The List!
Someone once said to me that it would be good if we had a list of all the wild things found in Karamea. I thought that was a good idea, and I have started this list. This is not everything found in Karamea, but rather everything I have found so far in Karamea, so it is a work in progress and will constantly be updated (I hope!)
our birds
Swans & Geese
Black swan | Cygnus atratus | Kakianau |
Greylag goose , Honker | Anser anser |
Canada goose | Branta canadensis |
Ducks
Paradise shelduck | Tadorna variegata | Putangitangi |
Blue duck | Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos | Whio |
Grey teal | Anas gracilis | Titi, Titimoroiti |
Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos |
Grey duck | Anas superciliosa |
Australasian shoveler | Anas rhynchotis |
New Zealand scaup | Aythya novaeseelandiae | Papango |
Sea Birds
Little Blue penguin | Eudyptula minor | Korora |
Australasian gannet | Morus serrator | Takapu |
Shags/Cormorants
Little shag | Phalacrocorax melanoleucos | Kawau paka |
Black shag | Phalacrocorax carbo | Kawau |
Pied shag | Phalacrocorax varius | Kawau |
Little black shag | Phalacrocorax sulcirostris | Kawau tui |
Spotted shag | Stictocarbo punctatus | Kawau tikitiki |
Herons/Egrets
White heron | Ardea modesta | Kotuku |
Cattle egret | Ardea ibis |
White-faced heron | Egretta novaehollandiae | Matuku moana |
Australasian bittern | Botaurus poiciloptilus | Matuku |
Royal spoonbill | Platalea regia | Kotuku ngutupapa |
Hawks & Falcons
Swamp harrier | Circus approximans | Kahu |
New Zealand falcon | Falco novaeseelandiae | Karearea |
Rails
Woodhen | Gallirallus australis | Weka |
Pukeko | Porphyrio melanotus | Pukeko |
Gulls & Godwits
Bar-tailed godwit | Limosa lapponica |
Variable oystercatcher | Haematopus unicolor |
South Island pied oystercatcher | Haematopus finschi |
Pied stilt | Himantopus himantopus |
New Zealand dotterel | Charadrius obscurus |
Spur-winged plover | Vanellus miles |
Southern black-backed gull | Larus dominicanus |
Red-billed gull | Larus novaehollandiae |
Black-billed gull | Larus bulleri |
Caspian tern | Hydroprogne caspia |
White-fronted tern | Sterna striata |
Songbirds & others
New Zealand pigeon | Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae | Kereru |
Shining cuckoo | Chrysococcyx lucidus |
Sacred kingfisher | Todiramphus sanctus | Kotare |
Grey warbler | Gerygone igata | Riroriro |
Bellbird | Anthornis melanura | Koimako, Makomako |
Parson bird | Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae | Tui |
Australian magpie | Gymnorhina tibicen |
New Zealand fantail | Rhipidura fuliginosa | Piwakawaka |
Tomtit | Petroica macrocephala | Miromiro, Piropiro |
Rifleman | Acanthisitta chloris | Titipounamu |
South Island robin | Petroica australis | Kakaruwai |
Eurasian skylark | Alauda arvensis | Kaireka |
Fernbird | Bowdleria punctata | Matata, koroatito |
Silvereye | Zosterops lateralis |
Welcome swallow | Hirundo neoxena |
Eurasian blackbird | Turdus merula |
Song thrush | Turdus philomelos |
Common starling | Sturnus vulgaris |
House sparrow | Passer domesticus |
New Zealand pipit | Anthus novaeseelandiae |
Dunnock | Prunella modularis |
Chaffinch | Fringilla coelebs |
European greenfinch | Carduelis chloris |
European goldfinch | Carduelis carduelis |
Common redpoll | Carduelis flammea |
Yellowhammer | Emberiza citrinella |