New Zealand Check List


I could find no check list of the birds of New Zealand. This list was created from the Hand Guilde to the Birds of New Zealand adopting their species order. I have tried to update the species of Albatross and left out rare migrants.. Everywhere I went in New Zealand I suggested that someone needed to make a check list. Until they do, I present this one.

Common Name Genus Species Subspecies (Maori Name) NA- North American Common Name
Kiwi
Brown Kiwi Apteryx australis (Tokoeka)          
Great Spotted Kiwi Apteryx haastii (Roa)          
Little Spotted Kiwi Apteryx owenii ( Kiwi-pukupuku)          

Grebes
Australian Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus (Puteketeke)          
New Zealand Dabchick Poliocephalus rufopectus (Weweia)          
Hoary-headed Grebe Poliocephalus poliocephalus          
Australian Little Grebe Rachybaptus novaehollandiae          

Albatrosses
Wandering Albatross (Snowy)Diomedea exulans          
Gibson's AlbatrossDiomedea gibsoni          
Antipodean AlbatrossDiomedea antipodensis          
Northern Royal AlbatrossDiomedea sanfordi          
Southern Royal AlbatrossDiomedea epomophora          
Black-browed MollymawkThalassarche melanophrys          
Campbell MollymawkThalassarche impavida          
Shy ( Tasmanian) MollymawkThalassarche cauta          
White-capped AlbatrossThalassarche steadi(subspecies of Shy)          
Salvin's AlbatrossThalassarche salvini(subspecies of Shy)          
Chatham Island AlbatrossThalassarche eremita(subspecies of Shy)          
Grey-headed AlbatrossThalassarche chrysostoma          
Indian Ocean Yellow-nosed MollymawkThalassarche carteri          
Buller's AlbatrossThalassarche bulleri          
Pacific MollymawkThalassarche nov.sp/platei          
Sooty AlbatrossPhoebetria fusca          
Light-mantled Sooty AlbatrossPhoebetria palpebrata          
Shearwaters
Flesh-footed Shearwater Puffinus carneipes          
Wedge-tailed Shearwater Puffinus pacificus          
Buller's ShearwaterPuffinus bulleri          
Sooty ShearwaterPuffinus griseus          
Short-tailed ShearwaterPuffinus tenuirostris          
Fluttering ShearwaterPuffinus gravia          
Hutton's ShearwaterPuffinus huttoni          
Little Shearwater Puffinus assimilis          

Diving Petrels, Petrels,Prions, Storm-petrels
Common Diving PetrelPelecanoides urinatrix          
South Georgian Diving PetrelPelecanoides georgicus          
Grey PetrelProcellaria cinerea          
Westland PetrelProcellaria westlandica          
White-chinned PetrelProcellaria aequinoctialis          
Snares Cape PigeonDaption capenses australe          
Southern Cape Pigeon Daption capense capense          
Antarctic Petrel Thalassoica antarctica          
Antarctic Fulmar Fulmarus glacialoides          
Southern Giant Petrel Macronectes giganteus          
Northern Giant Petrel Macronectes halli          
Fairy Prion Pachyptila turtur          
Fulmar Prion Pachyptila crassirostris          
Thin-billed Prion Pachyptila belcheri          
Antarctic Prion Pachyptila desolata          
Salvin's Prion Pachyptila salvini          
Broad-billed Prion Pachyptila vittata          
Blue Petrel Halobaena caerulea          
Pycroft's Petrel Pterodroma pycrofti          
Cook's Petrel Pterodroma cookii          
Black-winged Petrel Pterodroma nigripennis          
Chatham Petrel Pterodroma axillaris          
Mottled Petrel Pterodroma inexpectata          
White-naped Petrel Pterodroma cervicalis          
Kermadec Petrel Pterodroma neglecta          
Grey-faced Petrel Pterodroma macroptera          
Chatham Island Petrel Pterodroma magentae (Taiko)          
White-headed Petrel Pterodroma lessonii          
Soft-plumaged Petrel Pterodroma mollis          
Wilson's Storm-petrel Oceanites oceanicus          
Grey-backed Storm-petrel Oceanites nereis          
White-faced Storm-petrel Pelagodroma marina          
Black-bellied Storm-petrel Fregetta tropica          
White-bellied Storm-petrel Fregetta grallaria          

Penguins
Yellow-eyed Penguin Megadyptes antipodes          
Gentoo Penguin Pygoscelis papua          
Blue Penguin Eudyptula minor          
White-flippered Penguin Eudyptula albosignata          
Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptula chrysocome          
Fiordland Crested Penguin Eudyptula pachyrhynchus          
Snares Crested Penguin Eudyptula robustus          
Erect Crested Penguin Eudyptula sclateri          
Tropicbird - Gannets, Boobies
Red-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon rubricauda          
White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus          
Australian Gannet Morus serrator (Takapu)          
Brown Booby Sula leucogaster          
Masked Booby Sula dactylatra          

