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Tararua District (Manawatu-Wanganui)
This checklist includes all bird species found in Tararua District (Manawatu-Wanganui) , 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: Tararua District (Manawatu-Wanganui) [map]
Other names: Tararua District
Description: Main portion (98%) of the district within Manawatu-Wanganui Regional Council
Number of globally threatened species: 21
Number of extinct species: 8
Number of introduced species: 31
Date last reviewed: 2013-05-20
Last modified: 2023-04-10
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| North Island Brown Kiwi | Apteryx mantelli | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Plumed Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna eytoni | Rare/Accidental |
| Graylag Goose | Anser anser | Introduced species |
| Canada Goose | Branta canadensis | Introduced species |
| Cape Barren Goose | Cereopsis novaehollandiae | Rare/Accidental |
| Mute Swan | Cygnus olor | Introduced species |
| Black Swan | Cygnus atratus | Introduced species |
| Australian Shelduck | Tadorna tadornoides | Rare/Accidental |
| Paradise Shelduck | Tadorna variegata | Endemic (country/region) |
| Blue Duck | Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos | Endemic (country/region) |
| Australasian Shoveler | Spatula rhynchotis | |
| Pacific Black Duck | Anas superciliosa | |
| Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | Introduced species |
| Gray Teal | Anas gracilis | |
| Brown Teal | Anas chlorotis | Endemic (country/region) |
| Hardhead | Aythya australis | Rare/Accidental |
| New Zealand Scaup | Aythya novaeseelandiae | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris | Introduced species |
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| California Quail | Callipepla californica | Introduced species |
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| Ring-necked Pheasant | Phasianus colchicus | Introduced species |
| Indian Peafowl | Pavo cristatus | Introduced species |
| Red Junglefowl | Gallus gallus | Introduced species |
| Brown Quail | Synoicus ypsilophorus | Introduced species |
| New Zealand Quail | Coturnix novaezelandiae | Endemic (country/region) |
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| New Zealand Grebe | Poliocephalus rufopectus | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | Introduced species |
| African Collared-Dove | Streptopelia roseogrisea | Introduced species |
| New Zealand Pigeon | Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae | |
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| Long-tailed Koel | Urodynamis taitensis | Endemic (country/region) |
| Shining Bronze-Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx lucidus | |
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| Eurasian Coot | Fulica atra | |
| South Island Takahe | Porphyrio hochstetteri | Introduced species |
| North Island Takahe | Porphyrio mantelli | Endemic (country/region) |
| Australasian Swamphen | Porphyrio melanotus | |
| Baillon's Crake | Zapornia pusilla | |
| Spotless Crake | Zapornia tabuensis | |
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| Pied Stilt | Himantopus leucocephalus | |
| Black Stilt | Himantopus novaezelandiae | Endemic (country/region) |
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| South Island Oystercatcher | Haematopus finschi | Endemic (country/region) |
| Variable Oystercatcher | Haematopus unicolor | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Masked Lapwing | Vanellus miles | |
| Red-breasted Dotterel | Charadrius obscurus | Endemic (country/region) |
| Double-banded Plover | Charadrius bicinctus | |
| Black-fronted Dotterel | Elseyornis melanops | |
| Wrybill | Anarhynchus frontalis | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Far Eastern Curlew | Numenius madagascariensis | |
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | |
| Red Knot | Calidris canutus | |
| Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Calidris acuminata | |
| Red-necked Stint | Calidris ruficollis | |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
| North Island Snipe | Coenocorypha barrierensis | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Brown Skua | Stercorarius antarcticus | |
| Parasitic Jaeger | Stercorarius parasiticus | |
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| Black-billed Gull | Chroicocephalus bulleri | Endemic (country/region) |
| Silver Gull | Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae | |
| Kelp Gull | Larus dominicanus | |
| Little Tern | Sternula albifrons | |
| Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia | |
| White-fronted Tern | Sterna striata | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Little Penguin | Eudyptula minor | |
| Fiordland Penguin | Eudyptes pachyrhynchus | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Gray-headed Albatross | Thalassarche chrysostoma | |
| Buller's Albatross | Thalassarche bulleri | |
| White-capped Albatross | Thalassarche cauta | |
| Salvin's Albatross | Thalassarche salvini | |
| Chatham Albatross | Thalassarche eremita | Endemic (country/region) |
| Black-browed Albatross | Thalassarche melanophris | |
| Light-mantled Albatross | Phoebetria palpebrata | |
| Royal Albatross | Diomedea epomophora | |
| Wandering Albatross | Diomedea exulans | |
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| Wilson's Storm-Petrel | Oceanites oceanicus | |
| Gray-backed Storm-Petrel | Garrodia nereis | |
| White-faced Storm-Petrel | Pelagodroma marina | |
| Black-bellied Storm-Petrel | Fregetta tropica | |
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| Southern Giant-Petrel | Macronectes giganteus | |
| Northern Giant-Petrel | Macronectes halli | |
| Southern Fulmar | Fulmarus glacialoides | |
| Cape Petrel | Daption capense | |
| Kerguelen Petrel | Aphrodroma brevirostris | |
| Gray-faced Petrel | Pterodroma gouldi | |
| Magenta Petrel | Pterodroma magentae | |
| Soft-plumaged Petrel | Pterodroma mollis | |
| White-headed Petrel | Pterodroma lessonii | |
| Mottled Petrel | Pterodroma inexpectata | Rare/Accidental |
