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WINGS Birding Tours – Bird List

The Sub-Antarctic Islands of New Zealand and Australia

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with Steve Howell as leader

A B C D
2 Black Swan 1 100 D Cygnus atratus
2 Gray (Pacific Black) Duck 1 2 Anas supersiliosa
1 Mallard X Gray Duck 2 4 (i) Anas platyrhynchos x superciliosa
1 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
2 Auckland Teal 2 7 Anas [aucklandica] aucklandica
1 Campbell Teal 1 1 N Anas [aucklandica] nesiotis
2 King Penguin 2 '000s N Aptendodytes patagonicus
2 Gentoo Penguin 3 300 N Pygoscelis papua
2 Eastern Rockhopper Penguin 5 25 Eudyptes [chrysocome] filholi
2 Snares Crested Penguin 1 '00s N Eudyptes robusta
2 Erect-crested Penguin 2 '000s N Eudyptes sclateri
2 Royal Penguin 3 '000s N Eudyptes schlegeli
2 Yellow-eyed Penguin 2 40 N Megadyptes antipodes
2 Little Penguin 2 10 Eudyptula minor
2 Snowy [Wandering] Albatross 3 1 Diomedea [exulans] exulans
2 Antipodean [Wandering] Albatross 7 100+ Diomedea [exulans] antipodensis
2 Gibson's [Wandering] Albatross 9 150+ N Diomedea [exulans] gibsoni
1 Unid. Wandering Albatross 3 1 Diomedea exulans
2 Southern Royal Albatross 15 120+ N D. [epomophora] epomophora
2 Northern Royal Albatross 7 100s N Diomedea [epomophora] sanfordi
2 Black-browed Albatross 4 6 Thalassarche melanophris
2 Campbell [Black-browed] Albatross 6 10 T. [melanophris] impavida
1 Unid. Black-browed Albatross 7 40+ Thalassarche melanophris
2 Gray-headed Albatross 3 9 Thalassarche chrysostoma
2 White-capped [Shy] Albatross 10 1000+ N Thalassarche [cauta] cauta
2 Salvin's [Shy] Albatross 11 '0000s N Thalassarche [cauta] salvini
2 Chatham I. [Shy] Albatross 3 '000s N Thalassarche [cauta] eremita
2 Southern Buller's Albatross 2 16 Thalassarche [bulleri] bulleri
2 Northern Buller's Albatross 6 '000s N T. [bulleri] platei
1 Unid. Buller's Albatross 3 3 Thalassarche bulleri
1 Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross 1 1 T. [chlororhynchos] bassi
2 Light-mantled Sooty Albatross 9 20 N Phoebetria palpebrata
2 Southern Giant-Petrel 5 50+ Macronectes giganteus
2 Northern Giant-Petrel 16 50+ N Macronectes halli
1 Giant-Petrel sp. 10 20+ Macronectes sp.
1 Antarctic (Southern) Fulmar Fulmarus glacialoides
2 Northern Pintado (cape) Petrel 8 '000s Daption capense capense
2 Southern Pintado (cape) Petrel 4 '0s Daption capense australe
2 Unid. Pintado Petrel 13 150+ Daption capense
2 Kerguelen Petrel 1 3 Lugensa brevirostris
1 Chatham Petrel Pterodroma axillaris
1 Black-winged/chatham Petrel Pterodroma nigripennis/axillaris
2 Cook's Petrel 4 10 Pterodroma cooki
2 Pycroft's Petrel 3 3 Pterodroma pycrofti
1 Stejneger's Petrel Pterodroma longirostris
2 Gould's Petrel 2 1 Pterodroma gouldi
2 Unid. Cookilaria 5 26 Pterodroma sp.
2 Mottled Petrel 11 80 Pterodroma inexpectata
2 Soft-plumaged Petrel 5 35 Pterodroma mollis
2 Great-winged Petrel 6 30 Pterodroma macroptera gouldi
1 Magenta Petrel Pterodroma magentae
2 White-headed Petrel 8 150 Pterodroma lessonii
2 White-chinned Petrel 14 70 Procellaria aequinoctialis
2 Buller's Shearwater 7 500 Puffinus bulleri
1 Flesh-footed Shearwater 3 3 Puffinus carneipes
2 Sooty Shearwater 15 7000 Puffinus griseus
2 Short-tailed Shearwater 2 1 Puffinus tenuirostris
1 Fluttering Shearwater 1 4 Puffinus gavia
1 Hutton's Shearwater 2 7 Puffinus huttoni
2 Fluttering/hutton's Shearwater 1 1 Puffinus gavia/huttoni
2 Subantarctic Little Shearwater 7 60 Puffinus [assimilis] elegans
2 Broad-billed Prion 6 5 Pachyptila vittata
2 Antarctic Prion 5 250 Pachyptila desolata
