Gregor Tims: New Zealand Life List NZRBN, All records Record(s) 1 to 145 of 145 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brown Kiwi Apteryx australis 2 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 3 New Zealand Dabchick Poliocephalus rufopectus 29/11/2015 Lake Taupo, Waikato 4 Hoary-headed Grebe Poliocephalus poliocephalus 05/01/2021 Lake Elterwater, Marlborough 5 Wandering Albatross Diomedea exulans 6 Royal Albatross Diomedea epomophora 7 Black-browed Mollymawk Diomedea melanophrys 8 White-capped Mollymawk Diomedea cauta 9 Buller's Mollymawk Diomedea bulleri 10 Flesh-footed Shearwater Puffinus carneipes 13/12/2023 Ōpunake, Taranaki 11 Buller's Shearwater Puffinus bulleri 12 Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus 13 Short-tailed Shearwater Puffinus tenuirostris 25/11/2015 Albatross Encounters, Kaikoura, Canterbury 14 Fluttering Shearwater Puffinus gavia 15 Hutton's Shearwater Puffinus huttoni 16 Common Diving Petrel Pelecanoides urinatrix 17 Westland Petrel Procellaria westlandica 18 White-chinned Petrel Procellaria aequinoctialis 25/11/2015 Albatross Encounters, Kaikoura, Canterbury 19 Cape Pigeon Daption capense 20 Southern Giant Petrel Macronectes giganteus 21 Northern Giant Petrel Macronectes halli 22 Fairy Prion Pachyptila turtur 23 Antarctic Prion Pachyptila desolata 20/05/2021 New Brighton Beach, Christchurch, Canterbury Amazing sighting-an exhausted bird sitting on the water just offshore 24 Broad-billed Prion Pachyptila vittata 12/12/2020 Waikuku Beach, Canterbury Over the beach, blown ashore by the wind 25 Cook's Petrel Pterodroma cookii 15/02/2021 Stewart Island ferry 26 Mottled Petrel Pterodroma inexpectata 15/02/2021 Stewart Island ferry 27 Great-winged Petrel Pterodroma macroptera 28 Soft-plumaged Petrel Pterodroma mollis 30/05/2021 New Brighton Pier, Christchurch 29 Grey-backed Storm Petrel Oceanites nereis 30 White-faced Storm Petrel Pelagodroma marina 31 Black-bellied Storm Petrel Fregetta tropica 15/02/2021 Stewart Island ferry 32 Yellow-eyed Penguin Megadyptes antipodes 33 Blue Penguin Eudyptula minor 34 Fiordland Crested Penguin Eudyptes pachyrhynchus 35 Australasian Gannet Morus serrator 36 Black Shag Phalacrocorax carbo 37 Pied Shag Phalacrocorax varius 38 Little Black Shag Phalacrocorax sulcirostris 39 Little Shag Phalacrocorax melanoleucos 40 New Zealand King Shag Leucocarbo carunculatus 26/11/2015 Queen Charlotte Sound, Marlborough 41 Stewart Island Shag Leucocarbo chalconotus 42 Spotted Shag Stictocarbo punctatus 43 White-faced Heron Ardea novaehollandiae 44 Great White Heron Egretta alba 20/03/2021 Tomahawk Lagoon, Dunedin 45 Reef Heron Egretta sacra 46 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 21/05/2021 Leeston, Canterbury 47 Australasian Bittern Botaurus poiciloptilus 17/12/2023 Halswell Canal, Lake Ellesmere, Canterbury 48 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 05/01/2021 Blenheim WTP, Marlborough 49 Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia 18/10/2020 Lake Ellesmere, Canterbury 50 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 18/10/2020 Lake Ellesmere, Canterbury 51 Black Swan Cygnus atratus 52 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 53 Cape Barren Goose Cereopsis novaehollandiae 05/08/2021 St Anne’s Lagoon, Cheviot 54 Paradise Shelduck Tadorna variegata 55 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 56 Grey Duck Anas superciliosa 57 Grey Teal Anas gracilis 58 Brown Teal Anas aucklandica 59 Australasian Shoveler Anas rhynchotis 24/11/2015 Kaikoura, Canterbury 60 Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata Yes 08/05/2021 Pegasus Wetlands, Canterbury 61 New Zealand Scaup Aythya novaeseelandiae 62 Australasian Harrier Circus approximans 63 New Zealand Falcon Falco novaeseelandiae 64 California Quail Callipepla californica 65 Brown Quail Synoicus ypsilophorus 02/12/2015 Tiritiri Matangi Island, Hauraki Gulf 66 Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 67 Peafowl