NEW ZEALAND BIRDING NETWORK

Pelagic Birds

New Zealand also has the most diverse seabird community in the world, with no fewer than 85 species (95 different taxa) breeding in the region which includes NZ’s Subantarctic islands, the Chathams Group and the Kermadec Islands. This seabird fauna includes 35 endemic species and 49 endemic taxa. In addition to the breeders, many other seabirds visit New Zealand waters throughout the year, birds that breed close to Antarctica or on other islands of the Great Southern Ocean and the tropical Pacific. In short, New Zealand is an international seabird hotspot!

Cook's Petrel Pterodroma cookii	Auckland Island Teal
Pycroft's Petrel Pterodroma pycrofti	Black-winged Petrel P. nigripennis
Grey-faced Petrel P. macroptera	Kermadec Petrel P. neglecta
Providence Petrel Pterodroma solandri	White-naped Petrel Pterodroma cervicalis
White-headed Petrel Pterodroma lessonii	Soft-plumaged Petrel Pterodroma mollis
Mottled Petrel Pterodroma inexpectata	Black Petrel Procellaria parkinsoni
Westland Black Petrel Procellaria westlandica	White-chinned Petrel Procellaria aequinoctialis
Grey Petrel Procellaria cinerea	Common Diving Petrel Pelecanoides urinatrix
New Zealand Storm Petrel Pealeornis maoriana	White-faced Storm Petrel Pelagodroma marina
Grey-backed Storm Petrel Oceanites nereis	Wilson's Storm Petrel Oceanites oceanicus
White-bellied Storm Petrel Fregetta grallaria	Black-bellied Storm Petrel Fregetta tropica
Cape Petrel Daption capense australe	Northern Giant Petrel Macronectus halli
Southern Giant Petrel Macronectus giganteus	Buller's Shearwater Puffinus bulleri
Fluttering Shearwater Puffinus gavia	Hutton's Shearwater Puffinus huttoni
Pink-footed Shearwater Puffinus creatopus	Flesh-footed Shearwater Puffinus carneipes
Little Shearwater Puffinus assimilis	Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus
Short-tailed Shearwater Puffinus tenuirostris	Wedge-tailed Shearwater Puffinus pacificus
Antarctic Fulmar Fulmarus glacialoides	Fairy Prion Pachyptila turtur
Antarctic Prion Pachyptila desolata	Blue Penguin Eudyptula minor
Yellow-eyed Penguin Megadyptes antipodes	Fiordland Crested Penguin Eudyptes pachyrhynchus
Snowy (Wandering) Albatross Diomedea exulans	Gibson's Albatross Diomedea gibsoni
Antipodean Albatross Diomedea antipodensis	White-capped Albatross Thalassarche [cauta] steadii
Grey-headed Albatross Thalassarche chrysostoma	Chatham Island Albatross Diomedea cauta eremita
Salvin's Albatross T. [cauta] salvini	Black-browed Albatross T. [melanophrys] melanophrys
Campbell Island Albatross Thalassarche impavida	Buller's Albatross T. [bulleri] bulleri
Pacific (Northern Buller's) Albatross T. [bulleri] sp.	Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross T. [chlororhynchos] carteri
Northern Royal Albatross Diomedea [epomophora] sanfordi	Southern Royal Albatross Diomedea [epomophora] epomophora
Black-backed Gull Larus dominicanus	Red-billed Gull Larus scopulinus
Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus	Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus
Brown skua Catharacta skua	South Polar Skua Catharacta maccormicki
Caspian Tern Sterna caspia	White-fronted Tern Sterna striata
Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea	Antarctic Tern Sterna vittata
Fairy Tern Sterna nereis	Little Tern Sterna albifrons
Grey ternlet Procelsterna cerulea	White (Fairy) Tern Gygis alba
Australasian Gannet Morus serrator	Auckland Island Shag
Pied Shag Phalacrocorax varius	Little Shag Phalacrocorax melanoleucos brevirostris
Spotted Shag Stictocarbo punctatus	Stewart Island Shag Leucocarbo chalconotus
King (Rough-faced) Shag Leucocarbo carunculatus	Reef Heron Egretta sacra
White-faced Heron Ardea novaehollandiae	White Heron Egretta alba modesta
Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia	Shore Plover Thinornis novaeseelandiae
NZ Dotterel Charadrius obscurus	Eastern Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica baueri
Wandering (Alaskan) Tattler Tringa incana	South Island Pied Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus finschi