NZ Wildlife

Hoiho  (Yellow-eyed Penguin) special time - Moeraki, South Island, New Zealand.

Hoiho  (Yellow-eyed Penguin) special time - Moeraki, South Island, New Zealand.

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Endemic

Hoiho  (Yellow-eyed Penguin) special time - Moeraki, South Island, New Zealand.

Native

Kororā (Little blue Penguin) - Queen Charlotte Sounds, South Island, New Zealand

Endemic

Toroa (Wandering Albatros) - Kaikoura, South Island, New Zealand

Endemic

Toroa (Northern Royal Albatross), Taiaroa Head, Dunedin, New Zealand

Endemic

Toroa (Southern Royal Albatross) - Kaikoura, South Island, New Zealand

Natine

Black-browed Mollymawk - Kaikoura, South Island, New Zealand

Endemic

Wandering Albatros ( Gibson) - Kaikoura, South Island, New Zealand

Endemic

Buller's Mollymawk - Stewart Island, New Zealand

Endemic

Salvin Mollymawk - Kaikoura, South Island, New Zealand

Native

White-capped Albatross - Tutukaka, North Island, New Zealand

Endemic

Tāiko (Black (Parkinsons) Petrel) - Tutukaka, North Island, New Zealand

Native

Toanui (Flesh-footed shearwater) - Tukutaka, North Island , New Zealand

Native

Pāngurunguru (Giant Northern Petrel) - Stewart Island, New Zealand

Native

Karetai hurukoko (Cape Petrel) - Kaikoura, South Island, New Zealand

Endemic

Pakahā (Fluttering Shearwater) - Queen Charlotte Sounds, South Island, New Zealand

Endemic

Titī (Cooks Petrel) - Tutukaka, North Island, New Zealand

Endemic

Rako (Buller's shearwater) - Tutukaka, North Island, New Zealand

Common native

Kawaupaka (Little pied Shag) - Otago Harbour, South Island,  New Zealand

Locally common native

Kāruhiruhi (Pied Shag) - Kaikoura, South Island, New Zealand

Common native

Kawau (Black Shag) - Lake Wakatipu, Queenstown, South Island, New Zealand

Locally common endemic

Parekareka (Spotted Shag) - Taiaroa Head. Otago Peninsula, South Island, New Zealand

Locally common endemic

Stewart Island Shag - Aramoana, Otago Peninsula, South Island, New Zealand

Locally common native

Kōtuku ngutupapa (Spoonbill) - Otago Peninsula South Island, New Zealand

Abundant native

Matuku moana (White-faced Heron) - Hoopers Inlet, Otago Peninsula, South Island, New Zealand

Uncommon native

Kotuku (White Heron)  - Tomahawk Lagoon, Dunedin, South Island, New Zealand

Uncommon native

Pūteketeke (Australasian crested Grebe) - Lake Pearson, Arthurs Pass, South Island, New Zealand

Abundant arctic migrant

Kuaka (Bar-tailed Godwit) - Warrington spit, Otago, South Island, New Zealand

Uncommon endemic

Tōrea pango (Variable Oystercatcher) - Kaikoura, South Island, New Zealand

Uncommon endemic

Tōrea pango (Variable Oystercatcher) (Pied) Kaikoura, South Island, New Zealand

Abundant native

Tōrea (Pied Oystercatcher) - Ngakuta Bay, Marlborough Sounds, South Island, New Zealand

Locally common native

Grey Noddy - Tutukaka, North Island, New Zealand

Common endemic

Tara (White-fronted Tern) - Aramoana, South Island,New Zealand 

Common endemic

Tara (White-fronted Tern) - Aramoana, South Island, New Zealand

Common endemic

Tarapirohe (Black-fronted Tern) - Kaikoura, South Island, New Zealand.

Uncommon native

Taranui (Caspian Tern)- Farewell Spit, South Island, New Zealand

Common arctic migrant

Ruddy Turnstone - Riverton, South Island, New Zealand

Locally common endemic

Ngutu Pare (Wrybill)- Kaikoura, South Island, New Zealand

Uncommon endemic

Tūturiwhatu (New Zealand Dotterel)- Matapouri, North Island, New Zealand

Abundant endemic

Pohowera (Banded dotterel) - Birdling flat, Christchutch, South Island, New Zealand

Common Native

Poaka (Pied Stilt) - Estuary Boardwalk, Invercargill, South Island, New Zealand

Common Native

Poaka (Pied Stilt) - Hooper Inlet, Otago Peninsula,  South Island, New Zealand.

Threatened–Nationally Critical. One of NZ's most endangered birds. Around 156 adults left in the wild. (2023)

Kakī (Black Stilt) - Lake McGregor, Tekapo, South Island, New Zealand. 

