus Rosy Starling P
  Hirundo domicola Hill Swallow P
  Zosterops sanctaecrucis Santa Cruz White-eye P
  Megalurus gramineus Little Grassbird P
  Lullula arborea Wood Lark P
  Anthus rufulus Paddyfield Pipit P
  Passer ammodendri Saxaul Sparrow P
  Prunella koslowi Mongolian Accentor P
  Carduelis dominicensis Antillean Siskin P
  Carduelis hornemanni Hoary Redpoll P
  Emberiza stewarti Chestnut-breasted Bunting P
  Latoucheornis siemsseni Slaty Bunting P
  Peucedramus taeniatus Olive Warbler P
  Rhynchostruthus socotranus Golden-winged Grosbeak P

Thank you for visiting Nature Worldwide on New Zealand. In this linked net of country pages you can find lists of birds, nature, mammals and national parks. Birds of New Zealand provides a checklist of the birds of New Zealand. It is a complete birdlist or bird list listing all the birds of New Zealand in ornithological taxonomic order. In Nature of New Zealand you can find nature related websites, like on birding, birdwatching, general ornithology, nature, nature conservation, national parks, protected areas, nature reserves, etc. In Mammals of New Zealand you can find the list of the mammals of New Zealand in taxonomic order. National parks, Nature reserves and Protected areas of New Zealand provides you with list of all the national parks and other protected areas of New Zealand.  Click on the following links for our web pages on New Zealand. http://www.birdlist.org/new_zealand.htm http://www.nature-worldwide.info/new_zealand.htm http://www.mammals-worldwide.info/new_zealand.htm http://www.nationalparks-worldwide.info/new_zealand.htm