Sea & shore birds

Arctic skua

Scientific name: Stercorarius parasiticus
NZ Status: Native, migrant

Black petrel

Scientific name: Procellaria parkinsoni
NZ Status: Endemic, nationally vulnerable

Buller’s shearwater

Scientific name: Ardenna bulleri
NZ Status: Endemic, declining

Kōtuku ngutupapa

Common name: Royal spoonbill
Scientific name: Platalea regia
NZ Status: Native, naturally uncommon

Karoro

Common name: Southern black-backed gull
Scientific name: Larus dominicanus
NZ Status: Native, not threatened

Kāruhiruhi

Common name: Pied shag
Scientific name: Phalacrocorax varius
NZ Status: Native, recovering

Māpunga

Common name:Black shag
Scientific name: Phalacrocorax carbo
NZ Status: Native, naturally uncommon

Kawaupaka

Common name:Little shag
Scientific name: Phalacrocorax melanoleucos
NZ Status: Native, relict

Kororā

Common name: Little penguin
Scientific name: Eudyptula minor
NZ Status: Native, declining

Kuaka

Common name: Bar-tailed godwit
Scientific name: Limosa lapponica
NZ Status: Native, declining

Northern common diving petrel

Common name: Northern common diving petrel
Scientific name: Pelecanoides urinatrix
NZ Status: Native, relict

Matuku moana

Common name: Reef heron
Scientific name: Egretta sacra
NZ Status: Native, nationally endangered

Northern giant petrel

Scientific name: Macronectes halli
NZ Status: Native, recovering

Ōi

Common name: Grey-faced petrel
Scientific name: Pterodroma gouldi
NZ Status: Native, not threatened

Pakahā

Common name: Fluttering shearwater
Scientific name: Puffinus gavia
NZ Status: Endemic, relict

Poaka

Common name: Pied stilt
Scientific name: Himantopus himantopus
NZ Status: Native, not threatened

Takahikare-moana

Common name: White-faced storm petrel
Scientific name: Pelagodroma marina
NZ Status: Native, Relict

Tākapu

Common name: Australasian Gannet
Scientific name: Morus serrator
NZ Status: Native, Not Threatened

Tara

Common name: White-fronted tern
Scientific name: Sterna striata
NZ Status: Native, declining

Taranui

Common name: Caspian tern
Scientific name: Hydroprogne caspia
NZ Status: Native, nationally vulnerable

Tarāpunga

Common name: Red-billed gull
Scientific name: Larus novaehollandiae
NZ Status: Native, declining

Titi wainui

Common name: Fairy prion
Scientific name: Pachyptila turtur
NZ Status: Native, Relict

Toanui

Common name: Flesh-footed shearwater
Scientific name: Ardenna carneipes
NZ Status: Native, Relict

Tōrea

Common name: Variable oystercatcher
Scientific name: Haematopus unicolor
NZ Status: Endemic, recovering

Tūturiwhatu

Common name: New Zealand dotterel
Scientific name: Charadrius obscurus
NZ Status: Endemic, Threatened – Nationally Increasing

White-faced heron

Scientific name: Egretta novaehollandiae
NZ Status: Native, not threatened

Spur-winged plover

Scientific name: Vanellus miles
NZ Status: Native, Not Threatened