Trip Report: New Zealand (2012-01-03 - 2012-01-30)
Yellow-eyed Penguin (Megadyptes antipodes)
Beached Pilot Whale on Mason Bay
Milford Sound
Gertrude Valley
Lake Ohau
Gulls
Variable Oystercatcher (Haematopus unicolor)
New Zealand Bellbird (Anthornis melanura)
Kea (Nestor notabilis) - In Love
Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
Dusky Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obscurus)
White-faced Storm-Petrel (Pelagodroma marina)
Pied Stilt (Himantopus leucocephalus)
South Island Oystercatcher (Haematopus finschi)
Tui (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae)
White-Capped Albatross (Diomedea cauta)
Buller's Albatross (Diomedea bulleri)
Yellow-eyed Penguin (Megadyptes antipodes)
Whitehead (Mohoua albicilla)
Silver Gull (Larus novaehollandae)
Southern Royal Albatross (Diomedea epomophora)
New Zealand Robin (Petroica australis) - South Island
White-fronted Tern (Sterna striata)
Brown Skua (Catharacta lonnbergi)
Little Pied Cormorant (Microcarbo melanoleucos) - Juvenile
Rifleman (Acanthisitta chloris)
Kea (Nestor notabilis)
Masked Lapwing (Vanellus miles)
New Zealand Sea Lion (Phocarctos hookeri) - Female
Spotted Shag (Phalacrocorax punctatus)
Double-banded Plover (Charadrius bicinctus)
Grey Gerygone (Gerygone igata)
Weka (Gallirallus australis)
Hall's Giant-Petrel (Macronectes halli)
Flesh-footed Shearwater (Ardenna carneipes)
New Zealand Fur Seal (Arctocephalus forsteri)
Rough-faced Shag (Phalacrocorax carunculatus)
Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio melanotus)
Saddleback (Philesturnus rufusater) - North Island
Brown Teal (Anas aucklandica)
Brown Quail (Synoicus ypsilophorus)
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Yellow-eyed Penguin (Megadyptes antipodes)
Beached Pilot Whale on Mason Bay
Milford Sound
Gertrude Valley
Lake Ohau
Gulls
Variable Oystercatcher (Haematopus unicolor)
New Zealand Bellbird (Anthornis melanura)
Kea (Nestor notabilis) - In Love
Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
Dusky Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obscurus)
White-faced Storm-Petrel (Pelagodroma marina)
Pied Stilt (Himantopus leucocephalus)
South Island Oystercatcher (Haematopus finschi)
Tui (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae)
White-Capped Albatross (Diomedea cauta)
Buller's Albatross (Diomedea bulleri)
Yellow-eyed Penguin (Megadyptes antipodes)
Whitehead (Mohoua albicilla)
Silver Gull (Larus novaehollandae)
Southern Royal Albatross (Diomedea epomophora)
New Zealand Robin (Petroica australis) - South Island
White-fronted Tern (Sterna striata)
Brown Skua (Catharacta lonnbergi)
Little Pied Cormorant (Microcarbo melanoleucos) - Juvenile
Rifleman (Acanthisitta chloris)
Kea (Nestor notabilis)
Masked Lapwing (Vanellus miles)
New Zealand Sea Lion (Phocarctos hookeri) - Female
Spotted Shag (Phalacrocorax punctatus)
Double-banded Plover (Charadrius bicinctus)
Grey Gerygone (Gerygone igata)
Weka (Gallirallus australis)
Hall's Giant-Petrel (Macronectes halli)
Flesh-footed Shearwater (Ardenna carneipes)
New Zealand Fur Seal (Arctocephalus forsteri)
Rough-faced Shag (Phalacrocorax carunculatus)
Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio melanotus)
Saddleback (Philesturnus rufusater) - North Island
Brown Teal (Anas aucklandica)
Brown Quail (Synoicus ypsilophorus)
Month-long trip to mostly the South Island of New Zealand
Sites Visited
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (137 records)
Phylum: Arthropods
(1 record)
Class: Insects
(1 record)
- Order: Dragonflies and Damselflies
(1 record)
- Family: Petaluridae
- Chilton's Giant Dragonfly (Uropetala chiltoni)
Phylum: Chordates
(136 records)
Class: Birds
(125 records)
- Order: Anseriformes
(11 records)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- Australasian Shoveler (Spatula rhynchotis)
- Black Swan (Cygnus atratus)
- Blue Duck (Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos)
- Brown Teal (Anas chlorotis)
- Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
- Graylag Goose (Anser anser)
- Gray Teal (Anas gracilis)
- Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
- New Zealand Scaup (Aythya novaeseelandiae)
- Pacific Black Duck (Anas superciliosa)
- Paradise Shelduck (Tadorna variegata)
- Order: Boobies
(1 record)
- Family: Boobies and Gannets
- Australasian Gannet (Morus serrator)
- Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies (7 records)
- Order: Cuckoos
(1 record)
- Family: Cuckoos
- Long-tailed Koel (Urodynamis taitensis)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons
(2 records)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- New Zealand Pigeon (Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae)
- Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Swamp Harrier (Circus approximans)
- Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots
(1 record)
- Family: Kingfishers
- Sacred Kingfisher (Todiramphus sanctus)
- Order: Owls And Nightjars
(1 record)
- Family: Typical Owls
- Morepork (Ninox novaeseelandiae)
- Order: Parrots (4 records)
- Order: Pelicans
(26 records)
- Family: Cormorants
- Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
- Little Black Cormorant (Phalacrocorax sulcirostris)
- Little Pied Cormorant (Microcarbo melanoleucos)
