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This checklist includes all bird species found in New Zealand , based on the best information available at this time. It is based on a wide variety of sources that I collated over many years. I am pleased to offer these checklists as a service to birdwatchers. If you find any error, please do not hesitate to .

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Country or region: New Zealand [map]

Number of species: 400
Number of endemics: 85
Number of breeding endemics: 15
Number of globally threatened species: 82
Number of extinct species: 16
Number of introduced species: 34
Date last reviewed: 2017-08-27
Last modified: 2024-11-27
See also: http://nzbirdsonline.org.nz/sites/all/files/checklist/Checklist-of-Birds.pdf
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APTERYGIFORMES: Apterygidae

Southern Brown KiwiApteryx australisEndemic Vulnerable
North Island Brown KiwiApteryx mantelliEndemic Vulnerable
Okarito KiwiApteryx rowiEndemic Vulnerable
Little Spotted KiwiApteryx oweniiEndemic Near-threatened
Great Spotted KiwiApteryx maximaEndemic Vulnerable

 
ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae

Plumed Whistling DuckDendrocygna eytoniRare/Accidental
Cape Barren GooseCereopsis novaehollandiaeRare/Accidental
Canada GooseBranta canadensisIntroduced species
Greylag GooseAnser anserIntroduced species
Black SwanCygnus atratusIntroduced species
Mute SwanCygnus olorIntroduced species
Blue DuckHymenolaimus malacorhynchosEndemic Endangered
Australian ShelduckTadorna tadornoidesRare/Accidental
Paradise ShelduckTadorna variegataEndemic
Pink-eared DuckMalacorhynchus membranaceusRare/Accidental
Maned DuckChenonetta jubataRare/Accidental
Australasian ShovelerSpatula rhynchotis
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataRare/Accidental
Pacific Black DuckAnas superciliosa
MallardAnas platyrhynchosIntroduced species
Northern PintailAnas acutaRare/Accidental
Grey TealAnas gracilis
Chestnut TealAnas castaneaRare/Accidental
Brown TealAnas chlorotisEndemic Near-threatened
Auckland TealAnas aucklandicaEndemic Near-threatened
Campbell TealAnas nesiotisEndemic Vulnerable
HardheadAythya australisRare/Accidental
New Zealand ScaupAythya novaeseelandiaeEndemic
New Zealand MerganserMergus australisEndemic Extinct

 
GALLIFORMES: Numididae

Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisIntroduced species

 
GALLIFORMES: Odontophoridae

California QuailCallipepla californicaIntroduced species
Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianusExtirpated Near-threatened

 
GALLIFORMES: Phasianidae

Grey PartridgePerdix perdixExtirpated
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusIntroduced species
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusIntroduced species
Brown QuailSynoicus ypsilophorusIntroduced species
New Zealand QuailCoturnix novaezelandiaeEndemic Extinct
Barbary PartridgeAlectoris barbaraExtirpated
Chukar PartridgeAlectoris chukarIntroduced species

 
APODIFORMES: Apodidae

White-throated NeedletailHirundapus caudacutusRare/Accidental
Pacific SwiftApus pacificusRare/Accidental

 
CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae

Pacific Long-tailed CuckooUrodynamis taitensisBreeding endemic
Channel-billed CuckooScythrops novaehollandiaeRare/Accidental
Shining Bronze CuckooChalcites lucidus
Little Bronze CuckooChalcites minutillusRare/Accidental
Pallid CuckooHeteroscenes pallidusRare/Accidental
Fan-tailed CuckooCacomantis flabelliformisRare/Accidental
Oriental CuckooCuculus optatusRare/Accidental

 
COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae

Rock DoveColumba liviaIntroduced species
African Collared DoveStreptopelia roseogriseaIntroduced species
Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensisIntroduced species
Rose-crowned Fruit DovePtilinopus reginaRare/Accidental
New Zealand PigeonHemiphaga novaeseelandiae
Chatham Islands PigeonHemiphaga chathamensisEndemic Vulnerable

