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The Catlins (birds found here)

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Yellowhead
Photo by Dave Curtis

Grey warbler
Photo by Dave Curtis
Birds found in The Catlins area
(Birdlife includes):—
 
Little blue penguinEudyptula minor,
Yellow-eyed penguinMegadyptes antipodes
Fiordland crested penguinEudyptes pachyrhynchus
Snares Crested PenguinEudyptes pachyrhynchus atratus
Rockhopper PenguinEudyptes chrysocome
Black-browed MollymawkDiomedea melanophris
Cape Pigeon Daption capense australe
Sooty Shearwater, Muttonbird Puffinus griseus
Black Shag Phalacrocorax carbo
Pied Shag Phalacrocorax varius
Little Shag Phalacrocorax melanoleucus
Stewart Island ShagLeucocarbo chalconotus
Spotted Shag  Stictocarbo punctatus
White-faced Heron  Ardea novaehollandiae
Reef Heron Egretta sacra
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
Black Swan Cygnus atratus
Paradise Duck Tadorna variegate
Mallard Duck  Anas platyrhynchos
Australasian Harrier Circus approximans
New Zealand Falcon Falco novaeseelandiae
South Island Pied Oystercatcher  Haematopus ostralegus
Variable Oystercatcher  Haematopus unicolor
Spur–winged Plover Vanellus miles
New Zealand Dotterel Charadrius obscurus obscurus
Eastern Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
Southern Black Backed Gull Larus dominicanus
Red-billed Gull Larus scopulinus
Black-billed Gull Larus bulleri
White-fronted Tern Sterna striata
New Zealand pigeon Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae
Kaka Nestor meridionalis
Kakariki Cyanoramphus auriceps
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
Kingfisher Halcyon sancta
Rifleman  Acanthisitta chloris
Welcome Swallow  Hirundo tahitica neoxena
New Zealand Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae
Dunnock  Prunella modularis
Fantail  Rhipidura fulginosa
Tomtit  Petroica macrocephala
Robin  Petroica australis
Fernbird Bowdleria punctata
Brown creeper Mohoua novaeseelandiae
Yellowhead Mohua ochrocephala
Grey warbler  Gerygone igata
Song Thrush  Turdus philomelus
Blackbird Turdus merula
Bellbird  Anthornis melanura
Tui Prosthermadera novaeseelandiae
Chaffinch Fringilla coelabs
Red Poll Caruelis flammea
House Sparrow Passer domesticus
Starling  Sturnus vulgaris
Silvereye  Zosterops lateralis
Rook  Corvus frugilegus
Magpie  Gymnorhina tibicen.
Yellowhammer  Emberiza citrinella
(page last updated  14 June 2007)