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Birds found in and around the Bay of Islands
 
(Bird life commonly seen throughout the year includes):—
Brown KiwiApteryx mantelli
Little blue penguinEudyptula minor
Black ShagPhalacrocorax carbo
Little ShagPhalacrocorax melanoleucus
Paradise DuckTadorna variegate
Mallard Duck Anas platyrhynchos
Grey DuckAnas superciliosa
Brown TealAnas aucklandica chlorotis
White-faced Heron Ardea novaehollandiae
Reef HeronEgretta sacra
Australasian HarrierCircus approximans
Brown QuailSynoicus ypsilophorus
Banded RailRallus philippensis.
North Island WekaGallirallus australis greyi
Spur–winged PloverVanellus miles
PukekoPorphyrio porphyrio melanotus
New Zealand DotterelCharadrius obscurus obscurus
Caspian Tern Sterna caspia
White-fronted TernSterna striata
Pied StiltHimantopus himantopus
New Zealand pigeonHemiphaga novaeseelandiae
KakaNestor meridionalis
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.
 
Kokako Callaeas cinerea wilsoni
Morepork Ninox novaeseelandiae
KingfisherHalcyon sancta
KookaburraDacelo novaeguineae
Grey warbler Gerygone igata
Skylark Alauda arvenis
Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella.
Robin Petroica australis
Tomtit Petroica macrocephala
GoldfinchCardulelis carduelis
GreenfinchCarduelis chloris
ChaffinchFringilla coelabs
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
Silvereye Zosterops lateralis
(page last updated  29 August 2007)