Birds of New Zealand

Endemic to New Zealand

Found in this country and nowhere else on Earth.

• TuiProsthemadera novaeseelandiae
• Grey GerygoneGerygone igata
• New Zealand BellbirdAnthornis melanura
• New Zealand PigeonHemiphaga novaeseelandiae
• TomtitPetroica macrocephala
• Black-billed GullChroicocephalus bulleri
• New Zealand KakaNestor meridionalis
• South Island RobinPetroica australis
• WhiteheadMohoua albicilla
• Spotted ShagPhalacrocorax punctatus
• WekaGallirallus australis
• New Zealand FalconFalco novaeseelandiae
• North Island RobinPetroica longipes
• South Island SaddlebackPhilesturnus carunculatus
• RiflemanAcanthisitta chloris
• PipipiMohoua novaeseelandiae
• North Island SaddlebackPhilesturnus rufusater
• New Zealand GrebePoliocephalus rufopectus
• WrybillAnarhynchus frontalis
• New Zealand FernbirdPoodytes punctatus
• KeaNestor notabilis
• Stewart Island ShagLeucocarbo chalconotus
• Brown TealAnas chlorotis
• Yellow-crowned ParakeetCyanoramphus auriceps
• StitchbirdNotiomystis cincta
• South Island TakahePorphyrio hochstetteri
• Yellow-eyed PenguinMegadyptes antipodes
• North Island KokakoCallaeas wilsoni
• YellowheadMohoua ochrocephala
• New Zealand RockwrenXenicus gilviventris
• Blue DuckHymenolaimus malacorhynchos
• Black StiltHimantopus novaezelandiae
• New Zealand King ShagLeucocarbo carunculatus
• North Island Brown KiwiApteryx mantelli
• Southern Brown KiwiApteryx australis
• Chatham Islands GerygoneGerygone albofrontata
• Pitt ShagPhalacrocorax featherstoni
• Little Spotted KiwiApteryx owenii
• Chatham Islands OystercatcherHaematopus chathamensis
• Chatham Islands PigeonHemiphaga chathamensis
• Shore PloverThinornis novaeseelandiae
• Auckland ShagLeucocarbo colensoi
• Chatham ShagLeucocarbo onslowi
• Malherbe's ParakeetCyanoramphus malherbi
• Okarito KiwiApteryx rowi
• Campbell ShagLeucocarbo campbelli
• Subantarctic SnipeCoenocorypha aucklandica
• Chatham Islands SnipeCoenocorypha pusilla
• Black RobinPetroica traversi
• Auckland TealAnas aucklandica
• Campbell TealAnas nesiotis
• Chatham Islands ParakeetCyanoramphus forbesi
• Magenta PetrelPterodroma magentae
• Chatham Islands PetrelPterodroma axillaris
• Snares SnipeCoenocorypha huegeli
• Antipodes ParakeetCyanoramphus unicolor
• Bounty ShagLeucocarbo ranfurlyi
• KakapoStrigops habroptilus

