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Great Barrier Island (birds found here)

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Birds found on Great Barrier Island
 
(Bird life commonly seen throughout the year in and around the island includes):—
Little blue penguinEudyptula minor
White-faced Storm PetrelPelagodroma marina
Common Diving PetrelPelecanoides urinatrix
Black-bellied storm petrelFregetta Tropica
Grey-backed storm petrelOceanites nereis
New Zealand Storm PetrelOceanites maorianus
Flesh-footed ShearwaterPuffinus carneipes
Buller’s ShearwaterPuffinus bulleri
Fluttering ShearwaterPuffinus gavia
Grey petrelProcellaria cinerea
Little ShearwaterPuffinus assimilis
Sooty ShearwaterPuffinus griseus
Short-tailed shearwaterPuffinus tenuirostris
Cape PigeonDaption capense
Black PetrelProcellaria parkinsoni
Northern Giant PetrelMacronecteus halli
Cook's PetrelPterodroma cookii
Black-winged PetrelPterodroma nigripennis
Mottled PetrelPterodroma inexpectata.
Antarctic PrionPachyptila desolata
Broad-billed PrionPachyptila vittata
Slender-billed prionPachyptila belcheri
Grey-faced Petrel Pterodroma macroptera gouldi
White-headed Petrel Pterodroma lessonii.
Australasian GannetMorus serrator
Black ShagPhalacrocorax carbo
Pied ShagPhalacrocorax varius
Little ShagPhalacrocorax melanoleucus
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
White HeronEgretta alba
Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
Royal SpoonbillPlatalea regia
Australasian BitternBotaurus poiciloptilus
Australasian HarrierCircus approximans
Brown QuailSynoicus ypsilophorus
California QuailCallipepla californica
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Banded RailRallus philippensis.
North Island WekaGallirallus australis greyi
Pied Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
Variable Oystercatcher Haematopus unicolor
Spur–winged PloverVanellus miles
PukekoPorphyrio porphyrio melanotus
Spotless CrakePorzana tabuensis
New Zealand DotterelCharadrius obscurus obscurus
Banded DotterelCharadrius bicinctus
Large Sand DotterelCharadrius leschenaulti
Shore PloverThinornis novaeseelandiae
Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
WrybillAnarchynchus frontalis
Eastern Bar-tailed Godwit,Limosa lapponica
Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus
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
Red-crownedKakarikiCyanoramphus novaezelandiae
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
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 PollCarduelis flammea
Welcome Swallow Hirundo tahitica neoxena
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  16 July, 2011)