| Black-winged Petrel | Pterodroma nigripennis | |
| Chatham Petrel | Pterodroma axillaris | Endemic (country/region) |
| Cook's Petrel | Pterodroma cookii | Endemic (country/region) |
| Pycroft's Petrel | Pterodroma pycrofti | Endemic (country/region) |
| Blue Petrel | Halobaena caerulea | |
| Fairy Prion | Pachyptila turtur | |
| Broad-billed Prion | Pachyptila vittata | |
| Salvin's Prion | Pachyptila salvini | |
| Antarctic Prion | Pachyptila desolata | |
| Slender-billed Prion | Pachyptila belcheri | |
| Fulmar Prion | Pachyptila crassirostris | |
| Gray Petrel | Procellaria cinerea | |
| White-chinned Petrel | Procellaria aequinoctialis | |
| Parkinson's Petrel | Procellaria parkinsoni | Endemic (country/region) |
| Westland Petrel | Procellaria westlandica | Endemic (country/region) |
| Flesh-footed Shearwater | Ardenna carneipes | |
| Buller's Shearwater | Ardenna bulleri | Endemic (country/region) |
| Sooty Shearwater | Ardenna grisea | |
| Short-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna tenuirostris | |
| Hutton's Shearwater | Puffinus huttoni | Endemic (country/region) |
| Fluttering Shearwater | Puffinus gavia | |
| Subantarctic Shearwater | Puffinus elegans | |
| Common Diving-Petrel | Pelecanoides urinatrix | |
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| Australasian Gannet | Morus serrator | |
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| Australasian Darter | Anhinga novaehollandiae | |
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| Little Pied Cormorant | Microcarbo melanoleucos | |
| Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | |
| Spotted Shag | Phalacrocorax punctatus | Endemic (country/region) |
| Little Black Cormorant | Phalacrocorax sulcirostris | |
| Pied Cormorant | Phalacrocorax varius | |
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| New Zealand Bittern | Ixobrychus novaezelandiae | |
| Pacific Heron | Ardea pacifica | |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
| White-faced Heron | Egretta novaehollandiae | |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
| Pacific Reef-Heron | Egretta sacra | |
| Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | |
| Nankeen Night-Heron | Nycticorax caledonicus | |
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| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | Rare/Accidental |
| Royal Spoonbill | Platalea regia | |
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| Swamp Harrier | Circus approximans | |
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| Morepork | Ninox novaeseelandiae | |
| Laughing Owl | Ninox albifacies | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Sacred Kingfisher | Todiramphus sanctus | |
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| New Zealand Falcon | Falco novaeseelandiae | Endemic (country/region) |
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| New Zealand Kaka | Nestor meridionalis | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Yellow-crowned Parakeet | Cyanoramphus auriceps | Endemic (country/region) |
| Eastern Rosella | Platycercus eximius | Introduced species |
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| Rifleman | Acanthisitta chloris | Endemic (country/region) |
| Bush Wren | Xenicus longipes | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Tui | Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae | Endemic (country/region) |
| New Zealand Bellbird | Anthornis melanura | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Gray Gerygone | Gerygone igata | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Whitehead | Mohoua albicilla | Endemic (country/region) |
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| North Island Piopio | Turnagra tanagra | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Australian Magpie | Gymnorhina tibicen | Introduced species |
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| New Zealand Fantail | Rhipidura fuliginosa | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Rook | Corvus frugilegus | Introduced species |
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| North Island Kokako | Callaeas wilsoni | Endemic (country/region) |
| North Island Saddleback | Philesturnus rufusater | Endemic (country/region) |
| Huia | Heteralocha acutirostris | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Stitchbird | Notiomystis cincta | Endemic (country/region) |
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| North Island Robin | Petroica longipes | Endemic (country/region) |
| Tomtit | Petroica macrocephala | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Eurasian Skylark | Alauda arvensis | Introduced species |
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| Welcome Swallow | Hirundo neoxena | |
| Tree Martin | Petrochelidon nigricans | |
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| Silvereye | Zosterops lateralis | |
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| European Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | Introduced species |
| Common Myna | Acridotheres tristis | Introduced species |
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| Song Thrush | Turdus philomelos | Introduced species |
| Eurasian Blackbird | Turdus merula | Introduced species |
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| Dunnock | Prunella modularis | Introduced species |
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| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Introduced species |
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| New Zealand Pipit | Anthus novaeseelandiae | |
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| Common Chaffinch | Fringilla coelebs | Introduced species |
| European Greenfinch | Chloris chloris | Introduced species |
| Common Redpoll | Acanthis flammea | Introduced species |
| Lesser Redpoll | Acanthis cabaret | Introduced species |
| European Goldfinch | Carduelis carduelis | Introduced species |
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| Cirl Bunting | Emberiza cirlus | Introduced species |
| Yellowhammer | Emberiza citrinella | Introduced species |
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