Shags
Black Shag Phalacrocorax carbo          
Pied Shag Phalacrocorax varius          
Little Black Shag Phalacrocorax sulcirostris          
Little Shag Phalacrocorax melanoleucos          
King Shag Phalacrocorax carunculatus          
Stewart Island Shag Phalacrocorax chalconotus          
Chatham Island Shag Phalacrocorax onslowi          
Bounty Island Shag Phalacrocorax ranfurlyi          
Auckland Island Shag Phalacrocorax colensoi          
Campbell Island Shag Phalacrocorax campbelli          
Spotted Shag Phalacrocorax punctatus          
Pitt Island Shag Phalacrocorax featherstoni          

Herons, Egrets,Bitterns , Cranes, Pelican , Spoonbill, Ibis
Intermediate Egret Egretta intermedia          
White Heron Egretta alba (Kotuku) Aust Great Egret          
Little Egret Egretta garzetta          
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis          
White-faced Heron Ardea novaehollandiae          
White-necked Heron Ardea pacifica          
Reef Heron Egretta sacra ( Matuku moana )          
Nankeen Night-heron Nycticorax caledonicus          
Australasian Bittern Botarus poiciloptilus (Matuku)          
Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus          
Brolga Grus rubicundus          
Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus          
Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia          
Yellow-billed Spoonbill Platalea flavipes          
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus          
Australian White Ibis Threskiornis molucca          

Ducks, Geese, Swans
Black Swan Cygnus atratus          
Mute Swan Cygnus olor          
Canada Goose Branta canadensis          
Cape Barren Goose Cereopsis novaehollandiae          
Feral Goose Anser anser          
Paradise Shelduck Tadorna variegata (Putangitangi)          
Chestnut-breasted Shelduck Tadorna tadornoides          
Blue Duck Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos (Whio)          
Australian Wood Duck Chenonetta jubata          
Grass (Plumed) Whistling Duck Dendrocygna eytoni          
MallardAnas platyrhynchos          
Grey DuckAnas superciliosa (Parera)          
Australasian ShovelerAnas rhynchotis (Kuruwhengi)          
Northern ShovelerAnas clypeata          
Pink-eared DuckMalacorhynchus membranaceus          
Grey Teal Anas gracilis (Tete)          
Chestnut Teal Anas castanea          
Brown Teal Anas aucklandica (Pateke)          
White-eyed Duck Aythya australis          
New Zealand Scaup Aythya novaeseelandiae (Papango)          

Raptors
Australasian Harrier Circus approximans (Kahu)          
New Zealand Falcon Falco novaeseelandiae (Karearea)          
Black Kite Milvus migrans          
Black Falcon Falco subniger          
Nankeen Kestrel Falco cenchroides          

Gamebirds
Pheasant Phasianus colchicus          
Peafowl Pavo cristatus          
Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo          
Tufted Guineafowl Numida meleagris          
Grey Partridge Perdix perdix          
Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa          
Chukor Alectoris chukar          
California Quail Callipepla californica          
Brown Quail Synoicus ypsilophorus          
Bobwhite Quail Colinus virginianus          

