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Black Swans, courtesy Rotorua District Council
Birds found at Te Urewera National Park
 
(Bird life commonly seen throughout the year in and around the park includes):—
New Zealand DabchickPoliocephalus rufopectus
Australasian little grebeTachybaptus novaehollandiae
Brown KiwiApteryx mantelli
Black ShagPhalacrocorax carbo
Little ShagPhalacrocorax melanoleucus
Little black ShagPhalacrocorax sulcirostris
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Black SwanCygnus atratus
Paradise DuckTadorna variegata
Mallard Duck Anas platyrhynchos
Grey DuckAnas superciliosa
Scaup Aythya novaeseelandiae
Australasian Shoveler Anas rhynchotis
White-faced Heron Ardea novaehollandiae
Australasian BitternBotaurus poiciloptilus
New Zealand FalconFalco novaeseelandiae
Australasian HarrierCircus approximans
Brown QuailSynoicus ypsilophorus
Spur–winged PloverVanellus miles
PukekoPorphyrio porphyrio melanotus
Spotless CrakePorzana tabuensis
Marsh CrakePorzana pusilla
Australian CootFulica atra
Black-billed GullLarus bulleri
Red-billed GullLarus scopulinus
Pied StiltHimantopus himantopus
KingfisherHalcyon sancta
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
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  16 July 2007)    
 
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