Common Native

Poaka (Pied Stilt Chick) - Hoopers inlet, Otago Peninsula, South Island, New Zealand

Native - Not threatened

Spur-winged plover - Hoopers inlet, Otago Peninsula, South Island, New Zealand

Native - Not threatened

Spur-winged plover  chick - Hoopers inlet, Otago Peninsula, South Island, New Zealand

Abundant native

Kōtare (Kingfisher) - Hoopers inlet, Otago Peninsula, South Island, New Zealand

Abundant native

Pukeko - Tomahawk Lagoon, Dunedin, South Island, New Zealand.

Rare endemic

Takahe - Te Anau, South Island, New Zealand

Locally Common native

Kotoreke (Marsh / Baillon's Crake )- Lake Elterwater, Near Blenheim, South Island, New Zealand

Locally Common native

Eurasain Coot - Hanmer Springs, South Island, New Zealand

Locally Common endemic

Weka - West Coast, South Island, New Zealand.

Locally Common endemic

Kea - Arthurs Pass Village, South Island, NZ 

Locally Common endemic

Kaka - Stewart Island, New Zealand

Locally Common endemic

Kākāriki (Yellow-crowned Parakeet) - Malbourgh Sounds, South Island, New Zealand.

Native / Not threatened

Pīpīwharauroa (Shining Cuckoo) - Sullivans dam, Dunedin, South Island, New Zealand

Common endemic

Tūī - Orokonui Ecosanctuary, Dunedin, South Island, New Zealand

Common endemic

Korimako (Bell Bird) - Orokanui Ecosanctuary, Dunedin, South Island, New Zealand

Uncommon endemic

Kakaruai (South Island Robin) Te Anau, South Island, New Zealand

Endemic

Riroriro (Grey Warbler) second smallest bird in NZ - Lake McGregor, Tekapo, South Island, New...

Common endemic

Miromiro (Tomtit) - Sullivans Dam, Dunedin, South Island, New Zealand

Endemic

Pīwakawaka (Fantail) - Queenstown, South Island, New Zealand

Endemic

Pīwakawaka (Black morph Fantail)- Queenstown, South Island, New Zealand

Native

Warou (Welcome Swallow) - Hawksbury Lagoon, Waikouaiti, South Island, New Zealand

Native

Warou (Welcome swallow) - Warkworth, North Island, New Zealand

Locally common endemic

Mātātā  (Fernbird) - Titri creek reserve, Lake Waihola, South Island, New Zealand

Native

Tauhou (Wax-eye) - Dunedin, South island, New Zealand

Native

Karoro (Black Backed Gull) - Dunedin Marina, South Island, New Zealand.

Native

Tarāpunga (Red-billed Gull) - Allans beach, Dunedin, South Island, New Zealand

Common endemic

Tarāpuka (Black-backed Gull) - Dunedin, South Island, New Zealand

Introduced

Wāna (Mute swan) - Harts Creek, Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand

Introduced

Kakīānau  (Black Swan) - Tomahawk Lagoon, Dunedin, South Island, New Zealand

Introduced

Tikaokao (Californian Quail) - Middlemarch, South Island, New Zealand

Introduced

Kuera (Brown Quail) - Rangitoto Island, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand

Introduced

Dunnock - Aramoana, near Dunedin, South Island, New Zealand

Introduced

Manu-kai-hua-rakau (Song Thrush) - Oamaru Public Gardens, South Island, New Zealand

Introduced

Pahirini (Chaffinch) - Maruia Falls - Nelson Lakes, South Island, New Zealand

Introduced

Tiu (Sparrow) - Botanical Gardens, Dunedin, South Island New Zealand

Introduced

Redpoll - kaikoura, South Island, New Zealand

Introduced

Greenfinch - Ross Creek, Dunedin, South Island, New Zealand

Introduced

Tāringi (Starling) - Dunedin, South Island, New Zealand

Introduced

Manu pango (Blackbird) - Orokonui Ecosanctuary, Dunedin, South Island New Zealand

Introduced

Kōurarini (Goldfinch) - Hawksbury Lagoon, Waikouaiti, South Island, New Zealand.

Native

Mokomoko (Otago Skink) - Orokanui Ecosanctuary, Dunedin, South Island, New Zealand

Native

Tuatara - Zealandia, Wellington, North Island, New Zealand

Native

Dusky Dolphin - Kaikoura, South Island, New Zealand

Native

Parāoa (Sperm Whale) - Kaikoura, South Island, New Zealand

Native

Whakahao (Hooker Sea-Lion) - (Female) Surat Bay, Catlins, South Island, New Zealand

Native

Whakahao (Hooker Sea-lion), nursing - Sandfly Bay, Otago Peninsula, South Island, New Zealand

Native

Kekeno (NZ Fur Seal) - Sandfly Bay, Dunedin, South Island, New Zealand

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