Stewart Island Bird List
Name Maori Latin - KIWI Aptergidae Stewart Island Kiwi Kiwi Apteryx Australia lawryi - PENGUINS Spheniscidae Yellow-eyed Penguin Hoihoi Megadyptes antipodes Southern Blue Penguin Korora Eudyptula minor Fiordland Crested Penguin Tawaki Eudyptes pachyrhynchus Snares Crested Penguin Eudyptes pachyrhynchus atratus -- ALBATROSSES Diomedeidae Wandering Albatross Toroa Diomedea exulans Northern Royal Albatross Toroa Diomedea sanfordi Southern Royal Albatross Toroa Diomedea epomophora New Zealand Black-browed Mollymauk Diomedea melanophris Buller’s Mollymauk Diomedea bulleri White-capped (Shy) Mollymauk Diomedea cauta Salvin’s Mollymauk Diomedea salvini Light-mantled Sooty Albatross Phoebetria palpebrata -- PETRELS, SHEARWATERS AND FULMARS Procellariidae Northern Giant Petrel Macronecteus halli Antarctic Fulmar Fulmarus gladialoides Snares Cape Pigeon Daption capense (australe) White-headed Petrel Pterodroma lessonii Mottled Petrel Pterodroma inexpectata Cook’s Petrel Pterodroma cook Broad-billed Prion Pacyptil vittata Fairy Prion Pachyptila turtur White-chinned Petrel Procellaria aequinocatialis Sooty Shearwater (Muttonbird) Puffinus griseus -- STORM PETRELS Hydrobatidae Grey-backed Storm Petrel Oceanites nereis White-faced Storm Petrel Pelagodroma marina Black-bellied Storm Petrel Fregetta tropica - DIVING PETRELS Pelecanoididae Southern Diving Petrel Pelecanoides urinatrix South Georgian Diving Petrel Pelecanoides georgicus - GANNETS Sulicae Australiasian Gannett Takapu Morus serrator - SHAGS or CORMORANTS Phalacrocoracidae Black Shag Kawau Phalacrocorax carbo Pied Shag Karahiruhi Phalacrocorax varius Little Shag Kawaupaka Phalacrocorax melanoleucus Stewart Island Shag Leucocarbo chalconotus Spotted Shag Parekereka Stictocarbo punctatus Blue Shag Stictocarbo punctatus steadi - HERONS, EGRETS and BITTERNS Ardeidae White-faced Heron Ardea novaehollandiae White Heron Kotuku Egretta alba Reef Heron Matuku moana Egretta sacra Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Australasian Bittern Botaurus poiciloptilus -- GEESE, SWANS and DUCKS Anatidae Black Swan Cygnus atratus Paradise Duck Tadorna variegate Mallard Duck Anas platyrhynchos Grey Duck Parera Anas superciliosa New Zealand Shoveler Kuruwhengi Anas rhynchotis - HARRIER – HAWK Acciptridae Australasian Harrier Kahu Circus approximans -- FALCONS Falconidae New Zealand Falcon Karearea Falco novaeseelandiae - RAILS and WEKA Rallidae Banded Rail Mohu pereru Rallus philppensis Stewart Island Weka Weka Gallirallus australis scotti - OYSTERCATCHERS Haematopodidae South Island Pied Oystercatcher Torea Haematopus ostralegus Variable Oystercatcher Torea Haematopus unicolor - PLOVERS and DOTTERELS Charadrildae Spur–winged Plover Vanellus miles Banded Dotterel Charadrius bicinctus Southern New Zealand Dotterel Charadrius obscurus - GODWITS Scolopacidae Eastern Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica Turnstone Arenaria interpres - SKUAS Stercoranidae Southern Skua Catharacta skua lonnbergi - GULLS, TERNS and NODDIES Laridae Southern Black Backed Gull Karoro Larus dominicanus Red-billed Gull Tarapunga Larus scopulinus Black-billed Gull Karoro Larus bulleri Black-fronted Tern Tarapiroe Sterna albostriata Caspian Tern Taranui Sterna caspia Antarctic Tern Tara Sterna vittata White-fronted Tern Tara Sterna striata - PIGEONS Columbidae New Zealand Pigeon Kereru or Kukupa Hemiphaga novaseelandiae - PARROTS and PARAKEETS Psittacidae Kakapo Kakapo Strigops habroptilus South Island Kaka Kaka Nestor meridionalis Red-crowned Parakeet Kakariki Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae Yellow-crowned Parakeet Kakariki Cyanoramphus auriceps - CUCKOOS Cuculidae Shining Cuckoo Pipiwharauroa Chrysococcyx lucidus Long-tailed Cuckoo Koekoea Eudynamys taitensis - OWLS Strigidae Morepork Ruru Ninox novaeseelandiae - KINGFISHERS Alcedinidae New Zealand Kingfisher Kotare Halcyon sancta - NEW ZEALAND WRENS Acanthisittidae South Island Rifleman Titipounamu Acanthisitta chloris - SWALLOWS Hirundinidae Welcome Swallow Hirundo tahitica neoxena - FLYCATCHER Muscicapidae New Zealand Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae Dunnock Prunella modularis South Island Fantail Piwakawaka Rhipidura fuliginosa Yellow-breasted Tit Miromiro Petroica macrocephala Stewart Island Robin Toutouwai Petroica australis rakiura - WARBLERS Sylvidae Codfish Island Fernbird Matata Bowdleria punctata wilsoni Stewart Island Fernbird Matata Bowdleria punctata stewartiana Brown Creeper Pipipipi Mohua novaeseelandiae Yellowhead Mohua Mohua ochrocephala Grey Warbler Riroriro Greygone igata - THRUSHES Turdidae Song Thrush Turdus philomelus Blackbird Turdus merula - HONEYEATERS Meliphagidae Bellbird Koremako Anthornis melanura Tui Tui Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae - FINCHES Fringillidae Chaffinch Fringilla coelabs Red Poll Caruelis flammea - SPARROWS Pioceidae House Sparrow Passer domesticus - STARLINGS Sturnidae Starling Sturnus vulgaris - SILVEREYE Zosteropidae Silvereye Tauhou Zosterops lateralis - NEW ZEALAND WATTLE BIRDS Callaeidae South Island Saddleback Tieke Philesturnus carunculatus
Thanks to Ron Tindal for his work in compiling this list.