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Birds of New Zealand

Land

Anchor NZ land

Welcome swallows Hurunui river mouth	Silvereye Scarborough, Christchurch	European greenfinch (female) McCormack's Bay, Christchurch	Sacred kingfisher Brooklands Lagoon, Christchurc	Bell bird Akaroa	New Zealand pigeon Hurunui mouth	California quail Scarborough, Christchurch	Common starling Scarborough, Christchurch	House sparrow Scarborough, Christchurch
Common chaffinch Scarborough, Christchurch	European goldfinch Scarborough, Christchurch	European greenfinch Scarborough, Christchurch	Sacred kingfisher McCormack's Bay, Christchurch	Song thrush Christchurch Botanical Gardens	Silvereye Scarborough, Christchurch	Masked lapwing Kaitorete Spit	Eurasian skylark Godley Head, Christchurch	Australasian swamphen Travis Wetlands, Christchurch
Dunnock Kaitorete Spit	Grey warbler Scarborough, Christchurch	South Island robin Arthur's Pass	European greenfinch Scarborough, Christchurch	Common blackbird (female) Christchurch Botanical Gardens	European goldfinch Hurunui river mouth	New Zealand fantail Christchurch Botanical Gardens	California quail Scarborough, Christchurch	Greylag goose Halswell, Christchurch
Mallard, Pacific black duck hybrid Christchurch Botanical Gardens	Mallard Halswell, Christchurch	Australasian shoveller Brookland Lagoon, Christchurch	Canada goose Christchurch Botanical Gardens	Grey teal Travis Wetlands, Christchurch	New Zealand scaup Lake Pearson	Paradise shelducks Christchurch Botanical Gardens	Swamp harrier Brooklands lagoon, Christchurch	New Zealand falcon Hagley Park, Christchurch

Coast

Wrybill Lake Ellesmere	White faced herons South Bay, Kaikoura	Black fronted tern Waipara river mouth, Canterbury	White fronted tern Ashley river mouth	Caspian tern Brooklands Lagoon, Christchurch	White-fronted tern Ashley river mouth	Pied cormorant Kaikoura	Australasian gannet Hawkes Bay	Australasian gannets Hawkes Bay
Black billed gull Halswell, Christchurch	Royal spoonbill Linwood canal, Christchurch	Black billed gull Ashley Estuary	Pied stilt McCormacks Bay, Christchurch	Variable oystercatcher Kaikoura	Kelp gull chicks Sumner, Christchurch	Black stilt Ashley Estuary	Bar tailed godwit Brooklands lagoon, Christchurch	Red-necked stint Lake Ellesmere
Black fronted dotterel Waipara river mouth, Canterbury	Banded dotterel with chick Birdlings Flat, Christchurch	Banded dotterel Waipara river mouth, Canterbury	Red knot Ashley river mouth, Canterbury	Little pied cormorant Kaikoura	Great cormorant Ashley river mouth, Canterbury	Pied cormorant Kaikoura	Spotted shag Kairaki beach, Christchurch	Black swan Lake Hayes
Silver gull Birdlings Flat	Salvin's alabatross Kaikoura	South Island/Variable oystercatcher hybrid Ashley estuary	South Island pied oystercatcher Lake Lyndon	Turnstone Kaikoura

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