2008.01

New Zealand birds

Over 16 days my family and I did a lot of accidental twitching on South, Stewart, and Ulva islands. The only intentional twitching was a night of spotlighting for kiwis, and, perhaps, an afternoon at Croydon Aircraft Company. Species total = 40

Struthioniformes

Apterygidae (Kiwis)

  • Southern Brown Kiwi

    Southern Brown KiwiApteryx australisDec. 22, 2007
    Steward Island vu

Anseriformes

Anatidae (Ducks)

  • Paradise Shelduck

    Paradise ShelduckTadorna variegataDec. 25, 2007
    Queenstown, SI lc

  • Mallard

    MallardAnas platyrhynchosDec. 22, 2007
    Stewart Island lc

  • Pacific Black Duck

    Pacific Black DuckAnas superciliosaDec. 19, 2007
    Oamaru, SI lc

Columbiformes

Columbidae (Pigeons)

  • New Zealand Pigeon

    Kererū (New Zealand Pigeon)Hemiphaga novaeseelandiaeDec. 20, 2007
    Dunedin, SI nt

Procellariiformes

Diomedeidae (Albatrosses)

  • Wandering Albatross

    Wandering AlbatrossDiomedea exulansJan. 1, 2008
    Kaikoura, SI vu

Procellariidae (Petrels)

  • Southern Giant Petrel

    Southern Giant PetrelMacronectes giganteusJan. 1, 2008
    Kaikoura, SI lc

  • Cape Pigeon

    Cape PigeonDaption capenseJan. 1, 2008
    Kaikoura, SI lc

Sphenisciformes

Spheniscidae (Penguins)

  • Yellow-eyed Penguin

    Yellow-eyed PenguinMegadyptes antipodesDec. 19, 2007
    Oamaru, SI en

  • Little Penguin

    Little PenguinEudyptula minorDec. 19, 2007
    Oamaru, SIlc

Phalacrocoraciformes

Phalacrocoracidae (Shags)

  • Little Shag

    Little ShagPhalacrocorax melanoleucosDec. 31, 2007
    Kaikoura, SI lc

  • Stewart Island Shag

    Stewart Island ShagPhalacrocorax chalconotusDec. 21, 2007
    Stewart Island vu

Accipitriformes

Accipitridae (Harriers)

  • Swamp Harrier

    Swamp HarrierCircus approximansDec. 21, 2007
    Croydon, SI lc

Gruiformes

Rallidae (Weka)

  • Weka

    WekaGallirallus australisDec. 21, 2007
    Ulva Island vu

Charadriiformes

Haematopodidae (Oystercatchers)

  • South Island Pied Oystercatcher

    South Island Pied OystercatcherHaematopus finschiDec. 22, 2007
    Stewart Island lc

  • Variable Oystercatcher

    Variable OystercatcherHaematopus unicolorDec. 21, 2007
    Stewart Island lc

Charadriidae (Lapwing)

  • Masked Lapwing

    Masked LapwingVanellus milesDec. 20, 2007
    Clinton, SI lc

Laridae (Gulls)

  • Kelp Gull

    Karoro (Kelp Gull)Larus dominicanusDec. 19, 2007
    Oamaru, SI lc

  • Silver Gull

    Silver GullChroicocephalus novaehollandiaeDec. 21, 2007
    Stewart Island lc

  • Black-billed Gull

    Black-billed GullChroicocephalus bulleriDec. 25, 2007
    Queenstown, SI en

Psittaciformes

Nestoridae (New Zealand Parrots)

  • Kea

    KeaNestor notabilisDec. 24, 2007
    Milford Sound, SI vu

  • Kaka

    KakaNestor meridionalisDec. 21, 2007
    Steward Island en

Psittacidae (Parakeets)

  • Yellow-crowned Parakeet

    Yellow-crowned ParakeetCyanoramphus auricepsDec. 21, 2007
    Steward Island nt

  • Red-crowned Parakeet

    Red-crowned ParakeetCyanoramphus novaezelandiaeDec. 21, 2007
    Ulva Island vu

Acanthisitti

Acanthisittidae (Riffleman)

  • Rifleman

    RiflemanAcanthisitta chlorisDec. 21, 2007
    Ulva Island lc

Passeri incertae sedis

Petroicidae (Australasian Robins)

  • New Zealand Robin

    Toutouwai (New Zealand Robin)Petroica australisDec. 21, 2007
    Ulva Island lc

Meliphagoidea

Meliphagidae (Honeyeaters)

  • Tui

    TuiProsthemadera novaeseelandiaeDec. 21, 2007
    Stewart Island lc

  • New Zealand Bellbird

    Korimako (New Zealand Bellbird)Anthornis melanuraDec. 21, 2007
    Stewart Island lc

Corvoidea

Pachycephalidae (Whistlers)

  • Yellowhead

    YellowheadMohoua ochrocephalaDec. 21, 2007
    Ulva Island en

Callaeidae (New Zealand Wattlebirds)

  • Saddleback

    Tieke (Saddleback)Philesturnus carunculatus carunculatusDec. 21, 2007
    Ulva Island nt

Artamidae (Magpie)

  • Australian Magpie

    Australian MagpieGymnorhina tibicenDec. 18, 2007
    Christchurch, SI lc

Rhipiduridae (Fantails)

  • New Zealand Fantail placeholder

    New Zealand FantailRhipidura fuliginosaDec. 21, 2007
    Ulva Island lc

Muscicapoidea

Turdidae (Thrushes)

  • Blackbird

    Common BlackbirdTurdus merulaDec. 18, 2007
    Christchurch, SI lc

  • Song Thrush

    Song ThrushTurdus philomelosDec. 20, 2007
    Dunedin, SI lc

Sturnidae (Starling)

  • Common Starling

    Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisDec. 31, 2007
    Kaikoura, SI lc

Passeroidea

Passeridae (Sparrows)

  • House Sparrow placeholder

    House SparrowPasser domesticusDec. 18, 2007
    Christchurch, SI lc

Fringillidae (True Finches)

  • Chaffinch

    ChaffinchFringilla coelebsDec. 19, 2007
    Oamaru, SI lc

  • Redpoll placeholder

    RedpollCarduelis flammeaDec. 19, 2007
    Peel Forest, SI lc

  • European Goldfinch

    European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisDec. 20, 2007
    Dunedin, SI lc

Emberizidae (Buntings)

  • Yellowhammer placeholder

    YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaDec. 19, 2007
    Peel Forest, SI lc