 
GRUIFORMES: Rallidae

Corn CrakeCrex crexRare/Accidental
Auckland RailLewinia muelleriEndemic Vulnerable
WekaGallirallus australisEndemic Vulnerable
Chatham Islands RailCabalus modestusEndemic Extinct
Buff-banded RailHypotaenidia philippensis
Dieffenbach's RailHypotaenidia dieffenbachiiEndemic Extinct
Australian CrakePorzana flumineaRare/Accidental
Black-tailed NativehenTribonyx ventralisRare/Accidental
Dusky MoorhenGallinula tenebrosaRare/Accidental
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropusRare/Accidental
Eurasian CootFulica atra
Australasian SwamphenPorphyrio melanotus
North Island TakahePorphyrio mantelliEndemic Extinct
South Island TakahePorphyrio hochstetteriEndemic Endangered
Baillon's CrakeZapornia pusilla
Spotless CrakeZapornia tabuensis

 
PODICIPEDIFORMES: Podicipedidae

Australasian GrebeTachybaptus novaehollandiae
Hoary-headed GrebePoliocephalus poliocephalusRare/Accidental
New Zealand GrebePoliocephalus rufopectusEndemic
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Haematopodidae

South Island OystercatcherHaematopus finschiEndemic
Variable OystercatcherHaematopus unicolorEndemic
Chatham Islands OystercatcherHaematopus chathamensisEndemic Endangered

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Recurvirostridae

Pied StiltHimantopus leucocephalus
Black StiltHimantopus novaezelandiaeEndemic Critically endangered
Red-necked AvocetRecurvirostra novaehollandiaeRare/Accidental

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Charadriidae

Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVulnerable
Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
American Golden PloverPluvialis dominicaRare/Accidental
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusRare/Accidental
Black-fronted DotterelCharadrius melanops
Shore PloverCharadrius novaeseelandiaeEndemic Endangered
Masked LapwingVanellus miles
Red-kneed DotterelErythrogonys cinctusRare/Accidental
Oriental PloverAnarhynchus veredusRare/Accidental
Siberian Sand PloverAnarhynchus mongolusRare/Accidental Endangered
Greater Sand PloverAnarhynchus leschenaultii
Double-banded PloverAnarhynchus bicinctusNear-threatened
WrybillAnarhynchus frontalisEndemic Vulnerable
New Zealand PloverAnarhynchus obscurusEndemic
Red-capped PloverAnarhynchus ruficapillusRare/Accidental

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Rostratulidae

Australian Painted-snipeRostratula australisRare/Accidental Endangered

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Scolopacidae

Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaRare/Accidental
Bristle-thighed CurlewNumenius tahitiensisRare/Accidental Near-threatened
Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
Hudsonian WhimbrelNumenius hudsonicus
Little CurlewNumenius minutusRare/Accidental
Far Eastern CurlewNumenius madagascariensisEndangered
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaNear-threatened
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNear-threatened
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaVulnerable
Asian DowitcherLimnodromus semipalmatusRare/Accidental Near-threatened
North Island SnipeCoenocorypha barrierensisEndemic Extinct
South Island SnipeCoenocorypha iredaleiEndemic Extinct
Chatham Islands SnipeCoenocorypha pusillaEndemic Vulnerable
Snares SnipeCoenocorypha huegeliEndemic Near-threatened
Subantarctic SnipeCoenocorypha aucklandicaEndemic Near-threatened
Latham's SnipeGallinago hardwickiiRare/Accidental Near-threatened
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorRare/Accidental
Red PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusRare/Accidental
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusRare/Accidental
Terek SandpiperXenus cinereusRare/Accidental
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosRare/Accidental
Grey-tailed TattlerTringa brevipes
Wandering TattlerTringa incanaRare/Accidental
Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilisRare/Accidental
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesRare/Accidental Vulnerable
Common GreenshankTringa nebulariaRare/Accidental
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNear-threatened
Great KnotCalidris tenuirostrisRare/Accidental Endangered
Red KnotCalidris canutusNear-threatened
RuffCalidris pugnaxRare/Accidental
Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellusRare/Accidental Vulnerable
Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminataVulnerable
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusRare/Accidental Near-threatened
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaVulnerable
Long-toed StintCalidris subminutaRare/Accidental
Red-necked StintCalidris ruficollisNear-threatened
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisRare/Accidental Vulnerable
SanderlingCalidris alba
DunlinCalidris alpinaRare/Accidental Near-threatened
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiRare/Accidental
Little StintCalidris minutaRare/Accidental
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaRare/Accidental Near-threatened
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisRare/Accidental Vulnerable
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosRare/Accidental
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriRare/Accidental

