List of birds of New Zealand

In this list of New Zealand birds, Māori names (where known) are given first, followed by English alternatives. In some cases (tui, kākā, weka, pūkeko, moa, kiwi, kea, kōkako, takahē) the Māori name is the common name. In other cases (fantail, albatross, black-backed gull, bellbird, morepork, dotterel, wax-eye, oystercatcher) the English name is most commonly used.

The species and subspecies marked extinct became extinct subsequent to humans' arrival in New Zealand. About two thirds of the extinctions occurred after the arrival of Māori but before the arrival of Pākehā and the rest since Pākehā arrived.

See also: List of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic birds and Endemic birds of New Zealand

In June 2010 the 4th Edition of the Checklist of the birds of New Zealand and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica was published by Te Papa Press, in association with the Ornithological Society of New Zealand.

Sphenisciformes

• Spheniscidae
  • King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus - rare/accidental
  • Emperor penguin, Aptenodytes forsteri - rare/accidental - Near-threatened
  • Gentoo penguin, Pygoscelis papua - rare/accidental - Near-threatened
  • Adelie penguin, Pygoscelis adeliae - rare/accidental - Near-threatened
  • Chinstrap penguin, Pygoscelis antarctica - rare/accidental
  • Rockhopper penguin, Eudyptes chrysocome
    • Western (southern) rockhopper penguin, Eudyptes (chrysocome) chrysocome - Vulnerable
    • Eastern rockhopper penguin, Eudyptes (chrysocome) filholi
    • Northern rockhopper penguin, Eudyptes (chrysocome) moseleyi - Endangered
  • Tawaki or Fiordland penguin, Eudyptes pachyrhynchus - endemic - Vulnerable
  • Snares penguin, Eudyptes robustus - endemic - Vulnerable
  • Erect-crested penguin, Eudyptes sclateri - endemic - Endangered
  • Macaroni penguin, Eudyptes chrysolophus - rare/accidental - Vulnerable
    • Royal penguin, Eudyptes chrysolophus schlegeli - rare/accidental - Vulnerable
  • Hoiho or yellow-eyed penguin, Megadyptes antipodes - endemic - Endangered
  • Kororā or blue penguin, Eudyptula minor
    • White-flippered penguin, Eudyptula minor albosignata
  • Magellanic penguin, Spheniscus magellanicus - rare/accidental - Near-threatened
  • Waitaha penguin, Megadyptes waitaha - endemic - extinct
  • maxwells penguin - endemic - extinct
  • waitaki penguin - endemic - extinct
  • grebneffs penguin - endemic - extinct
  • mannerings penguin - endemic - extinct
  • waipara penguin - endemic - extinct
  • huxleys penguin - endemic - extinct
  • marples penguin - endemic - extinct
  • New Zealand giant penguin - endemic - extinct
  • simpsons penguin - endemic - extinct
  • amies penguin - endemic - extinct
  • lowes penguin - endemic - extinct
  • lopdells penguin - endemic- extinct
  • duntroon penguin - endemic - extinct
  • Olivers penguin - endemic - extinct
  • harris penguin - endemic - extinct
  • ridgens penguin - endemic - extinct
  • tyrees penguin - endemic - extinct
  • moisleys penguin - endemic - extinct

