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  1. Kelp Gull

    Kelp Gull

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    • kaikoura peninsula kelp gull larus dominicanus dominicanus new zealand
    • Comments: 13
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  2. White-faced Heron

    White-faced Heron

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    • egretta novaehollandiae novaehollandiae kerikeri new zealand north island white-faced heron
    • Comments: 16
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  3. Great Crested Grebe

    Great Crested Grebe

    Australian/New Zealand sub-species
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    • great crested grebe lake elterwater new zealand podiceps cristatus australis
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  4. Australasian Gannet

    Australasian Gannet

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    • australasian gannet morus serrator new zealand queen charlotte sound south island
    • Comments: 13
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  5. Double-banded Plover

    Double-banded Plover

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    • ashleigh river estuary charadrius bicinctus double-banded plover new zealand south island
    • Comments: 14
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  6. Salvin's Albatross

    Salvin's Albatross

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    • hauraki gulf off north island new zealand salvin's albatross thalassarche salvini
    • Comments: 13
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  7. White-capped Albatross

    White-capped Albatross

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    • hauraki gulf off north island new zealand thalassarche steadi white-capped albatross
    • Comments: 15
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  8. Song Thrush

    Song Thrush

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    • kerikeri new zealand song thrush turdus philomelos
    • Comments: 13
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  9. Salvin's Albatross

    Salvin's Albatross

    • peterday
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    • hauraki gulf off north island new zealand salvin's albatross thalassarche salvini
    • Comments: 12
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  10. New Zealand Pipit

    New Zealand Pipit

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    • anthus novaeseelandiae novaeseelandiae awarua bay new zealand new zealand pipit south island
    • Comments: 17
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  11. Fairy Prion

    Fairy Prion

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    • fairy prion hauraki gulf off north island new zealand pachyptila turtur
    • Comments: 13
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  12. Kea

    Kea

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    • arthur's pass kea nestor notabilis new zealand
    • Comments: 16
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  13. Brown Quail

    Brown Quail

    Introduced from Australia in the 1860s.
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    • brown quail coturnix ypsilophora coturnix ypsilophora australis new zealand tiritiri matange island
    • Comments: 13
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  14. New Zealand Fantail

    New Zealand Fantail

    Endemic, North Island subspecies
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    • new zealand new zealand fantail rhipidura fuliginosa placabilis turangi
    • Comments: 16
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  15. New Zealand Wandering Albatross

    New Zealand Wandering Albatross

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    • diomedea exulans diomedea exulans antipodensis diomedia antipodensis new zealand new zealand wandering albatros off kaikoura south island
    • Comments: 14
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  16. New Zealand Scaup

    New Zealand Scaup

    Endemic
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    • aythya novaeseelandiae new zealand new zealand scaup north island taupo
    • Comments: 12
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  17. Whitehead

    Whitehead

    Endemic
    • peterday
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    • mohoua albicilla new zealand north island tiritiri matangi island whitehead
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  18. Red-billed Gull

    Red-billed Gull

    Also known as Silver Gull in Australia
    • peterday
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    • chroicocephalus novaehollandiae new zealand ohau point lookout red-billed gull south island
    • Comments: 12
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  19. Black-billed Gull

    Black-billed Gull

    Endemic
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    • black-billed gull chroicocephalus bulleri miranda shorebird centre new zealand north island
    • Comments: 9
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  20. Kelp Gull

    Kelp Gull

    • peterday
    • Media item
    • auckland judges bay kelp gull larus dominicanus dominicanus new zealand
    • Comments: 12
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  21. Black-fronted Tern

    Black-fronted Tern

    New Zealand endemic. Third photo in Birdforum.
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    • ashleigh river estuary black-fronted tern chlidonias albostriatus new zealand south island
    • Comments: 12
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  22. White-fronted Tern

    White-fronted Tern

    • peterday
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    • new zealand ohau point lookout south island sterna striata striata white-fronted tern
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  23. New Zealand Pipit

    New Zealand Pipit

    • peterday
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    • anthus novaeseelandiae novaeseelandiae awarua bay new zealand new zealand pipit south island
    • Comments: 13
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  24. Eurasian Blackbird

    Eurasian Blackbird

    Introduced from 1862, Blackbirds are abundant throughout New Zealand. This is the last photo of introduced birds, we also saw Dunnocks, Goldfinches and Skylarks, but I was disappointed not to get the Cirl Bunting.
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    • auckland eurasian blackbird new zealand turdus merula
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  25. Common Chaffinch

    Common Chaffinch

    Another introduction from the UK in 1862 and common everywhere.
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    • common chaffinch fringilla coelebs new zealand stewart island
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
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