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Glareolidae

Oriental PratincoleGlareola maldivarumRare/Accidental

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Laridae

White TernGygis alba
Brown NoddyAnous stolidus
Black NoddyAnous minutus
Grey NoddyAnous albivitta
Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatus
Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetusRare/Accidental
Spectacled TernOnychoprion lunatusRare/Accidental
Little TernSternula albifrons
Fairy TernSternula nereisVulnerable
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaRare/Accidental
Australian TernGelochelidon macrotarsaRare/Accidental
Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
Whiskered TernChlidonias hybridaRare/Accidental
Black-fronted TernChlidonias albostriatusEndemic Endangered
Black TernChlidonias nigerRare/Accidental
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaRare/Accidental
Antarctic TernSterna vittata
Common TernSterna hirundoRare/Accidental
Black-naped TernSterna sumatranaRare/Accidental
White-fronted TernSterna striataBreeding endemic Near-threatened
Greater Crested TernThalasseus bergiiRare/Accidental
Silver GullChroicocephalus novaehollandiae
Black-billed GullChroicocephalus bulleriEndemic Near-threatened
Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricillaRare/Accidental
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanRare/Accidental
Pacific GullLarus pacificusRare/Accidental
Kelp GullLarus dominicanus

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Stercorariidae

Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusRare/Accidental
Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinus
Brown SkuaStercorarius antarcticus
South Polar SkuaStercorarius maccormickiRare/Accidental

 
PHAETHONTIFORMES: Phaethontidae

Red-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon rubricauda
White-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon lepturusRare/Accidental

 
SPHENISCIFORMES: Spheniscidae

King PenguinAptenodytes patagonicusRare/Accidental
Emperor PenguinAptenodytes forsteriRare/Accidental Near-threatened
Adelie PenguinPygoscelis adeliaeRare/Accidental
Chinstrap PenguinPygoscelis antarcticusRare/Accidental
Gentoo PenguinPygoscelis papuaRare/Accidental
Little PenguinEudyptula minor
Magellanic PenguinSpheniscus magellanicusRare/Accidental
Yellow-eyed PenguinMegadyptes antipodesEndemic Endangered
Macaroni PenguinEudyptes chrysolophusRare/Accidental Vulnerable
Royal PenguinEudyptes schlegeliRare/Accidental
Northern Rockhopper PenguinEudyptes moseleyiRare/Accidental Endangered
Southern Rockhopper PenguinEudyptes chrysocomeVulnerable
Fiordland PenguinEudyptes pachyrhynchusBreeding endemic Near-threatened
Snares PenguinEudyptes robustusBreeding endemic Vulnerable
Erect-crested PenguinEudyptes sclateriEndangered

 
PROCELLARIIFORMES: Oceanitidae

Wilson's Storm PetrelOceanites oceanicus
Grey-backed Storm PetrelGarrodia nereis
White-faced Storm PetrelPelagodroma marina
White-bellied Storm PetrelFregetta grallaria
Black-bellied Storm PetrelFregetta tropica
New Zealand Storm PetrelFregetta maorianaEndemic Critically endangered (possibly extinct)

 
PROCELLARIIFORMES: Diomedeidae

Northern Royal AlbatrossDiomedea sanfordiEndangered
Southern Royal AlbatrossDiomedea epomophoraVulnerable
Snowy AlbatrossDiomedea exulansVulnerable
Antipodean AlbatrossDiomedea antipodensisEndangered
Laysan AlbatrossPhoebastria immutabilisRare/Accidental Near-threatened
Black-footed AlbatrossPhoebastria nigripesRare/Accidental Near-threatened
Sooty AlbatrossPhoebetria fuscaRare/Accidental Endangered
Light-mantled AlbatrossPhoebetria palpebrataNear-threatened
Atlantic Yellow-nosed AlbatrossThalassarche chlororhynchosRare/Accidental Endangered
Indian Yellow-nosed AlbatrossThalassarche carteriEndangered
Grey-headed AlbatrossThalassarche chrysostomaEndangered
Buller's AlbatrossThalassarche bulleriNear-threatened
Shy AlbatrossThalassarche cauta
Salvin's AlbatrossThalassarche salviniVulnerable
Chatham AlbatrossThalassarche eremitaBreeding endemic Vulnerable
Black-browed AlbatrossThalassarche melanophris
Campbell AlbatrossThalassarche impavidaBreeding endemic Vulnerable