Pavo cristatus 68 Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo 69 Weka Gallirallus australis 70 Spotless Crake Porzana tabuensis 71 Marsh Crake Porzana pusilla 15/03/2021 Harts Creek, Lake Ellesmere 72 Purple Gallinule Porphyrio porphyrio 73 Takahe Porphyrio mantelli 74 Eurasian Coot Fulica atra 75 Pied Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 76 Variable Oystercatcher Haematopus unicolor 77 Pied Stilt Himantopus himantopus 78 Black Stilt Himantopus novaezelandiae 79 New Zealand Dotterel Charadrius obscurus 80 Banded Dotterel Charadrius bicinctus 81 Black-fronted Dotterel Charadrius melanops 82 Wrybill Anarhynchus frontalis 83 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva 05/12/2015 Paihia and Waitangi Estuary, Northland 84 Masked Plover Vanellus miles 85 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 86 Lesser Knot Calidris canutus 87 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata 88 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis 02/01/2021 Lake Ellesmere, Canterbury 89 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 90 Terek Sandpiper Tringa terek 91 South Polar Skua Catharacta maccormicki 92 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 93 Southern Black-backed Gull Larus dominicanus 94 Red-billed Gull Larus novaehollandiae 95 Black-billed Gull Larus bulleri 96 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 01/05/2021 Bromley WTP, Christchurch 97 Black-fronted Tern Sterna albostriata 98 Caspian Tern Sterna caspia 99 White-fronted Tern Sterna striata 100 Little Tern Sterna albifrons 101 New Zealand Pigeon Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae 102 Rock Pigeon Columba livia 103 Barbary Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea 08/12/2015 Watamata, Northland 104 Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis 01/12/2015 South Auckland 105 Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita 14/11/2020 Prices Valley Road, Banks Peninsula 106 Kaka Nestor meridionalis 107 Kea Nestor notabilis 108 Eastern Rosella Platycercus eximius 109 Red-crowned Parakeet Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae 110 Yellow-crowned Parakeet Cyanoramphus auriceps 26/11/2015 Motuara Island, Marlborough 111 Shining Cuckoo Chrysococcyx lucidus 20/11/2015 Westland Tai Poutini NP, Westland 112 Morepork Ninox novaeseelandiae 07/12/2015 Waitangi, Northland 113 Little Owl Athene noctua 22/08/2020 Riccarton Bush, Christchurch 114 Sacred Kingfisher Halcyon sancta 115 Rifleman Acanthisitta chloris 116 Skylark Alauda arvensis 117 Welcome Swallow Hirundo tahitica 118 Richard's Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae 119 Hedge Sparrow Prunella modularis 120 Blackbird Turdus merula 121 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 122 Fernbird Bowdleria punctata 02/12/2015 Tiritiri Matangi Island, Hauraki Gulf 123 Whitehead Mohoua albicilla 124 Yellowhead Mohoua ochrocephala 17/02/2021 Ulva Island 125 Brown Creeper Mohoua novaeseelandiae 126 Grey Warbler Gerygone igata 127 Grey Fantail Rhipidura fuliginosa 128 New Zealand Tomtit Petroica macrocephala 129 New Zealand Robin Petroica australis 130 Silvereye Zosterops lateralis 131 Stitchbird Notiomystis cincta 132 Bellbird Anthornis melanura 133 Tui Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae 134 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 135 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 10/11/2020 Victoria Park, Christchurch 136 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 137 Greenfinch Carduelis chloris 138 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 139 Redpoll Carduelis flammea 140 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 141 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 142 Common Myna Acridotheres tristis 143 Kokako Callaeas cinerea 02/12/2015 Tiritiri Matangi Island, Hauraki Gulf 144 Saddleback Philesturnus carunculatus 145 Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen