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Boundary Stream & Lake Tutira  (the birds)

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Birds seen at Boundary Stream
(Birdlife commonly seen throughout the year includes):—
 
Brown KiwiApteryx mantelli
Australasian HarrierCircus approximans
New Zealand pigeonHemiphaga novaeseelandiae
Rifleman Acanthisitta chloris
KakaNestor meridionalis
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
Grey warbler Gerygone igata
Saddleback Philesturnus carunculatus
Kokako Callaeas cinerea wilsoni
Tomtit Petroica macrocephala
Robin Petroica australis
Bellbird Anthornis melanura
TuiProsthermadera novaeseelandiae
Fantail Rhipidura fulginosa
WhiteheadMohoua albicilla
Silvereye Zosterops lateralis
 
(Birds seen at Lake Tutira): —
Black SwanCygnus atratus
Paradise DuckTadorna variegate
Mallard Duck Anas platyrhynchos
Grey DuckAnas superciliosa
Grey TealAnas gracilis
PukekoPorphyrio porphyrio melanotus
Pied StiltHimantopus himantopus
Spotless CrakePorzana tabuensis
Marsh CrakePorzana pusilla
Australian CootFulica atra
Welcome Swallow Hirundo tahitica neoxena
RookCorvus frugilegus
 
(page last updated  10 December 2006)