2008.01

New Zealand birds

Over 16 days I explored South, Stewart, and Ulva islands with my family. It's amazing how many birds we saw and noted (40) considering this was not a twitching holiday.

Struthioniformes (Kiwi)

  • Brown Kiwi

    Brown KiwiApteryx australisDec. 22, 2007
    Steward Island

Procellariiformes (Albatrosses, Petrels)

  • Wandering Albatross

    Wandering AlbatrossDiomedea exulansJan. 1, 2008
    Kaikoura, SI

  • Southern Giant Petrel

    Southern Giant PetrelMacronectes giganteusJan. 1, 2008
    Kaikoura, SI

  • Cape Pigeon

    Cape PigeonDaption capenseJan. 1, 2008
    Kaikoura, SI

Anseriformes (Ducks)

  • Paradise Shelduck

    Paradise ShelduckTadorna variegataDec. 25, 2007
    Queenstown, SI

  • Mallard

    MallardAnas platyrhynchosDec. 22, 2007
    Stewart Island

  • Pacific Black Duck

    Pacific Black DuckAnas superciliosaDec. 19, 2007
    Oamaru, SI

Sphenisciformes (Penguins)

  • Yellow-eyed Penguin

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

  • Little Penguin

    Little PenguinEudyptula minorDec. 19, 2007
    Oamaru, SI

Phalacrocoraciformes (Shags)

  • Little Shag

    Little ShagPhalacrocorax melanoleucosDec. 31, 2007
    Kaikoura, SI

  • Stewart Island Shag

    Stewart Island ShagLeucocarbo chalconotusDec. 21, 2007
    Steward Island

Accipitriformes (Harriers)

  • Swamp Harrier

    Swamp HarrierCircus approximansDec. 21, 2007
    Croydon, SI

Gruiformes (Weka)

  • Weka

    WekaGallirallus australisDec. 21, 2007
    Ulva Island

Charadriiformes (Oystercatchers, Lapwings, Gulls)

  • South Island Pied Oystercatcher

    South Island Pied OystercatcherHaematopus finschiDec. 22, 2007
    Stewart Island

  • Variable Oystercatcher

    Variable OystercatcherHaematopus unicolorDec. 21, 2007
    Stewart Island

  • Masked Lapwing

    Masked LapwingVanellus milesDec. 20, 2007
    Clinton, SI

  • Black-backed Gull

    Black-backed GullLarus dominicansusDec. 19, 2007
    Oamaru, SI

  • Silver Gull

    Silver GullLarus novaehollandiaeDec. 21, 2007
    Stewart Island

  • Black-billed Gull

    Black-billed GullLarus bulleriDec. 25, 2007
    Queenstown, SI

Columbiformes (Pigeons)

  • New Zealand Pigeon

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

Psittaciformes (Parrots, Parakeets)

  • Kea

    KeaNestor notabilisDec. 24, 2007
    Milford Sound, SI

  • Kaka

    KakaNestor meridionalisDec. 21, 2007
    Steward Island

  • Yellow-crowned Parakeet

    Yellow-crowned ParakeetCyanoramphus auricepsDec. 21, 2007
    Steward Island

  • Red-crowned Parakeet

    Red-crowned ParakeetCyanoramphus novaezelandiaeDec. 21, 2007
    Ulva Island

Acanthisitti (Riffleman)

  • Rifleman

    RiflemanAcanthisitta chlorisDec. 21, 2007
    Ulva Island

Meliphagoidea (Honeyeaters, Bellbirds)

  • Tui

    TuiProsthemadera novaeseelandiaeDec. 21, 2007
    Stewart Island

  • Bellbird

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

Corvoidea (Yellowhead, Saddleback, Fantail, Magpie)

  • Yellowhead

    YellowheadMohoua ochrocephalaDec. 21, 2007
    Ulva Island

  • Saddleback

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

  • Grey Fantail

    Grey FantailRhipidura fuliginosaDec. 21, 2007
    Ulva Island

  • Australian Magpie

    Australian MagpieGymnorhina tibicenDec. 18, 2007
    Christchurch, SI

Passeri incertae sedis (Robin)

  • New Zealand Robin

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

Muscicapoidea (Starlings, Thrushes)

  • Common Starling

    Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisDec. 31, 2007
    Kaikoura, SI

  • Blackbird

    Common BlackbirdTurdus merulaDec. 18, 2007
    Christchurch, SI

  • Song Thrush

    Song ThrushTurdus philomelosDec. 20, 2007
    Dunedin, SI

Passeroidea (Sparrows, Feral Finches, Yellowhammer)

  • House Sparrow

    House SparrowPasser domesticusDec. 18, 2007
    Christchurch, SI

  • Chaffinch

    ChaffinchFringilla coelebsDec. 19, 2007
    Oamaru, SI

  • Redpoll placeholder

    RedpollCarduelis flammeaDec. 19, 2007
    Peel Forest, SI

  • European Goldfinch

    European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisDec. 20, 2007
    Dunedin, SI

  • Yellowhammer placeholder

    YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaDec. 19, 2007
    Peel Forest, SI