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Ulva Island Open Sanctuary  (birds found here)

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Birds found on Ulva Island
(Birdlife includes):—
 
Tokoeka kiwiApteryx australis lawryi,
behave rather differently to kiwi in other parts of New Zealand. They maintain family groups and some birds feed during daylight hours.
Little blue penguinEudyptula minor,
are a common sight around the town of Oban from October to February.
Yellow-eyed penguinMegadyptes antipodes
Fiordland crested penguinEudyptes pachyrhynchus
Snares Crested PenguinEudyptes pachyrhynchus atratus
Wandering AlbatrossDiomedea exulans
Northern Royal AlbatrossDiomedea sanfordi
Southern Royal AlbatrossDiomedea epomophora
Black-browed MollymawkDiomedea melanophris
Buller’s MollymawkDiomedea bulleri
Shy MollymawkDiomedea cauta
Light-mantled Sooty AlbatrossPhoebetria palpebrata
Northern Giant PetrelMacronecteus halli
Antarctic FulmarFulmarus glacialoides
Cape PigeonDaption capense australe
White-headed PetrelPterodroma lessonii
Mottled PetrelPterodroma inexpectata
Cook’s PetrelPterodroma cook
Broad-billed PrionPachyptila vittata
Fairy PrionPachyptila turtur
White-chinned PetrelProcellaria aequinoctialis
Sooty Shearwater, MuttonbirdPuffinus griseus
Grey-backed Storm PetrelOceanites nereis
White-faced Storm PetrelPelagodroma marina
Black-bellied Storm PetrelFregetta tropica
Southern Diving PetrelPelecanoides urinatrix
South Georgian Diving PetrelPelecanoides georgicus
Australasian GannetMorus serrator
Black ShagPhalacrocorax carbo
Pied ShagPhalacrocorax varius
Little ShagPhalacrocorax melanoleucus
Stewart Island ShagLeucocarbo chalconotus
Spotted Shag Stictocarbo punctatus
Blue ShagStictocarbo punctatus steadi
White-faced Heron Ardea novaehollandiae
White HeronEgretta alba
Reef HeronEgretta sacra
Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
Australasian BitternBotaurus poiciloptilus
Black SwanCygnus atratus
Paradise DuckTadorna variegate
Mallard DuckAnas platyrhynchos
Grey DuckAnas superciliosa
New Zealand Shoveler Anas rhynchotis
Australasian HarrierCircus approximans
New Zealand FalconFalco novaeseelandiae
Banded RailRallus philippensis assimilis
Stewart Island WekaGallirallus australis scotti
South Island Pied Oystercatcher,Haematopus ostralegus
Variable Oystercatcher Haematopus unicolor
Spur–winged PloverVanellus miles
Banded DotterelCharadrius bicinctus
New Zealand DotterelCharadrius obscurus obscurus
Eastern Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Brown SkuaCatharacta lonnbergi
Southern Black Backed GullLarus dominicanus
Red-billed GullLarus scopulinus
Black-billed GullLarus bulleri
Black-fronted TernSterna albostriata
Caspian TernSterna caspia
Antarctic TernSterna vittata
White-fronted TernSterna striata
New Zealand PigeonHemiphaga novaeseelandiae
KakaNestor meridionalis
KakapoStrigops habroptilus.
The island was the final stronghold for the flightless, nocturnal kakapo which had all but disappeared from the mainland under pressure from stoats and other predators, leaving less than a hundred birds in Fiordland and Stewart Island. The last 60 or so birds were relocated to nearby Whenua Hou or Codfish Island which is now a nature reserve supporting other endangered species. This pest-free island is excluded from the park, as is all Maori land, freehold land and the foreshore.
KakarikiCyanoramphus novaezelandiae
KakarikiCyanoramphus auriceps
KeaNestor notabilis
Long-tailed CuckooEudynamys taitensis
Shining Cuckoo Chrysococcyx lucidas.
The cuckoos migrate from the Pacific Islands, arriving in New Zealand from around September and leaving again around March.
MoreporkNinox novaeseelandiae
KingfisherHalcyon sancta
RiflemanAcanthisitta chloris
Welcome SwallowHirundo tahitica neoxena
New Zealand PipitAnthus novaeseelandiae
DunnockPrunella modularis
FantailRhipidura fulginosa
TomtitPetroica macrocephala
RobinPetroica australis
FernbirdBowdleria punctata
Brown creeperMohoua novaeseelandiae
YellowheadMohua ochrocephala
Grey warblerGerygone igata
Song ThrushTurdus philomelus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
BellbirdAnthornis melanura
TuiProsthermadera novaeseelandiae
ChaffinchFringilla coelabs
Red PollCaruelis flammea
House SparrowPasser domesticus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
SilvereyeZosterops lateralis
SaddlebackPhilesturnus carunculatus
(page last updated  3 May 2007)