 
PROCELLARIIFORMES: Hydrobatidae

Swinhoe's Storm PetrelHydrobates monorhisRare/Accidental Near-threatened
Leach's Storm PetrelHydrobates leucorhousRare/Accidental Vulnerable

 
PROCELLARIIFORMES: Procellariidae

Southern Giant PetrelMacronectes giganteus
Northern Giant PetrelMacronectes halli
Northern FulmarFulmarus glacialisRare/Accidental
Southern FulmarFulmarus glacialoides
Antarctic PetrelThalassoica antarcticaRare/Accidental
Pintado PetrelDaption capense
Snow PetrelPagodroma niveaRare/Accidental
Blue PetrelHalobaena caerulea
Broad-billed PrionPachyptila vittata
Salvin's PrionPachyptila salvini
Antarctic PrionPachyptila desolata
Slender-billed PrionPachyptila belcheri
Fairy PrionPachyptila turtur
Fulmar PrionPachyptila crassirostris
Kerguelen PetrelAphrodroma brevirostris
White-headed PetrelPterodroma lessonii
Grey-faced PetrelPterodroma gouldiBreeding endemic
Providence PetrelPterodroma solandriRare/Accidental
Magenta PetrelPterodroma magentaeBreeding endemic Critically endangered
Soft-plumaged PetrelPterodroma mollis
Juan Fernandez PetrelPterodroma externaRare/Accidental Vulnerable
Kermadec PetrelPterodroma neglecta
Herald PetrelPterodroma heraldicaRare/Accidental
Phoenix PetrelPterodroma albaRare/Accidental Vulnerable
Mottled PetrelPterodroma inexpectataNear-threatened
White-necked PetrelPterodroma cervicalis
Black-winged PetrelPterodroma nigripennis
Chatham Islands PetrelPterodroma axillarisBreeding endemic Vulnerable
Gould's PetrelPterodroma leucopteraRare/Accidental Vulnerable
Collared PetrelPterodroma brevipesRare/Accidental Vulnerable
Cook's PetrelPterodroma cookiiBreeding endemic Vulnerable
Stejneger's PetrelPterodroma longirostrisRare/Accidental Vulnerable
Pycroft's PetrelPterodroma pycroftiBreeding endemic Vulnerable
Tahiti PetrelPseudobulweria rostrataRare/Accidental Near-threatened
Grey PetrelProcellaria cinereaNear-threatened
White-chinned PetrelProcellaria aequinoctialisVulnerable
Black PetrelProcellaria parkinsoniBreeding endemic Vulnerable
Westland PetrelProcellaria westlandicaBreeding endemic Endangered
Streaked ShearwaterCalonectris leucomelasRare/Accidental Near-threatened
Cory's ShearwaterCalonectris borealisRare/Accidental
Wedge-tailed ShearwaterArdenna pacifica
Buller's ShearwaterArdenna bulleriBreeding endemic Vulnerable
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaNear-threatened
Short-tailed ShearwaterArdenna tenuirostris
Pink-footed ShearwaterArdenna creatopusRare/Accidental Vulnerable
Flesh-footed ShearwaterArdenna carneipesNear-threatened
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravisRare/Accidental
Christmas ShearwaterPuffinus nativitatisRare/Accidental
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusRare/Accidental
Newell's ShearwaterPuffinus newelliRare/Accidental Critically endangered
Fluttering ShearwaterPuffinus gavia
Hutton's ShearwaterPuffinus huttoniBreeding endemic Endangered
Little ShearwaterPuffinus assimilis
Subantarctic ShearwaterPuffinus elegans
South Georgia Diving PetrelPelecanoides georgicus
Common Diving PetrelPelecanoides urinatrix
Bulwer's PetrelBulweria bulweriiRare/Accidental

 
SULIFORMES: Fregatidae

Lesser FrigatebirdFregata arielRare/Accidental
Great FrigatebirdFregata minorRare/Accidental

 
SULIFORMES: Sulidae

Cape GannetMorus capensisRare/Accidental Endangered
Australasian GannetMorus serrator
Red-footed BoobySula sulaRare/Accidental
Brown BoobySula leucogaster
Masked BoobySula dactylatra

 
SULIFORMES: Anhingidae

Australasian DarterAnhinga novaehollandiaeRare/Accidental
African DarterAnhinga rufaRare/Accidental

