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Heaphy Track — Kahurangi National Park  (birds found here)
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Birds found at the Heaphy Track, Kahurangi National Park
 
(Bird life commonly seen throughout the year in and around the park includes):—
Great Spotted KiwiApteryx haastii
Blue PenguinEudyptula minor
Black ShagPhalacrocorax carbo
Pied ShagPhalacrocorax varius
Little ShagPhalacrocorax melanoleucus
Black SwanCygnus atratus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Paradise DuckTadorna variegata
Blue Duck Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos
Grey DuckAnas superciliosa
ScaupAythya novaeseelandiae
White-faced Heron Ardea novaehollandiae
Australasian HarrierCircus approximans
New Zealand FalconFalco novaeseelandiae
California QuailCallipepla californica
Western WekaGallirallus australis australis
Pied Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
Variable Oystercatcher Haematopus unicolor
Spur–winged PloverVanellus miles
PukekoPorphyrio porphyrio melanotus
Banded DotterelCharadrius bicinctus
Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus
Southern Black Backed GullLarus dominicanus
Red-billed GullLarus scopulinus
Black-billed GullLarus bulleri
Black-fronted TernSterna albostriata
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
Skylark Alauda arvenis
Rock WrenXenicus gilviventris
Rifleman Acanthisitta chloris
Brown Creeper Mohoua novaeseelandiae
Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella.
Tomtit Petroica macrocephala
Robin Petroica australis
GoldfinchCardulelis carduelis
GreenfinchCarduelis chloris
ChaffinchFringilla coelabs
Red PollCarduelis flammea
Welcome Swallow Hirundo tahitica neoxena
Bellbird Anthornis melanura
TuiProsthermadera novaeseelandiae
Fantail Rhipidura fulginosa
New Zealand PipitAnthus novaeseelandiae
Song Thrush Turdus philomelus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Dunnock Prunella modularis
Starling Sturnus vulgaris
FernbirdBowdleria punctata
Silvereye Zosterops lateralis
(page last updated  14 June 2007)    
 
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