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Arthur’s Pass National Park  (birds found here)

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Birds found at Arthur’s Pass
 
(Birdlife commonly seen throughout the year includes):—
Great spotted kiwi Apteryx haasti
Blue duck Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos
Australasian Harrier Circus approximans
North Island Weka Gallirallus australis greyi
New Zealand pigeon Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae
Kaka Nestor meridionalis
Kakariki Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae
Kea Nestor notibilis
Long-tailed cuckoo Eudynamys 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
Grey warbler  Gerygone igata
Skylark  Alauda arvenis
Magpie  Gymnorhina tibicen
Yellowhammer  Emberiza citrinella.
Tomtit  Petroica macrocephala
Robin  Petroica australis
Goldfinch Cardulelis carduelis
Greenfinch Carduelis chloris
Chaffinch Fringilla coelabs
Bellbird  Anthornis melanura
Tui Prosthermadera novaeseelandiae
Fantail  Rhipidura fulginosa
Brown Creeper Mohoua novaeseelandiae
New Zealand Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae
Song Thrush  Turdus philomelus
Blackbird Turdus merula
House Sparrow Passer domesticus
Starling  Sturnus vulgaris
Rock wren Xenicus gilviventris.
Silvereye  Zosterops lateralis

(The open braided rivers of the Waimakariri and Poulter provide nesting grounds for birds such as):—
 
Wrybill  Anarhynchus frontalis
Black-fronted tern  Sterna albostriata
(page last updated  24 January 2007)