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Te Urewera National Park (birds found here)

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Birds found at Te Urewera National Park
 
(Bird life commonly seen throughout the year in and around the park includes):—
Brown KiwiApteryx mantelli
Black SwanCygnus atratus
Paradise DuckTadorna variegata
Mallard Duck Anas platyrhynchos
Grey DuckAnas superciliosa
Blue Duck Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos
White-faced Heron, Ardea novaehollandiae
New Zealand FalconFalco novaeseelandiae
Australasian HarrierCircus approximans
Brown QuailSynoicus ypsilophorus
Spur–winged PloverVanellus miles
PukekoPorphyrio porphyrio melanotus
Spotless CrakePorzana tabuensis
New Zealand pigeonHemiphaga novaeseelandiae
KakaNestor meridionalis
KakarikiCyanoramphus auriceps
Eastern RosellaPlatycercus eximius
Long-tailed cuckooEudynamys taitensis
Shining cuckoo Chrysococcyx lucidas
 
The cuckoos migrate from the Pacific Islands, arriving in New Zealand from around September and leaving again around March.
 
Morepork Ninox novaeseelandiae
KingfisherHalcyon sancta
Grey warbler Gerygone igata
Skylark Alauda arvenis
Saddleback Philesturnus carunculatus
Kokako Callaeas cinerea wilsoni
Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella.
Tomtit Petroica macrocephala
Robin Petroica australis
GoldfinchCardulelis carduelis
GreenfinchCarduelis chloris
ChaffinchFringilla coelabs
Red PollCaruelis flammea
Welcome Swallow Hirundo tahitica neoxena
Bellbird Anthornis melanura
TuiProsthermadera novaeseelandiae
Fantail Rhipidura fulginosa
New Zealand PipitAnthus novaeseelandiae
Song Thrush Turdus philomelus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
WhiteheadMohoua albicilla
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Dunnock Prunella modularis
Starling Sturnus vulgaris
Myna Acridotheres tristis
RiflemanAcanthisitta chloris
FernbirdBowdleria punctata
Silvereye Zosterops lateralis
(page last updated  6 July 2007)