All regular species

• Common BlackbirdTurdus merula
• House SparrowPasser domesticus
• Angola White-eyeZosterops kasaicus
• SilvereyeZosterops lateralis
• Mongolian GullLarus mongolicus
• Kelp GullLarus dominicanus
• Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
• New Zealand FantailRhipidura fuliginosa
• Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
• TuiProsthemadera novaeseelandiae
• Grey GerygoneGerygone igata
• Welcome SwallowHirundo neoxena
• Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
• Silver GullChroicocephalus novaehollandiae
• New Zealand BellbirdAnthornis melanura
• European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
• Masked LapwingVanellus miles
• MallardAnas platyrhynchos
• Paradise ShelduckTadorna variegata
• Swamp HarrierCircus approximans
• Australian MagpieGymnorhina tibicen
• European GreenfinchChloris chloris
• Sacred KingfisherTodiramphus sanctus
• DunnockPrunella modularis
• Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensis
• Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
• White-faced HeronEgretta novaehollandiae
• Variable OystercatcherHaematopus unicolor
• New Zealand PigeonHemiphaga novaeseelandiae
• YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
• Little Pied CormorantMicrocarbo melanoleucos
• Australian Pied CormorantPhalacrocorax varius
• Pied StiltHimantopus leucocephalus
• Black SwanCygnus atratus
• Rock DoveColumba livia
• White-fronted TernSterna striata
• TomtitPetroica macrocephala
• South Island OystercatcherHaematopus finschi
• RedpollAcanthis flammea
• Eastern RosellaPlatycercus eximius
• New Zealand ScaupAythya novaeseelandiae
• Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
• Canada GooseBranta canadensis
• Black-billed GullChroicocephalus bulleri
• Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
• New Zealand KakaNestor meridionalis
• Grey TealAnas gracilis
• South Island RobinPetroica australis
• Australasian GannetMorus serrator
• Australasian ShovelerSpatula rhynchotis
• Royal SpoonbillPlatalea regia
• Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
• California QuailCallipepla californica
• Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
• WhiteheadMohoua albicilla
• Spotted ShagPhalacrocorax punctatus
• WekaGallirallus australis
• Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
• Shy AlbatrossThalassarche cauta
• New Zealand FalconFalco novaeseelandiae
• MoreporkNinox novaeseelandiae
• Siberian PipitAnthus japonicus
• New Zealand PipitAnthus novaeseelandiae
• Shining Bronze CuckooChalcites lucidus
• Black-fronted TernChlidonias albostriatus
• North Island RobinPetroica longipes
• South Island SaddlebackPhilesturnus carunculatus
• RiflemanAcanthisitta chloris
• Little Black CormorantPhalacrocorax sulcirostris
• Sooty ShearwaterArdenna grisea
• Eurasian CootFulica atra
• PipipiMohoua novaeseelandiae
• North Island SaddlebackPhilesturnus rufusater
• Red-crowned ParakeetCyanoramphus novaezelandiae
• Northern Giant PetrelMacronectes halli
• Fluttering ShearwaterPuffinus gavia
• Pintado PetrelDaption capense
• New Zealand GrebePoliocephalus rufopectus
• Little PenguinEudyptula minor
• Salvin's AlbatrossThalassarche salvini
• WrybillAnarhynchus frontalis
• Grey EmutailBradypterus seebohmi
• New Zealand FernbirdPoodytes punctatus
• Buller's ShearwaterArdenna bulleri
• Southern Royal AlbatrossDiomedea epomophora
• Great Spotted KiwiApteryx maxima
• White-chinned PetrelProcellaria aequinoctialis
• Greylag GooseAnser anser
• Pacific Black DuckAnas superciliosa
• KeaNestor notabilis
• Buller's AlbatrossThalassarche bulleri
• Stewart Island ShagLeucocarbo chalconotus
• Fairy PrionPachyptila turtur
• Red KnotCalidris canutus
• Northern Royal AlbatrossDiomedea sanfordi
• Black-browed AlbatrossThalassarche melanophris
• Brown TealAnas chlorotis
• Common Diving PetrelPelecanoides urinatrix
• Yellow-crowned ParakeetCyanoramphus auriceps
• Antipodean AlbatrossDiomedea antipodensis
• Westland PetrelProcellaria westlandica
• Eastern Cattle EgretArdea coromanda
• Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
• Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
• Flesh-footed ShearwaterArdenna carneipes
• Long-tailed KoelUrodynamis taitensis
• Hutton's ShearwaterPuffinus huttoni
• StitchbirdNotiomystis cincta
• Snowy AlbatrossDiomedea exulans
• Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
• African Collared DoveStreptopelia roseogrisea
• Great EgretArdea alba
• Cook's PetrelPterodroma cookii
• Pacific Reef HeronEgretta sacra
• Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus
• South Island TakahePorphyrio hochstetteri
• Grey-faced PetrelPterodroma gouldi
• White-faced Storm PetrelPelagodroma marina
• Great-winged PetrelPterodroma macroptera
• Buff-banded RailGallirallus philippensis
• Yellow-eyed PenguinMegadyptes antipodes
• North Island KokakoCallaeas wilsoni
• Brown SkuaStercorarius antarcticus
• Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus
• Brown QuailSynoicus ypsilophorus
• Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
• YellowheadMohoua ochrocephala
• Muscovy DuckCairina moschata
• New Zealand RockwrenXenicus gilviventris
• Mute SwanCygnus olor
• Little OwlAthene noctua
• Blue DuckHymenolaimus malacorhynchos
• Black PetrelProcellaria parkinsoni
• Fiordland PenguinEudyptes pachyrhynchus
• Australasian BitternBotaurus poiciloptilus
• Red-necked StintCalidris ruficollis
• Mottled PetrelPterodroma inexpectata
• Spotless CrakeZapornia tabuensis
• Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminata
• Black StiltHimantopus novaezelandiae
• Short-tailed ShearwaterArdenna tenuirostris
• Black-bellied Storm PetrelFregetta tropica
• New Zealand King ShagLeucocarbo carunculatus
