✨ Protected Bird Species List
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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
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Dottrel—
Banded dottrel (Cirripedesmus bicinctus).
New Zealand dottrel (Orthodromus obscurus).
Duck—
Auckland Island duck (Nesonetta aucklandica).
Blue or mountain duck (whio) (Hymenolaimus malacorhynchus).
Brown duck (Elasmonetta chlorotis).
Black teal (Fuligula novae-zealandiae).
Grey teal (Nettion castaneum).
Eastern golden plover (Charadrius dominicus).
Faintail—
Black fantail (tiwakawaka) (Rhipidura fuliginosa).
Chatham Island pied fantail (Rhipidura flabellifera penita).
Pied fantail (tiwakawaka) (Rhipidura flabellifera).
Fern-bird (matata)—
Chatham Island fern-bird (Bowdleria rufescens).
Mainland species (Bowdleria punctata and Bowdleria fulva).
Snares Island fern-bird (Bowdleria punctata caudata).
Gannet—
Gannet (takapu) (Sula serrator).
Masked gannet (Sula dactylatra).
Grebe—
Crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus).
Little grebe, or dabchick (totokipio) (Poliocephalus rufipectus)
Godwit (Limosa novae-zealandiae).
Gull—
Black-billed gull (Larus bulleri).
Red-billed gull (tarapunga) (Larus scopulinus).
Heron—
Blue heron (matuku) (Demiegretta sacra).
Nankeen night-heron (Nycticorax caledonicus).
White-fronted heron (matuku-moana) (Notophoyx novae-hollandiae).
White heron (kotuku) (Herodias alba).
Huia (Heteralocha acutirostris).
Kaka—
Brown kaka (Nestor occidentalis).
Kaka (Nestor meridionalis).
Kakapo (ground-parrot) (Strigops habroptilus).
Kingfisher (kotare) (Halcyon vagans).
Kiwi—
Brown kiwi (Apteryx mantelli).
Great spotted kiwi (roaroa) (Apteryx haasti).
Grey kiwi (Apteryx oweni).
Spotted kiwi (Apteryx occidentalis).
Southern kiwi (roa) (Apteryx australis).
Stewart Island kiwi (Apteryx australis lawryi).
Knot (Tringa canutus).
Magpie (Australian)—
Black-backed magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen).
White-backed magpie (Gymnorhina leuconota).
Martin (Chelidon urbica).
Owl—
Laughing owl (whakara) (Sceloglaux albifacies).
Morepork (ruru, koukou) (Ninox novae-zealandiae).
Rufous-faced owl (North Island) (Sceloglaux albifacies ruffacies).
Oyster-catcher, or redbill—
Black oyster-catcher, or redbill (toreā) (Haematopus niger).
Pied oyster-catcher, or redbill (torea) (Haematopus ostralegus).
Parrakeet—
Antipodes Island parrakeet (Cyanorhamphus unicolor).
Auckland Island parrakeet (Cyanorhamphus novae-zealandiae aucklandicus).
Chatham Island parrakeet (Cyanorhamphus auriceps forbesi).
Kermadec Island parrakeet (Cyanorhamphus novae-zealandiae cyanurus).
Orange-fronted parrakeet (Cyanorhamphus malherbei).
Red-fronted parrakeet (kakariki) (Cyanorhamphus novae-zealandiae).
Yellow-fronted parrakeet (Cyanorhamphus auriceps).
Parson-bird (tui) (Prosthemadera novae-zealandiae).
Penguin—
Big crested penguin (Eudyptes chrysocomus sclateri).
Blue penguin (korora) (Eudyptula minor).
Campbell Island crested penguin (Eudyptes chrysocomus filholi).
Crested penguin (tawaki) (Eudyptes chrysocomus pachyrhynchus).
King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonica).
Rock-hopper penguin (Pygoscelis papua).
Royal penguin (Eudyptes schegeli).
Tufted penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome).
White-flippered penguin (Eudyptula albosignata).
Yellow-eyed penguin (hoiho or hoihoi) (Megadyptes antipodum)
Petrel—
Black petrel (toanui) (Procellaria parkinsoni).
Black-bellied storm petrel (Fregetta melanogaster).
Black-capped petrel (Pterodroma externa).
Black-winged petrel (Cookilaria nigripennis).
Blue petrel (Halobaena caerules).
Brown petrel (Priojinus cinereus).
Cape pigeon (Daption capensis).
Chatham Island petrel (Cookilaria axillaris).
Cook’s petrel (titi) (Cookilaria cooki).
Diving petrel (Pelecanoides urinatrix).
Grey-backed storm petrel (Garrodia nereis).
Grey-faced petrel (Pterodroma macroptera).
Giant petrel, or nelly (Macronectes gigantea).
Kermadec Island mutton-bird (Pterodroma neglecta).
Mutton-bird (Puffinus griseus) (only on Stewart Island, except Lords River Headland).
Rainbird (Pterodroma inexpectata).
Silver-grey petrel (Priocella antarctica).
Whale-bird (Prion vittatus).
Whale-bird (whirois) (Prion desolatus and Prion turtur).
White-chinned petrel (Procellaria aequinoctialis).
Petrel—continued.
White-faced storm petrel (Pelagodroma marina).
White-headed petrel (Pterodroma lessoni).
