NEW ZEALAND BIRDING NETWORK

Terrestrial Birds

New Zealand has special terrestrial birds including: three endemic bird families, kiwi (five species), NZ wattlebirds (kokako and saddleback) and NZ wrens (rifleman and rock wren); alpine and forest parrots (kea, kaka and kakariki); large flightless rails (weka); honeyeaters (the iridescent tui, NZ bellbird); precious forest species such as yellowhead, whitehead, brown creeper, NZ robin, NZ tomtit, long-tailed cuckoo, shining cuckoo; the curious wrybill plover; and the extremely rare and endangered black stilt and shore plover.

Little spotted kiwi Apteryx owenii	North Island Brown Kiwi Apteryx australis mantelli
South Island Brown Kiwi Apteryx australis australis	Stewart Island Brown Kiwi Apteryx australis lawryi
Great Spotted Kiwi Apteryx haastii	New Zealand Dabchick Poliocephalus rufopectus
Hoary-headed Grebe Poliocephalus poliocephalus	Australasian Little Grebe Tachybaptus novaehollandiae novaehollandiae
Australasian Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus australis	Blue duck (Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos)
Brown teal (Anas aucklandic)	Paradise shelduck (Tadorna variegata)
Fantail (Rhipidura fuliginosa)	Kakapo (Strigops habroptilus)
North Island kokako Callaeas cinerea wilsoni	New Zealand robin Petroica australis
Kingfisher Halcyon sancta	Rifleman (Acanthisitta chloris)
Saddleback Philesturnus carunculatus	Fernbird Bowdleria punctata
South Island kaka (Nestor meridionalis)	Takahe (Porphyrio mantelli)
Tui Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae	Yellowhead (Mohoua ochrocephala)
Kea (Nestor notabilis)	Red-crowned parakeet (Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae)
Stewart Island Robin	Rock Wren Xenicus gilviventris
Bellbird Anthornis melanura melanura	North Island Kaka Nestor meridionalis septentrionalis
Shining Cuckoo Chrysococcyx lucidus lucidus	Long-tailed Cuckoo Eudynamys taitensis
Pukeko Porphyrio porphyrio melanotus	Stitchbird Notiomystis cincta
North Island Weka Gallirallus australis greyi	Western Weka Gallirallus australis australis
Stewart Island weka Gallirallus australis	Buff Weka Gallirallus australis hectori
Banded Rail Rallus philippensis assimilis	Australasian Harrier Circus approximans
New Zealand Falcon Falco novaeseelandiae	Morepork Ninox novaeseelandiae novaeseelandiae
New Zealand Pigeon Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae novaeseelandiae	Chatham Island Pigeon Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae chathamensis
New Zealand Scaup Aythya novaeseelandiae	New Zealand Shoveler Anas rhynchotis variegata
Grey Duck Anas superciliosa superciliosa	Grey Teal Anas gracilis
New Zealand Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae