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Tiritiri Matangi Island (birds found here)
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Birds found at Tiritiri Matangi
 
(Bird life commonly seen throughout the year in and around the island includes):—
Little spotted kiwiApteryx owenii
Little blue penguinEudyptula minor
White-faced Storm PetrelPelagodroma marina
Common Diving PetrelPelecanoides urinatrix
Black PetrelProcellaria parkinsoni
Northern Giant PetrelMacronecteus halli
Grey-faced PetrelPterodroma macroptera gouldi
Flesh-footed ShearwaterPuffinus carneipes
Buller’s ShearwaterPuffinus bulleri
Fluttering ShearwaterPuffinus gavia
Australasian GannetMorus serrator
Black ShagPhalacrocorax carbo
Pied ShagPhalacrocorax varius
LittleShagPhalacrocorax melanoleucus
Spotted Shag Stictocarbo punctatus
Black SwanCygnus atratus
Paradise DuckTadorna variegate
Mallard Duck Anas platyrhynchos
Grey DuckAnas superciliosa
Brown TealAnas aucklandica chlorotis
White-faced Heron Ardea novaehollandiae
Reef HeronEgretta sacra
Australasian HarrierCircus approximans
Brown QuailSynoicus ypsilophorus
North Island WekaGallirallus australis greyi
Variable Oystercatcher Haematopus unicolor
Spur–winged PloverVanellus miles
PukekoPorphyrio porphyrio melanotus
TakahePorphyrio mantelli
Spotless CrakePorzana tabuensis
New Zealand DotterelCharadrius obscurus obscurus
Shore PloverThinornis novaeseelandiae
Eastern Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus
Southern Black Backed GullLarus dominicanus
Red-billed GullLarus scopulinus
Caspian Tern Sterna caspia
White-fronted TernSterna striata
New Zealand pigeonHemiphaga novaeseelandiae
Barbary DoveStreptopelia roseogrisea
Malay Spotted DoveStreptopelia chinensis tigrina
GalahEolophus roseicapillus
KakaNestor meridionalis
KakarikiCyanoramphus novaezelandiae
Eastern RosellaPlatycercus eximius
Long-tailed cuckooEudynamys taitensis
Shining cuckoo Chrysococcyx lucidas
 
The cuckoos migrate from the Pacific Islands, arriving in New Zealand from around September and leaving again around March.
 
Morepork Ninox novaeseelandiae
KingfisherHalcyon sancta
KookaburraDacelo novaeguineae novaeguineae
Grey warbler Gerygone igata
Skylark Alauda arvenis
Saddleback Philesturnus carunculatus
Kokako Callaeas cinerea wilsoni
Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella.
Tomtit Petroica macrocephala
Robin Petroica australis
GoldfinchCardulelis carduelis
GreenfinchCarduelis chloris
ChaffinchFringilla coelabs
Red PollCaruelis flammea
Welcome Swallow Hirundo tahitica neoxena
Spine-tailed SwiftHirundapus caudacutus caudacutus
Stitchbird Notiomystis cincta
Bellbird Anthornis melanura
TuiProsthermadera novaeseelandiae
Fantail Rhipidura fulginosa
New Zealand PipitAnthus novaeseelandiae
Song Thrush Turdus philomelus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
WhiteheadMohoua albicilla
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Dunnock Prunella modularis
Starling Sturnus vulgaris
Myna Acridotheres tristis
FernbirdBowdleria punctata
Silvereye Zosterops lateralis
(page last updated  24 January 2007)    
 
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