Birds Associated with Bodies of Water or Wetlands in New Zealand / Page 2

Information on birds found on New Zealand (listing of birds as well as a basic map)

Below are images of birds found in New Zealand and surrounding islands. Please click on any of the photos to go to the species pages, to learn more about the respective bird species, with lots of information and more photos to view.

Land / Forest Birds ... Parrots of New Zealand


Paradise ShelducksParkinson's Petrel or Black Petrel (Procellaria parkinsoni)Pied CormorantsPurple SwamphenRed-billed GullsPectoral SandpiperRanguru or Chatham Petrel (Pterodroma axillaris) Red-tailed TropicbirdRed-capped PloversSooty Albatross or Dark-mantled Sooty AlbatrossShort-tailed Shearwater (Puffinus tenuirostris) Royal PenguinsSalvin's AlbatrossSnares PenguinsRoyal SpoonbillsMottled PetrelGull-billed Tern, Gelochelidon niloticaSooty Shearwater (Puffinus griseus) - Morro Bay Winter Bird FestivalSpotless CrakeSpotted ShagsSouthern FulmarGrey NoddyMasked LapwingsWhite-faced Storm-petrel Southern Royal Albatross, Diomedea epomophoraWestland Petrel (Procellaria westlandica) off KaikouraCape Petrel, Daption capense, aka Cape Pigeon or Pintado PetrelWhite-flippered PenguinsYellow-eyed PenguinYellow-eyed PenguinWhite-faced HeronsAustralasian Shoveler - Kuruwhengi - Anas rhynchotis (Anatidae) - Front: Male - Back: FemalePied StiltYellow-billed Spoonbill (Platalea flavipes)Nankeen Night HeronGrey PetrelNew Zealand Scaup New Zealand Storm-petrel, Oceanites maorianusAustralasian Grebe, Tachybaptus novaehollandiaeBlack-tailed Native-hen Brown Teal. Left, Anas chlorotis sometimes called the New Zealand Teal. Right, Anas aucklandica, the Auckland Island Teal.Australasian Bitterns Black Stilts Canada Goose

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