Rails, Crakes, Swamphens, Coots
Weka Gallirallus australis          
Banded Rail Rallus philippensis (Moho-pereru)          
Auckland Island Rail Rallus pectoralis          
Spotless Crake Porzana tabuensis (Puweto)          
Marsh Crake Porzana pusilla (Koitareke)          
Takahe Porphyrio mantelli (Notornis)          
Pukeko (Purple Swamphen) Porphyrio porphyrio          
Australian Coot Fulica atra          
Dusky Moorhen Gallinula tenebrosa          
Black-tailed Native-hen Gallinula ventralis          
Waders
Pied Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus (Torea)          
Chatham Island Oystercatcher Haematopus chathamensis          
Variable Oystercatcher Haematopus unicolor          
Spur-winged Plover Vanellus miles          
Pied Stilt Himantopus himantopus (Poaka)          
Black Stilt Himantopus novaezelandiae (Kaki)          
Australian Red-necked Avocet Recurvirostra novaehollandiae          
Banded Dotterel Charadrius bicinctus ( Tuturiwhatu)          
New Zealand Dotterel Charadrius obscurus( Tuturiwhatu)          
Mongolian Dotterel Charadrius mongolus          
Large Sand Dotterel Charadrius leschenaultii          
Black-fronted Dotterel Charadrius melanops          
Shore Plover Thinornis novaseelandiae Rare Endemic          
Red-Kneed Dotterel Erythrogonys cinctus          
Red-capped Dotterel Charadrius ruficapillus          
Riinged Plover Charadrius hiaticula          
Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva          
American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica          
Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola          
Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda          
Oriental Dotterel Charadrius veredus          
Painted Snipe Rostratula benghalensis          
Japanese Snipe Galinago hardwickii          
Chatham Island Snipe Coenocorypha pusilla          
New Zealand Snipe Coenocorypha aucklandica          
Lesser Knot Calidris canutus          
Great KnotCalidris canutus          
Curlew SandpiperCalidris canutus          
DunlinCalidris canutus          
White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris canutus          
Sanderling Calidris alba          
Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminata          
Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos          
Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii          
Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis          
Little Stint Calidris minuta          
Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla          
Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri          
Broad-billed Sandpiper Limicola falcinellus          
Wrybill Anarhynchus frontalis          
Turnstone Arenaria interpres NA- Ruddy Turnstone          
Ruff Philomachus pugnax          
Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis          
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus          
Bristle-thighed Curlew Numenius tahitiensis          
Little Whimbrel Numenius minutus          
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica          
Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica          
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa          
Asiatic Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus          
Common Sandpiper Tringa hypoleucos          
Terek Sandpiper Tringa terek          
Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stanatilis          
Greenshank Tringa nebularia          
Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes          
Wandering TattlerTringa incana          
Siberian TattlerTringa brevipes NA- Gray-tailed Tattler          
Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus          
Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius NA- Red Phalarope          
Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor          
Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum          
Skuas, Gulls
Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus NA- Parasictic Jaeger          
Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus          
Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus          
Brown Skua Catharacta antarctic lonnbergi (Hakoakoa)          
South Polar Skua Cataracta maccormicki          
Black-backed Gull Larus dominicanus ( Karoro)          
Red-billed Gull Larus novaehollandiae (Tarapunga)          
Black-billed Gull Larus bulleri          
Caspian Tern Sterna caspia (Taranui)          
Crested Tern Sterna bergii          
Gull-billed Tern Sterna Gelochedidon nilotica          
White-fronted Tern Sterna striata (Tara)          
Common Tern Sterna hirundo          
Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea          
Antarctic Tern Sterna vittata          
Black-fronted Tern Sterna albostriata (Tarapiroe)          
White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus          
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida          
Little Tern Sterna albifrons          
Fairy Tern Sterna nereis          
Grey Ternlet Procelsterna cerulea          
White Tern Gygis alba          
Sooty Tern Sterna fuscata          
Bridled Tern Sterna anaethetus          
Common Noddy Anous stolidus NA- Brown Noddy          
White-capped Noddy Anous tenuirostris NA- Black Noddy          

Pigeons, Doves
New Zealand Pigeon Hemiphaga novaseelandiae(Kereru, Kukupa, Parea)          
Rock Pigeon Columba livia          
Barbary Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea          
Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis          

Parrots
Sulfur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita          
Kakapo Strigops habroptilus          
Kea Nestor notabilis          
Kaka Nestor meridionalis          
Galah Cacatua roseicapilla          
Crimson Rosella Platycercus elegans          
Eastern Rosella Platycercus eximius          
Yellow-crowned Parakeet Cyanoramphus auriceps (Kakariki)          
Red-crowned Parakeet Cyanoramphus novaezelandia (Kakariki)          
Antipodes Island Parakeet Cyanoramphus unicolor          
Cuckoos
Shining Cuckoo Chrysococcyx lucidus (Pipiwharauroa)          
Long-tailed Cuckoo Eudynamys taitensis (Koekoea)          
Channel-billed Cuckoo Scythrops novaehollandiae          
Pallid Cuckoo Cuculus pallidus          
Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus saturatus          
Fan-tailed Cuckoo Cacomantis flabelliformis          

Owls
Little Owl Athene noctua          
Morepork Ninox novaeseelandiae (Ruru)          
Barn Owl Tyco alba          

Kingfishers
Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae          
Kingfisher Halcyon sancta (Kotare) AU- Sacred Kingfisher          

Swifts, Swallows,
Spine-tailed Swift Hirundapus caudacutus          
Fork-tailed Swift Apus pacificus          
Welcome Swallow Hirundo tahitica          
         

Passerines - Introduced and Native
Rifleman Acanthisitta chloris (Titipounamu)          
Rock Wren Xenicus gilviventris          
Silvereye Zosterops lateralis (Tauhou)          
Grey Warbler Gerygone igata ( Riroriro)          
Chatham Island Warbler Gerygone albofrontata          
Blackbird Turdus merula          
Song Thrush Turdus philomelos          
Dunnock Prunella modularis          
Skylark Alauda arvensis          
New Zealand Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae (Pihoihoi)          
Fernbird Bowdleria punctata (Matata)          
Brown Creeper Mohoua novaeseelandiae (Pipipi)          
Whitehead Mohoua albicilla (Popokatea)          
Yellowhead Mohoua ochrocephala (Mohua)          
Fantail Rhipidura fuliginosa (Piwakawaka)          
Tomtit Petroica macrocephala          
Black Robin Petroica traversi          
New Zealand Robin Petroica australis (Toutouwai)          
Kokako Callaeas cinerea          
Tui Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae          
Stitchbird Anthornis melanura (Korimako, Makomako)          
Saddleback Philesturnus carunculatus (Tieke)          
House Sparrow Passer domesticus          
Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs          
Redpoll Carduelis flammea          
Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis          
Greenfinch Carduelis chloris          
Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella          
Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus          
Starling Sturnus vulgaris          
Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer          
Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen          
Rook Corvus frugilegus          
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