 
SULIFORMES: Phalacrocoracidae

Little Pied CormorantMicrocarbo melanoleucos
Pitt ShagPhalacrocorax featherstoniEndemic Endangered
Spotted ShagPhalacrocorax punctatusEndemic
Australian Pied CormorantPhalacrocorax varius
Little Black CormorantPhalacrocorax sulcirostris
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Bounty ShagLeucocarbo ranfurlyiEndemic Vulnerable
New Zealand King ShagLeucocarbo carunculatusEndemic Vulnerable
Chatham Islands ShagLeucocarbo onslowiEndemic Critically endangered
Otago ShagLeucocarbo chalconotusEndemic
Foveaux ShagLeucocarbo stewartiEndemic
Auckland ShagLeucocarbo colensoiEndemic Vulnerable
Campbell ShagLeucocarbo campbelliEndemic Vulnerable
Macquarie ShagLeucocarbo purpurascensRare/Accidental

 
PELECANIFORMES: Threskiornithidae

Australian White IbisThreskiornis moluccaRare/Accidental
Straw-necked IbisThreskiornis spinicollisRare/Accidental
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusRare/Accidental
Royal SpoonbillPlatalea regia
Yellow-billed SpoonbillPlatalea flavipesRare/Accidental

 
PELECANIFORMES: Ardeidae

Australasian BitternBotaurus poiciloptilusVulnerable
Black-backed BitternBotaurus dubiusRare/Accidental
New Zealand BitternBotaurus novaezelandiaeEndemic Extinct
Nankeen Night HeronNycticorax caledonicusRare/Accidental
Pacific Reef HeronEgretta sacra
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
White-faced HeronEgretta novaehollandiae
White-necked HeronArdea pacificaRare/Accidental
Great EgretArdea alba
Plumed EgretArdea plumiferaRare/Accidental
Eastern Cattle EgretArdea coromanda
Grey HeronArdea cinereaRare/Accidental

 
PELECANIFORMES: Pelecanidae

Australian PelicanPelecanus conspicillatusRare/Accidental

 
ACCIPITRIFORMES: Accipitridae

Wedge-tailed EagleAquila audaxRare/Accidental
Swamp HarrierCircus approximans
Black KiteMilvus migransRare/Accidental
White-bellied Sea EagleIcthyophaga leucogasterRare/Accidental

 
STRIGIFORMES: Tytonidae

Eastern Barn OwlTyto javanicaRare/Accidental

 
STRIGIFORMES: Strigidae

Laughing OwlNinox albifaciesEndemic Extinct
MoreporkNinox novaeseelandiae
Little OwlAthene noctuaIntroduced species

 
CORACIIFORMES: Coraciidae

Oriental DollarbirdEurystomus orientalisRare/Accidental

 
CORACIIFORMES: Alcedinidae

Laughing KookaburraDacelo novaeguineaeIntroduced species
Sacred KingfisherTodiramphus sanctus

 
FALCONIFORMES: Falconidae

Nankeen KestrelFalco cenchroidesRare/Accidental
New Zealand FalconFalco novaeseelandiaeEndemic

 
PSITTACIFORMES: Strigopidae

KakapoStrigops habroptilusEndemic Critically endangered
KeaNestor notabilisEndemic Endangered
New Zealand KakaNestor meridionalisEndemic Vulnerable

 
PSITTACIFORMES: Cacatuidae

GalahEolophus roseicapillaIntroduced species
Sulphur-crested CockatooCacatua galeritaIntroduced species

 
PSITTACIFORMES: Psittaculidae

Crimson RosellaPlatycercus elegansExtirpated
Eastern RosellaPlatycercus eximiusIntroduced species
Chatham Islands ParakeetCyanoramphus forbesiEndemic Vulnerable
Antipodes ParakeetCyanoramphus unicolorEndemic Vulnerable
Malherbe's ParakeetCyanoramphus malherbiEndemic Critically endangered
Reischek's ParakeetCyanoramphus hochstetteriEndemic
Yellow-crowned ParakeetCyanoramphus auricepsEndemic Near-threatened
Red-crowned ParakeetCyanoramphus novaezelandiae

 
PASSERIFORMES: Acanthisittidae

RiflemanAcanthisitta chlorisEndemic
BushwrenXenicus longipesEndemic Extinct
New Zealand RockwrenXenicus gilviventrisEndemic Endangered
Lyall's WrenTraversia lyalliEndemic Extinct

