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THE LIST
Karamea wildlife is so abundant and varied it just impossible to present it all, even that fraction that I have managed to find. Someone once said to me, 'wouldn't it be great if we had a list of species seen here' .... so this is a small step toward that end. This list is just the birds, at this point. These are all that I have found so far, or technically just those I have managed to snap a pic... ..anyway, its a beginning.
 Dunnock, Hedge Sparrow, Prunella modularis |  Greenfinch, European Greenfinch, Chloris chloris |  Redpoll, Common Redpoll, Acanthis flammea |
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 NZ Pipit, Pihoihoi, Anthus novaeseelandiae |  Yellow Hammer, Hurukowhai, yellow bunting, Emberiza citrinella |  Goldfinch, Kourarini, Carduelis carduelis |
 House Sparrow, Passer domesticus |  Chaffinch, Fringilla coelebs |  Blackbird |
 Welcome Swallow, Hirundo neoxena neoxena |  Fernbird, Matata, Poodytes punctatus |  Shining Cuckoo, Pipiwharauroa, Chrysococcyx lucidus |
 Starling, Taringi, Sturnus vulgaris |  Silver-eye, Tauhou, Zosterops lateralis |  Skylark, Kairaka, Alauda arvensis |
 Tui, Parson bird, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae |  Bellbird, Korimako, Anthornis melanura |  Rifleman, Tititipounamu, Acanthisitta chloris |
 Grey Warbler, Riroriro, rainbird, Gerygone igata |  Tomtit, Miromiro, Petroica macrocephala |  Fantail, Piwakawaka, Rhipidura fuliginosa |
 South Island Robin, Kakaruai, Petroica australis |  Kingfisher, Kotare, Todiramphus sanctus vagans |  Bush Pigeon, Kereru, Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae |
 Scaup, Papango, Aythya novaeseelandiae |  Mallard Duck, Rakiraki, Anas platyrhynchos |  Mallard//Grey cross ducks |
 Paradise Shelduck, |  Australasian Shoveller |  Grey ducks, Pacific black duck |
 Blue duck, Whio |  Coot |  Black Swan, Kakianau, Cygnus atratus |
 Canada Goose, Kuihi, Branta canadensis |  NZ Dabchick, NZ Grebe, Weweia, Poliocephalus rufopectus |  Spur Winged Plover, V.m. novaehollandiae |
 Weka, woodhen, Gallirallus australis australis |  Pukeko, Porphyrio melanotus , Swamphen, bluey, pook |  Pied Stilt, Poaka, Himantopus himantopus |
 Little Shag, Kawaupaka, Microcarbo melanoleucos |  Little Black Shag, Kawau tui, Phalacrocorax sulcirostris |  Pied Shag, Karuhiruhi, Phalacrocorax varius |
 Black Shag, Great Cormorant, Kawau, Mapunga |  Spotted Shag, Kawau tikitiki, Phalacrocorax punctatus |  Black-Fronted Tern, Tarapirohe, Chlidonias albostriatus |
 Pectoral Sandpiper, Calidris melanotos |  Grey Plover, Pluvialis squatarola |  Banded Dotterel, Pohowera, Anarhynchus bicinctus |
 Wrybill, Ngutu pare, Anarhynchus frontalis |  Wimbrel |  Red-bill Gull |
 NZ Dotterel |  Black-back Gull, Kelp Gull, Karoro, Larus dominicanus |  Caspian Tern, Tara, Hydroprogne caspia |
 Black-fronted Dotterel, black-fronted Plover, Charadrius melanops |  White-fronted Tern, Tara, sea swallow, Sterna striata |  Australasian Gannett, Pacific Gannet, Takapu, Morus serrator |
 Glossy Ibis, Plegadis falcinellus |  Little Egret, Egretta garzetta immaculata |  White Heron, Great Egret, Kotuku, Ardea alba modesta |
 Cattel Egret, Bubulcus ibis coromandus |  Pacific Heron, White-necked Heron, Ardea pacifica |  White-faced Heron, Matuku Moana, Egretta novaehollandiae novaehollandiae |
 Bar-tailed Godwit, Kuaka, Limosa lapponica |  Hudsonian Godwit, Limosa haemastica |  Royal Spoonbill, black-billed Spoonbill, Kotuku ngutupapa, Platalea regia |
 Bittern, Matuku Hurepo, Botaurus poiciloptilus |  Variable Oystercatcher, Torea, Haematopus unicolor |  Pied Oystercatcher, Torea, Haematopus finschi |
 Marsh Crake, Ballions crake, Kotoreke, Zapornia pusilla |  NZ Falcon, Sparrow Hawk, Bush Hawk, Karearea, Falco novaeseelandiae |  Hawk, Australasian Harrier, Swamp Harrier, Kahu, Circus approximans |
 Morepork, Ruru, Ninox novaeseelandiae novaeseelandiae |  Kaka, Bush parrot, Nestor meridionalis |  Kea, Mountain parrot, Nestor notabilis |
 Golden Pheasant |  Wild Turkey, Korukoru, Meleagris gallopavo |  Common Pheasant, Ring-neck pheasant, Phasianus colchicus |
 Peafowl, Peacock, Pikao, Pavo cristatus |  Fiordlan Crested Penguin, Tawaki, Eudyptes pachyrhynchus, |  Giant Petrel (nthn), Macronectes halli, Pangurunguru |
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