Wilson’s storm petrel (Oceanites oceanicus).
Pigeon (kereru) (Hemiphaga novae-zealandiae).
Chatham Island pigeon (Hemiphaga chathamensis).
Pipit (pīhoihoi, ground-lark) (Anthus novae-zealandiae)—
Antipodes Island pipit (Anthus novae-zealandiae steindachneri).
Auckland Island pipit (Anthus novae-zealandiae aucklandicus).
Chatham Island pipit (Anthus novae-zealandiae chathamensis).
Plover—
Australian spur-winged plover (Lobibyx novae-hollandiae).
Eastern golden plover (Charadrius dominicus).
Lapwing (Vanellus cristatus).
Sand plover (kukuruatu) (Thinornis novae-zealandiae).
Wrybill (Anarhynchus frontalis).
Rail—
Auckland Island rail (Rallus muelleri).
Dieffenbach’s rail (Chatham Island) (moeraki) (Nesolimnas dieffenbachii):
Mangare rail (Cabalus modestus).
Marsh-rail (koitareke) (Porzana affinis).
Pastoral rail (mohoopereru patata) (Hypotaenidia philippensis).
Swamp-rail (putoto) (Porzana plumbea).
Rifleman (tititipounamu) (Acanthisitta chloris).
Robin—
Chatham Island robin (Nesomiro traversi).
North Island wood-robin (toutouwai) (Miro longipes).
Snares robin (Nesomiro traversi dannefordi).
South Island alpine-robin (Miro australis bulleri).
South Island wood-robin (toutouwai) (Miro australis).
Saddleback (tieke) (Creadion carunculatus).
Sandpiper (Heteropygia maculata).
Shag—
Auckland Island shag (Phalacrocorax colensoi).
Blue shag (Stictocarbo stedi).
Bounty Island shag (Phalacrocorax ranfurlyi).
Bronze shag (Phalacrocorax chalconotus).
Campbell Island shag (Phalacrocorax campbelli).
Carunculated shag (Phalacrocorax carunculatus).
Chatham Island shag (Phalacrocorax featherstoni and Phalacrocorax onslowi).
Little Black shag (Phalacrocorax sulcirostris).
Spotted shag (Stictocarbo punctatus).
Stewart Island shag (Phalacrocorax stewarti and Phalacrocorax huttoni).
Shearwater (hakoakoa) (Puffinus reinholdi)—
Allied shearwater (Puffinus assimilis).
Long-tailed shearwater (Puffinus bulleri).
Pink-footed shearwater (Puffinus carneipes).
Wedged-tailed shearwater (Puffinus pacificus).
Snipe—
Antipodes Island snipe (Gallinago Aucklandica tristrami).
Auckland Island snipe (Gallinago aucklandica).
Chatham Island snipe (Gallinago aucklandica pusilla).
Common snipe (Gallinago coelestis).
Snares Island snipe (Gallinago aucklandica huegeli).
Southern merganser (Merganser australis).
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris).
Stilt-plover—
Black stilt-plover (Hypsibates novae-zealandiae).
Pied stilt-plover (Hypsibates leucocephalus).
Stitch-bird (hihi) (Notiomystis cincta).
Swan—
White swan (Cygnus olor).
Takahe (Notornis hochstetteri).
Tern—
Black-fronted tern (tara) (Sterna albistriata).
Caspian tern (tara nui) (Hydroprogne caspia).
Grey noddy (Procelsterna caerulea).
Little tern (Sterna nereis).
Sooty tern (Sterna fuscata).
Swallow-tailed tern (Sterna vittata).
White-capped noddy (Megalopterus minutus).
White-fronted tern (tara) (Sterna striata).
White tern (Gygis alba).
White-winged black tern (Hydrochelidon leucoptera).
Thrush—
North Island thrush (piopio) (Turnagra tanagra).
South Island thrush (piopio) (Turnagra crassirostris).
Tomtit (miromiro)—
Auckland Island tomtit (Myiomoira macrocephala marrineri).
Chatham Island tomtit (Myiomoira macrocephala dieffenbachii)
North Island tomtit (Myiomoira toitoi).
South Island tomtit (Myiomoira macrocephala).
Tropic bird (raukura) (Phaethon rubricauda).
Turnstone (Morinella interpres).
Warbler—
Chatham Island warbler (Pseudogerygone albifrontata).
Grey warbler (riroriro) (Pseudogerygone igata).
Superb warbler (or blue wren) (Malurus cyanochlamys).
Woodhen—
Black woodhen (weka) (Gallirallus brachypterus).
Brown woodhen (weka) (Gallirallus australis).
North Island woodhen (weka) (Gallirallus australis greyi).
South Island woodhen (weka) (Gallirallus hectori).
Stewart Island woodhen (weka) (Gallirallus australis scotti).
Wren—
Blue wren (or superb warbler) (Malurus cyanochlamys).
Green wren (Xenicus longipes).
Rock wren (Xenicus gilviventris).
Stephen Island wren (Traversia lyalli).
Dated at Wellington, this 16th day of April, 1948.
W. E. PARRY, Minister of Internal Affairs.
By Authority: E. V. PAUL, Government Printer, Wellington.
Price 9d.]
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Protected birds, Species list, Conservation, Wildlife
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