• Little ShearwaterPuffinus assimilis
• Light-mantled AlbatrossPhoebetria palpebrata
• North Island Brown KiwiApteryx mantelli
• Southern Brown KiwiApteryx australis
• Chatham Islands GerygoneGerygone albofrontata
• Red JunglefowlGallus gallus
• Grey-backed Storm PetrelGarrodia nereis
• Grey-headed AlbatrossThalassarche chrysostoma
• Southern Giant PetrelMacronectes giganteus
• Pitt ShagPhalacrocorax featherstoni
• Broad-billed PrionPachyptila vittata
• Antarctic TernSterna vittata
• New Zealand Storm PetrelFregetta maoriana
• Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
• Little Spotted KiwiApteryx owenii
• Little TernSternula albifrons
• Sulphur-crested CockatooCacatua galerita
• White-headed PetrelPterodroma lessonii
• Black-winged PetrelPterodroma nigripennis
• Fairy TernSternula nereis
• Chatham Islands OystercatcherHaematopus chathamensis
• Chatham Islands PigeonHemiphaga chathamensis
• Little EgretEgretta garzetta
• Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlus
• Sierra Madre CrowCorvus sierramadrensis
• Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
• Far Eastern CurlewNumenius madagascariensis
• Antarctic PrionPachyptila desolata
• RookCorvus frugilegus
• Shore PloverThinornis novaeseelandiae
• Australasian GrebeTachybaptus novaehollandiae
• Cape Barren GooseCereopsis novaehollandiae
• Auckland ShagLeucocarbo colensoi
• Pycroft's PetrelPterodroma pycrofti
• Baillon's CrakeZapornia pusilla
• Wilson's Storm PetrelOceanites oceanicus
• Grey NoddyAnous albivitta
• Chatham ShagLeucocarbo onslowi
• Hoary-headed GrebePoliocephalus poliocephalus
• Soft-plumaged PetrelPterodroma mollis
• Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
• Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
• Fulmar PrionPachyptila crassirostris
• Chatham AlbatrossThalassarche eremita
• White-necked PetrelPterodroma cervicalis
• Malherbe's ParakeetCyanoramphus malherbi
• Okarito KiwiApteryx rowi
• Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
• Wedge-tailed ShearwaterArdenna pacifica
• Snares PenguinEudyptes robustus
• White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
• Grey-tailed TattlerTringa brevipes
• Campbell ShagLeucocarbo campbelli
• Erect-crested PenguinEudyptes sclateri
• Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
• Grey PetrelProcellaria cinerea
• Subantarctic ShearwaterPuffinus elegans
• Nankeen Night HeronNycticorax caledonicus
• Laughing KookaburraDacelo novaeguineae
• Kermadec PetrelPterodroma neglecta
• Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
• Southern FulmarFulmarus glacialoides
• Western Rockhopper PenguinEudyptes chrysocome
• Subantarctic SnipeCoenocorypha aucklandica
• Greater Sand PloverAnarhynchus leschenaultii
• Chatham Islands SnipeCoenocorypha pusilla
• Cocos BoobySula brewsteri
• Black RobinPetroica traversi
• Auckland TealAnas aucklandica
• Campbell TealAnas nesiotis
• Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
• SanderlingCalidris alba
• Chukar PartridgeAlectoris chukar
• Common TernSterna hirundo
• Australian TernGelochelidon macrotarsa
• Australian ShelduckTadorna tadornoides
• Chatham Islands ParakeetCyanoramphus forbesi
• Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinus
• Maned DuckChenonetta jubata
• Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
• Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemastica
• Magenta PetrelPterodroma magentae
• Wandering TattlerTringa incana
• Chatham Islands PetrelPterodroma axillaris
• Snares SnipeCoenocorypha huegeli
• Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellus
• Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
• Red-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon rubricauda
• Masked BoobySula dactylatra
• Plumed Whistling DuckDendrocygna eytoni
• Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatus
• Atlantic White TernGygis alba
• Antipodes ParakeetCyanoramphus unicolor
• Bounty ShagLeucocarbo ranfurlyi
• EmuDromaius novaehollandiae
• White-bellied Storm PetrelFregetta grallaria
• KakapoStrigops habroptilus
• Black NoddyAnous minutus
• Gould's PetrelPterodroma leucoptera
• Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudus
• Brown BoobySula leucogaster
• Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
• Chestnut TealAnas castanea
• South Polar SkuaStercorarius maccormicki
• Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
• Coconut LorikeetTrichoglossus haematodus
• Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
• Great KnotCalidris tenuirostris
• Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
• Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
• Brown NoddyAnous stolidus
• Black-tailed NativehenTribonyx ventralis
• Eastern Barn OwlTyto javanica
• Crimson RosellaPlatycercus elegans
• Indian Yellow-nosed AlbatrossThalassarche carteri
• GalahEolophus roseicapilla
• Slender-billed PrionPachyptila belcheri
• Little CurlewNumenius minutus
• South Georgia Diving PetrelPelecanoides georgicus
• Golden PheasantChrysolophus pictus
• Northern PintailAnas acuta
• Black KiteMilvus migrans
• Purple SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio
• Swan GooseAnser cygnoides
• Greater Crested TernThalasseus bergii
• Rainbow LorikeetTrichoglossus moluccanus
• Dusky WoodswallowArtamus cyanopterus
• Red-footed BoobySula sula
• Black TernChlidonias niger
• Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
• Oriental PloverAnarhynchus veredus
• Cape GannetMorus capensis
• Tree MartinPetrochelidon nigricans
• Little StintCalidris minuta
• Providence PetrelPterodroma solandri
• Wood DuckAix sponsa
• Long-toed StintCalidris subminuta
• Blue PetrelHalobaena caerulea
• Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollis

Rare visitors

Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.

• Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
• Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
• King PenguinAptenodytes patagonicus
• Latham's SnipeGallinago hardwickii
• White-throated NeedletailHirundapus caudacutus
• HardheadAythya australis
• Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
• Salvin's PrionPachyptila salvini
• BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatus
• Pallid CuckooHeteroscenes pallidus
• Great FrigatebirdFregata minor
• Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
• Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolor
• Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
• CockatielNymphicus hollandicus
• Fork-tailed SwiftApus pacificus
• Zebra FinchTaeniopygia guttata
• Kerguelen PetrelAphrodroma brevirostris
• Eastern Rockhopper PenguinEudyptes filholi
• White-necked HeronArdea pacifica
• Royal PenguinEudyptes schlegeli
• Australian PelicanPelecanus conspicillatus
• Plumed EgretArdea plumifera
• Oriental CuckooCuculus optatus
• Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
• Pink-footed ShearwaterArdenna creatopus
• Juan Fernandez PetrelPterodroma externa
• Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcan
• Lesser FrigatebirdFregata ariel
• RuffCalidris pugnax
• Collared PetrelPterodroma brevipes
• Emperor PenguinAptenodytes forsteri
• Auckland RailLewinia muelleri
• Nankeen KestrelFalco cenchroides
• Asian DowitcherLimnodromus semipalmatus
• Adelie PenguinPygoscelis adeliae
• Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
• Red PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius
• Great ShearwaterArdenna gravis
• Atlantic Yellow-nosed AlbatrossThalassarche chlororhynchos
• Atlantic CanarySerinus canaria
• Antarctic PetrelThalassoica antarctica
• Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
• Gentoo PenguinPygoscelis papua
• Fairy MartinPetrochelidon ariel
• Red-vented BulbulPycnonotus cafer
• Australian King ParrotAlisterus scapularis
• American Golden PloverPluvialis dominica
• Sooty AlbatrossPhoebetria fusca
• Stejneger's PetrelPterodroma longirostris
• Straw-necked IbisThreskiornis spinicollis
• Leach's Storm PetrelHydrobates leucorhous
• Tahiti PetrelPseudobulweria rostrata
• Macaroni PenguinEudyptes chrysolophus
• DunlinCalidris alpina
• Oriental DollarbirdEurystomus orientalis
• Masked WoodswallowArtamus personatus
• Streaked ShearwaterCalonectris leucomelas
• Silver PheasantLophura nycthemera
• Lady Amherst's PheasantChrysolophus amherstiae
• Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
• Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
• Australian White IbisThreskiornis molucca
• Black-faced CuckooshrikeCoracina novaehollandiae
• Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus
• Australian Reed WarblerAcrocephalus australis
• Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
• Common OstrichStruthio camelus
• Oriental PratincoleGlareola maldivarum
• Japanese QuailCoturnix japonica
• Christmas ShearwaterPuffinus nativitatis
• Cloven-feathered DovePtilinopus holosericea
• Mountain PloverAnarhynchus montanus
• MacGillivray's PrionPachyptila macgillivrayi
• Madagascar PloverAnarhynchus thoracicus