Procellariiformes

• Procellariidae
  • Antarctic giant petrel, Macronectes giganteus
  • Northern giant petrel, Macronectes halli
  • Southern fulmar, Fulmarus glacialoides
  • Antarctic petrel, Thalassoica antarctica - Rare/Accidental
  • Cape petrel, Daption capense
  • Great-winged petrel, Pterodroma macroptera
  • Tahiti petrel, Pterodroma rostrata - Rare/Accidental - Near-threatened
  • White-headed petrel, Pterodroma lessonii
  • Phoenix petrel, Pterodroma alba - Rare/Accidental - Endangered
  • Mottled petrel, Pterodroma inexpectata - Near-threatened
  • Providence petrel, Pterodroma solandri - Rare/Accidental - Vulnerable
  • Kermadec petrel, Pterodroma neglecta - Rare/Accidental
  • Taiko or magenta petrel, Pterodroma magentae - Breeding endemic - Critically endangered
  • Soft-plumaged petrel, Pterodroma mollis
  • Juan Fernandez petrel, Pterodroma externa - Rare/Accidental - Vulnerable
  • White-necked petrel, Pterodroma cervicalis - Rare/Accidental - Vulnerable
  • Cook's petrel, Pterodroma cookii - Breeding endemic - Vulnerable
  • Gould's petrel, Pterodroma leucoptera - Rare/Accidental - Vulnerable
  • Black-winged petrel, Pterodroma nigripennis
  • Ranguru or Chatham petrel, Pterodroma axillaris - Breeding endemic - Endangered
  • Stejneger's petrel, Pterodroma longirostris - Rare/Accidental - Vulnerable
  • Pycroft's petrel, Pterodroma pycrofti - Breeding endemic - Vulnerable
  • Blue petrel, Halobaena caerulea - Rare/Accidental
  • Broad-billed prion, Pachyptila vittata
  • Salvin's prion, Pachyptila salvini
  • Antarctic prion, Pachyptila desolata
  • Slender-billed prion, Pachyptila belcheri
  • Fulmar prion, Pachyptila crassirostris
  • Fairy prion, Pachyptila turtur
  • Grey petrel, Procellaria cinerea - Near-threatened
  • White-chinned petrel, Procellaria aequinoctialis - Vulnerable
  • Parkinson's petrel, Procellaria parkinsoni - Breeding endemic - Vulnerable
  • Westland petrel, Procellaria westlandica - Breeding endemic - Vulnerable
  • Kerguelen petrel, Aphrodroma brevirostris
  • Cory's shearwater, Calonectris diomedea - Rare/Accidental
  • Pink-footed shearwater, Puffinus creatopus - Rare/Accidental - Vulnerable
  • Flesh-footed shearwater, Puffinus carneipes
  • Wedge-tailed shearwater, Puffinus pacificus - Rare/Accidental
  • Buller's shearwater, Puffinus bulleri - Breeding endemic - Vulnerable
  • Titi or muttonbird or sooty shearwater, Puffinus griseus - Near-threatened
  • Short-tailed shearwater, Puffinus tenuirostris
  • Christmas shearwater, Puffinus nativitatis - Rare/Accidental
  • Manx shearwater, Puffinus puffinus - Rare/Accidental
  • Hutton's shearwater, Puffinus huttoni - Breeding endemic - Endangered
  • Fluttering shearwater, Puffinus gavia
  • Little shearwater, Puffinus assimilis
  • Subantarctic shearwater, Puffinus elegans
• Hydrobatidae
  • Wilson's storm petrel, Oceanites oceanicus
  • New Zealand storm petrel, Fregetta māorianus - recently rediscovered - Critically endangered
  • White-bellied storm petrel, Fregetta grallaria- nationally endangered
  • Black-bellied storm petrel, Fregetta tropica
  • Grey-backed storm petrel, Garrodia nereis
  • White-faced storm petrel, Pelagodroma marina
  • Leach's storm petrel, Oceanodroma leucorrhoa - vagrant
  • Kermadec storm petrel, Pelagodroma marina albiclunis - Critically endangered
• Diomedeidae
• Toroa or albatross
  • Wandering albatross, Diomedea exulans - Vulnerable
  • Royal albatross, Diomedea epomophora - Vulnerable
  • Black-footed albatross, Diomedea nigripes - Near-threatened
  • Grey-headed albatross, Thalassarche chrysostoma - Endangered
  • Black-browed albatross, Thalassarche melanophris - Near-threatened
  • Buller's albatross, Thalassarche bulleri - Near-threatened
  • Shy albatross, Thalassarche cauta - Near-threatened
  • Chatham albatross, Thalassarche eremita - Vulnerable
  • Yellow-nosed albatross, Thalassarche chlororhynchos - Endangered
  • Sooty albatross, Phoebetria fusca - Rare/Accidental - Endangered
  • Light-mantled albatross, Phoebetria palpebrata - Near-threatened
  • Black footed albatross,