- New Zealand King Shag (Leucocarbo carunculatus)
- Pied Cormorant (Phalacrocorax varius)
- Spotted Shag (Phalacrocorax punctatus)
- Stewart Island Shag (Leucocarbo chalconotus)
- Family: Falcons and Caracaras
- New Zealand Falcon (Falco novaeseelandiae)
- Family: Herons
- Great Egret (Ardea alba)
- Pacific Reef-Heron (Egretta sacra)
- White-faced Heron (Egretta novaehollandiae)
- Family: Ibises and Spoonbills
- Royal Spoonbill (Platalea regia)
- Family: Jaegers and Skuas
- Brown Skua (Stercorarius antarcticus)
- Parasitic Jaeger (Stercorarius parasiticus)
- Family: Oystercatchers
- South Island Oystercatcher (Haematopus finschi)
- Variable Oystercatcher (Haematopus unicolor)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
- Red Knot (Calidris canutus)
- Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
- Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (Calidris acuminata)
- Family: Stilts and Avocets
- Black Stilt (Himantopus novaezelandiae)
- Pied Stilt (Himantopus leucocephalus)
- Order: Perching Birds
(31 records)
- Family: Accentors
- Dunnock (Prunella modularis)
- Family: Australian Robins
- North Island Robin (Petroica longipes)
- South Island Robin (Petroica australis)
- Tomtit (Petroica macrocephala)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- Common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
- European Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
- European Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)
- Redpoll (Acanthis flammea)
- Family: Fantails
- New Zealand Fantail (Rhipidura fuliginosa)
- Family: Honeyeaters
- New Zealand Bellbird (Anthornis melanura)
- Stitchbird (Notiomystis cincta)
- Tui (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Australian Magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen)
- Family: Larks
- Eurasian Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
- Family: New Zealand Wattlebirds
- North Island Kokako (Callaeas wilsoni)
- North Island Saddleback (Philesturnus rufusater)
- South Island Saddleback (Philesturnus carunculatus)
- Family: New Zealand Wrens
- Rifleman (Acanthisitta chloris)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
- Family: Old World Warblers and Gnatcatchers
- New Zealand Fernbird (Poodytes punctatus)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis)
- Family: Swallows
- Welcome Swallow (Hirundo neoxena)
- Family: Thornbills and Allies
- Gray Gerygone (Gerygone igata)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Eurasian Blackbird (Turdus merula)
- Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
- Family: Wagtails and Pipits
- New Zealand Pipit (Anthus novaeseelandiae)
- Family: White-eyes
- Silvereye (Zosterops lateralis)
- Family: Whiteheads
- Pipipi (Mohoua novaeseelandiae)
- Whitehead (Mohoua albicilla)
- Yellowhead (Mohoua ochrocephala)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies (11 records)
- Family: Plovers
- Double-banded Plover (Anarhynchus bicinctus)
- Masked Lapwing (Vanellus miles)
- Pacific Golden-Plover (Pluvialis fulva)
- Red-breasted Dotterel (Anarhynchus obscurus)
- Wrybill (Anarhynchus frontalis)
- Order: Struthioniformes (4 records)
- Order: Tubenoses
(22 records)
- Family: Albatrosses
- Antipodean Albatross (Diomedea antipodensis)
- Buller's Albatross (Thalassarche bulleri)
- Fairy Prion (Pachyptila turtur)
- Northern Royal Albatross (Diomedea sanfordi)
- Pintado Petrel (Daption capense)
- Salvin's Albatross (Thalassarche salvini)
- Southern Royal Albatross (Diomedea epomophora)
- White-Capped Albatross (Thalassarche cauta)
- Family: Shearwaters and Petrels
- Buller's Shearwater (Ardenna bulleri)
- Common Diving-Petrel (Pelecanoides urinatrix)
- Cook's Petrel (Pterodroma cookii)
- Flesh-footed Shearwater (Ardenna carneipes)
- Fluttering Shearwater (Puffinus gavia)
- Hutton's Shearwater (Puffinus huttoni)
- Mottled Petrel (Pterodroma inexpectata)
- Northern Giant-Petrel (Macronectes halli)
- Pycroft's Petrel (Pterodroma pycrofti)
- Sooty Shearwater (Ardenna grisea)
- Southern Giant-Petrel (Macronectes giganteus)
- Westland Petrel (Procellaria westlandica)
- White-chinned Petrel (Procellaria aequinoctialis)
- Family: Southern Storm Petrels
- White-faced Storm-Petrel (Pelagodroma marina)
- Order: Turkey-like birds
(2 records)
- Family: Grouse, Turkeys, and Allies
- Brown Quail (Synoicus ypsilophorus)
- Family: New World Quail
- California Quail (Callipepla californica)
Class: Mammals
(11 records)
- Order: Carnivorans
(3 records)
- Family: Mustelids
- Ermine (Mustela erminea)
- Family: Otariidae
- New Zealand Fur Seal (Arctocephalus forsteri)
- New Zealand Sea Lion (Phocarctos hookeri)
- Order: Cetacea
(2 records)
- Family: Balaenopteridae
- Minke Whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata)
- Family: Physeteridae
- Sperm Whale (Physeter catodon)
- Order: Even-toed Ungalates and Cetacean
(4 records)
- Family: Bovids
- Domestic Sheep (Ovis aeries)
- Family: Cervidae
- White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)
- Order: Hedgehogs
(1 record)
- Family: Hedgehog
- European Hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus)
- Order: Rodents
(1 record)
- Family: True Mice and Rats, Gerbils, and Allies
- Black Rat (Rattus rattus)