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Paparoa National Park (birds found here)
Paparoa National Park
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Birds found at Paparoa National Park
 
(Bird life commonly seen throughout the year includes):—
Great Spotted KiwiApteryx haastii
Little Blue penguinEudyptula minor
Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Westland PetrelProcelleria westlandica
Black shagPhalacrocorax carbo
Little pied shagPhalacrocorax melanoleucos
ScaupAythya novaeseelandiae
Australasian Shoveler Anas rhynchotis
Grey DuckAnas superciliosa
Blue DuckHymenolaimus malacorhynchos
Grey TealAnas gracilis
Paradise DuckTadorna variegata
White HeronEgretta alba
Royal SpoonbillPlatalea regia
Australasian BitternBotaurus poiciloptilus
Australasian HarrierCircus approximans
New Zealand FalconFalco novaeseelandiae
WekaGallirallus australis
Southern Black Backed GullLarus dominicanus
Red-billed GullLarus scopulinus
Caspian Tern Sterna caspia
White-fronted TernSterna striata
Pied StiltHimantopus himantopus
New Zealand pigeonHemiphaga novaeseelandiae
KakaNestor meridionalis
KeaNestor notabilis
Yellow-crowned KakarikiCyanoramphus auriceps
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
Tomtit Petroica macrocephala
Robin Petroica australis
Brown Creeper Mohoua novaeseelandiae
Bellbird Anthornis melanura
TuiProsthermadera novaeseelandiae
Fantail Rhipidura fulginosa
New Zealand PipitAnthus novaeseelandiae
RiflemanAcanthisitta chloris
FernbirdBowdleria punctata
Silvereye Zosterops lateralis
(page last updated  15 July 2007)    
 
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