2 Fairy Prion 6 50+ Pachyptila turtur
2 Fulmar Prion 4 50+ Pachyptila crassirostris
2 Fairy/fulmar Prion 9 600 Pachyptila turtur/crassirostris
2 Prion sp. 12 100+ Pachyptila sp.
2 Wilson's Storm-Petrel 4 4 Oceanites oceanicus
2 Gray-backed Storm-petrel 12 60 Garrodia nereis
2 Black-bellied Storm-petrel 9 150 Fregatta tropica
2 White-faced Storm-Petrel 6 500 Pelagodroma marina
2 Common Diving-Petrel 10 '000s Pelecanoides urinatrix
1 Australasian Gannet 3 4 Morus serrator
2 Little Pied Cormorant 1 10 D Phalacrocorax melanoleucos
1 Pied Cormorant 1 2 D Phalacrocorax varius
2 Stewart Island Shag 2 '00s N D Phalacrocorax chalconotus
2 Chatham Island Shag 1 80 N Phalacrocorax onslowi
2 Campbell Island Shag 1 40 N Phalacrocorax campbelli
2 Auckland Island Shag 2 100 N Phalacrocorax colensoi
2 Bounty Island Shag 1 234 N Phalacrocorax ranfurlyi
2 Macquarie Island Shag 2 50 N P. [atriceps] purpurascens
2 Pitt Island Shag 3 80 N Phalacrocorax featherstoni
2 Spotted Shag 2 100 D Phalacrocorax punctatus
2 White-faced Heron 2 8 Ardea novehollandiae
2 Royal Spoonbill 1 2 D Platalea regia
2 Australasian (Swamp) Harrier 2 7 Circus approximans
1 New Zealand Falcon 1 2 Falco novaeseelandiae
2 Weka 1 1 (i) Gallirallus australis
1 Spur-winged Plover Vanellus miles
2 Double-banded Plover 1 100 N Charadrius bicinctus exilis
2 Shore Plover 2 10 N Thinornis novaeseelandiae
2 South Island Pied Oystercatcher 2 100 D Haematopus finschi
2 Chatham Island Oystercatcher 2 2 Haematopus chathamensis
1 Pied Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus
2 New Zealand (Subantarctic) Snipe 1 6 Coenocorypha aucklandica
2 Bar-tailed Godwit 2 20 Limosa lapponica
1 Gray-tailed Tattler 1 1 Heteroscelus brevipes
2 Ruddy Turnstone 1 45 Arenaria interpres
2 Subantarctic Brown Skua 8 45 N Catharacta lonnbergi lonnbergi
2 Chatham Brown Skua 3 15 C. lonnbergi unnamed taxon
2 Parasitic Jaeger 1 2 Stercorarius parasiticus
1 Long-tailed/Parasitic Jaeger 1 1 S. parasiticus/longicaudus
2 Red-billed Gull 8 100 N Larus scopulinus
2 Kelp Gull 12 100 Larus dominicanus
1 Black-fronted Tern Chlidonias albostriatus
2 White-fronted Tern 5 100 N Sterna striata
2 Antarctic Tern 7 25 N Sterna vittata
2 Chatham Pigeon 1 5 Hemiphaga chathamensis
1 Red-crowned Parakeet (auckland) 1 70 Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae
1 Red-crowned Parakeet (chatham) 2 10 Cyanoramphus [n.] chathamensis
1 Red-crowned Parakeet (antipodes) 1 7 Cyanoramphus [n.] hochstetteri
2 Antipodes Parakeet 1 1 Cyanoramphus unicolor
2 Skylark 1 50+ (i) Alauda arvensis
2 Welcome Swallow 2 10 Hirundo neoxena
1 Fairy Martin Hirundo ariel
2 Auckland [New Zealand] Pipit 4 120 Anthus novaeseelandiae aucklandicus
1 Chatham [New Zealand] Pipit 1 1 Anthus [n.] chathamensis
1 Campbell [New Zealand] Pipit 4 6 Anthus [n.] nova
1 Antipodes [New Zealand] Pipit 1 10 Anthus [n.] steindachneri
2 Dunnock 2 30 (i) Prunella modularis
2 Song Thrush 3 1 (i) Turdus philomelas
2 Eurasian Blackbird 3 5 (i) Turdus merula
2 Snares Island Fernbird 1 3 Bowdleria [punctata] caudata
2 Chatham Gerygone (warbler) 1 2 Gerygone albofrontata
2 Chatham Gray Fantail 2 8 Rhipidura fuliginosa
2 Snares Island Tomtit 2 20+ Petroica [macrocephala] dannefordi
2 Auckland Island Tomtit 2 20+ N Petroica [macrocephala] marrineri
2 Silvereye 3 15 Zosterops lateralis
2 Bellbird 2 20 Anthornis melanura
2 Tui 1 8 Prosthemadera novaseelandiae
2 European Goldfinch 1 10 (i) Carduelis carduelis
2 Common Redpoll 4 30 (i) Carduelis flammea
2 Common Chaffinch 1 4 (i) Fringilla coelebs
2 House Sparrow 1 6 (i) Passer domesticus
2 European Starling 6 200 (i) Sturnella vulgaris

Mammals
1 Pygmy Right Whale 1 1 Caperea marginata
1 Minke Whale 1 1 Balaenoptera acutorostrata
1 Whale Sp. 1 1 Balaenoptera sp.
1 Southern Bottlenose Whale 2 6 Hyperoodon planifrons
1 Gray's Beaked Whale 1 8 Mesoplodon grayi
2 Beaked Whale Sp. 1 2 Mesoplodon sp.
1 Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus
2 New Zealand Fur Seal 9 '000s Arctocephalus forsteri
1 Cf. Subtropical Fur Seal 1 1 Arctocephalus tropicalis
1 New Zealand X Subtropical Fur Seal 1 2 Arctocephalus forsteri x tropicalis
1 Fur Seal Sp. 4 15 Arctocephalus sp.
2 Southern Elephant Seal 4 '00s Mirounga leonina
2 Hooker's Sealion 4 150 Phocarctos hookeri

Possible Mammals
2 Sei Whale 1 1 Balaenoptera borealis
2 Sperm Whale 3 10 Physeter macrocephalus
1 Strap-toothed Beaked Whale 1 1 Mesoplodon layardii
1 Long-finned Pilot Whale Globicephala melas
2 Killer Whale 2 10 Orcinus orca
2 Hourglass Dolphin 2 10 Lagenorhynchus cruciger
2 Dusky Dolphin 1 2 Lagenorhynchus obscurus

Other Notable Marine Life
1 Giant Squid 1 1 Family architeuthidae
1 Sunfish 1 1 Family molidae
1 Sand Shark 1 1 Family odontaspididae
1 White Shark 1 1 Carcharodon carcharias

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