Flora and Fauna: New Zealand Birds you may encounter during your stay at The Peaks† Or Kakariki

A = abundant    C = commonly present    O = occasional   R = rare   * = exotic (introduced species) † = & local St Arnaud area

Common Name(s)  Order/Family Scientific Name Kakariki The Peaks†
Great spotted Kiwi Apterygidae Apteryx haastii   R
Black Shag,  Kawau Phalocrocaridae Phalocrocorax carbo O O
Paradise Shelduck Anatidae Tadorna variegata C O
Grey Duck   Anas superciliosa O C
Mallard   Anas platyrhynchos   C
Australasian Harrier Accipitridae Circus approximans C C
NZ Falcon Falconidae Falco novaeseelandiae O O
*California Quail Galliformes Lophortyx californica R O
Weka Rallidae Gallirallus australis C R
Pukeko   Porphyrio melanotus R O
*Spur winged plover Charadiidae Vanellus miles C O
Black backed gull, Karoro Laridae Larus dominicanus O O
NZ Pigeon, Kereru Columbidae Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae C  
Kea Psittacidae Nestor notabilis C O
Kaka   Nestor meridianalis C C
Kakariki, Yellow-crowned Parakeet   Cyanorhamphus auriceps C O
Shining Cuckoo Cucluidae Chalcites lucidus C C
Long tailed Cuckoo   Eudynamys taitensis R R
Morepork, Ruru Strigidae Ninox novaeseelandiae C C
NZ Kingfisher Alcenididae Halcyon sancta R O
Welcome Swallow Hirundinidae Hirundo tahitica O O
Rifleman Acanthisittidae Acanthisitta chloris O O
White eye, Wax-eye Zosteropidae Zosterops lateralis A C
Fantail Muscicapidae Rhipidura fuliginosa C C
Tomtit, Miromiro   Petroica macrocephala A C

Robin, Toutouwai  image

   Petroica australis A C
Brown Creeper Sylviidae Finchsia novaeseelandiae O O
Grey`Warbler   Gerygone igata C C
Fernbird, Matata   Bowdleria punctata C R
*Blackbird Turdidae Turdus merula A A
*Song Thrush   Turdus philomelus C C
New Zealand Pipit Motacillidae Anthus novaeseelandiae O O
*Skylark Alaudidae Alauda arvensis C O
*Tui Meliphagidae Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae A A
Bellbird, Korimako   Anthornis melanura A A
*House sparrow Ploceidae Passer domesticus   A
*Yellowhammer Fringillidae Emberiza citrinella C  
*Hedge Sparrow   Prunella modularis C C
*Greenfinch   Carduelis chloris C O
*Goldfinch   Carduelis carduelis C O
*Redpoll   Carduleis flammea C C
*Chaffinch   Fringilla coelobs A A
*Australian magpie Cractidae Gymnorhina tibicen R O
*Starling Sturnidae Sturnus vulgaris A C

Other species of birds present in the wider Nelson Lakes and Buller Gorge area and approximate distance of reliable localities from Kakariki or The Peaks   

Common Name(s)  Order/Family Scientific Name Kakariki The Peaks
Blue Penguin Spheniscidae Eudyptula minor 100km  
*Canada Goose Anatidae Branta canadensis 100km 50km
New Zealand Scaup   Aythya novaeseelandiae 25km  
Spotless Crake Rallidae Pozana tabuensis   10km
South Island Pied Oystercatcher Haematopodidae Haemotopus ostralegus 15km 10km
Pied Stilt   Himantopus himantopus 15km 20km
Black Fronted Tern Laridae Chlidonias hybrida   20km
Rock Wren Acanthisittidae Xenipes gilviventrus 100km 20km

Nomenclature follows Falla R A, R B Sibson & E G Turbot  1970 A Field Guide to the Birds of New Zealand

New Zealand Birds