 
PASSERIFORMES: Grallariidae

Thrush-like AntpittaMyrmothera campanisonaRare/Accidental

 
PASSERIFORMES: Meliphagidae

TuiProsthemadera novaeseelandiaeEndemic
New Zealand BellbirdAnthornis melanuraEndemic
Chatham Islands BellbirdAnthornis melanocephalaEndemic Extinct
Red WattlebirdAnthochaera carunculataRare/Accidental

 
PASSERIFORMES: Acanthizidae

Grey GerygoneGerygone igataEndemic
Chatham Islands GerygoneGerygone albofrontataEndemic

 
PASSERIFORMES: Callaeidae

North Island KokakoCallaeas wilsoniEndemic
South Island KokakoCallaeas cinereusEndemic Critically endangered (possibly extinct)
North Island SaddlebackPhilesturnus rufusaterEndemic Near-threatened
South Island SaddlebackPhilesturnus carunculatusEndemic
HuiaHeteralocha acutirostrisEndemic Extinct

 
PASSERIFORMES: Notiomystidae

StitchbirdNotiomystis cinctaEndemic Vulnerable

 
PASSERIFORMES: Artamidae

Masked WoodswallowArtamus personatusRare/Accidental
White-browed WoodswallowArtamus superciliosusRare/Accidental
Dusky WoodswallowArtamus cyanopterusRare/Accidental
Australian MagpieGymnorhina tibicenIntroduced species

 
PASSERIFORMES: Campephagidae

Black-faced CuckooshrikeCoracina novaehollandiaeRare/Accidental
White-winged TrillerLalage tricolorRare/Accidental

 
PASSERIFORMES: Mohouidae

YellowheadMohoua ochrocephalaEndemic Near-threatened
WhiteheadMohoua albicillaEndemic
PipipiMohoua novaeseelandiaeEndemic

 
PASSERIFORMES: Oriolidae

North Island PiopioTurnagra tanagraEndemic Extinct
South Island PiopioTurnagra capensisEndemic Extinct

 
PASSERIFORMES: Rhipiduridae

Willie WagtailRhipidura leucophrysRare/Accidental
New Zealand FantailRhipidura fuliginosaEndemic

 
PASSERIFORMES: Monarchidae

Black-faced MonarchMonarcha melanopsisRare/Accidental
Magpie-larkGrallina cyanoleucaRare/Accidental
Satin FlycatcherMyiagra cyanoleucaRare/Accidental

 
PASSERIFORMES: Corvidae

RookCorvus frugilegusIntroduced species

 
PASSERIFORMES: Petroicidae

TomtitPetroica macrocephalaEndemic
Black RobinPetroica traversiEndemic Vulnerable
North Island RobinPetroica longipesEndemic
South Island RobinPetroica australisEndemic

 
PASSERIFORMES: Alaudidae

Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisIntroduced species

 
PASSERIFORMES: Hirundinidae

Welcome SwallowHirundo neoxena
Fairy MartinPetrochelidon arielRare/Accidental
Tree MartinPetrochelidon nigricansRare/Accidental

 
PASSERIFORMES: Acrocephalidae

Australian Reed WarblerAcrocephalus australisRare/Accidental

 
PASSERIFORMES: Locustellidae

Chatham Islands FernbirdPoodytes rufescensEndemic Extinct
New Zealand FernbirdPoodytes punctatusEndemic

 
PASSERIFORMES: Zosteropidae

SilvereyeZosterops lateralis

 
PASSERIFORMES: Sturnidae

Common MynaAcridotheres tristisIntroduced species
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisIntroduced species

 
PASSERIFORMES: Turdidae

Song ThrushTurdus philomelosIntroduced species
Common BlackbirdTurdus merulaIntroduced species

 
PASSERIFORMES: Passeridae

House SparrowPasser domesticusIntroduced species

 
PASSERIFORMES: Prunellidae

DunnockPrunella modularisIntroduced species

 
PASSERIFORMES: Motacillidae

New Zealand PipitAnthus novaeseelandiaeEndemic

 
PASSERIFORMES: Fringillidae

Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebsIntroduced species
European GreenfinchChloris chlorisIntroduced species
RedpollAcanthis flammeaIntroduced species
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisIntroduced species

 
PASSERIFORMES: Emberizidae

YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaIntroduced species
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusIntroduced species

 

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