Pelecaniformes

• Phaethontidae
  • Amokura or red-tailed tropicbird, Phaethon rubricauda - Breeds on Kermadec Islands; vagrant to mainland
  • White tailed tropicbird, Phaethon lepturus - vagrant
• Fregatadae
  • Great frigatebird, Fregata minor - vagrant
  • Lesser frigatebird, Fregata ariel - vagrant
• Pelecanidae
  • Australian pelican, Pelecanus conspicillatus - vagrant
• Sulidae
  • Takapu or Australasian gannet, morus serrator
  • Cape gannet, Morus capensis - vagrant
  • Brown booby, Sula leucogaster - vagrant
  • Masked booby, Sula dactylatra - Breeds on Kermadec Islands; vagrant to mainland
• Phalacrocoracidae
  • Kawau or great cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo
  • Karuhiruhi or pied cormorant, Phalacrocorax varius
  • Little black cormorant, Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
  • Kawaupaka or little pied cormorant, Phalacrocorax melanoleucos
  • Parekareka or spotted shag or blue shag, Phalacrocorax punctatus
  • Auckland shag, Phalacrocorax colensoi - Vulnerable
  • Campbell shag, Phalacrocorax campbelli - Vulnerable
  • King shag, Phalacrocorax carunculatus - Vulnerable
  • Bronze shag, Phalacrocorax chalconotus - Vulnerable
  • Pitt shag, Phalacrocorax featherstoni - Endangered
  • Chatham shag, Phalacrocorax onslowi - Critical endangered
  • Bounty shag, Phalacrocorax ranfurlyi - Vulnerable
• Ardeidae
  • Australasian bittern, Botaurus poiciloptilus - Endangered
  • New Zealand little bittern or kaoriki, Ixobrychus novaezelandiae - Extinct
  • Little bittern, - Ixobrychus minutus -vagrant (One record)
  • Nankeen night heron, Nycticorax caledonicus - recent coloniser
  • Cattle egret, Bubulcus ibis - winter visitor
  • Little egret, Egretta garzetta - vagrant
  • White-faced heron, Egretta novaehollandiae - breeding resident
  • Reef heron, Egretta sacra - Endangered
  • Plumed egret, Mesophyx intermedia -vagrant
  • Pacific heron, Ardea pacifica - vagrant
  • Kotuku, Ardea alba modesta
  • Grey heron, Ardea cinerea - vagrant (One record)
• Threskiornithidae
  • Glossy ibis, Plegadis falcinellus - vagrant (Possibly breeding)
  • White ibis, Threskiornis molucca - vagrant
  • Straw-necked ibis, Threskiornis spinicollis - vagrant
  • Royal spoonbill, Platalea regia
  • Yellow-billed spoonbill, Platalea flavipes - vagrant

Anseriformes

• Anatidae
  • Auckland Island merganser, Mergus australis - extinct
  • Chatham Island merganser, Mergus milleneri - extinct
  • Auckland merganser - extinct
  • New Zealand stiff-tailed duck, Oxyura vantetsi - extinct
  • De Lautour's duck, Biziura delautouri - extinct
  • Chatham Island duck, Pachyanas chathamica - extinct
  • Pink-eared duck, Malacorhynchus membranaceus - vagrant
  • Scarlett's duck, Malacorhynchus scarletti - extinct (see related pink-eared duck)
  • Whio or blue duck, Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos - Endangered
  • Australian wood duck, Chenonetta jubata - vagrant
  • Mandarin duck, Aix galericulata - escapee
  • Australian shelduck Tadorna tadornoides- vagrant
  • Putangitangi or paradise shelduck, Tadorna variegata
  • Papango or black teal or New Zealand scaup, Aythya novaeseelandiae
  • Hardhead or Australian white-eyed duck, Aythya autralis- vagrant
  • Auckland Islands teal, Anas aucklandica - Endemic (Auckland Islands) - Vulnerable
  • Campbell Islands teal, Anas nesiotis - Endemic (Campbell Island group) - Endangered
  • Pāteke or brown teal, Anas chlorotis - Endemic - Endangered
  • Grey teal or tete moroiti, Anas gracilis
  • Chestnut teal, Anas castanea- vagrant
  • Northern pintail, Anas acuta - vagrant
  • Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos - introduced
  • Grey duck or pārera, Anas superciliosa - Nationally critical (No longer exists in purebred form)
  • Australasian shoveler, Anas rhynchotis
  • Northern shoveler, Anas clypeata - vagrant
  • Cape Barren goose, Cereopsis novaehollandiae - introduced
  • Greylag goose, Anser anser -introduced
  • Canada goose, Branta canadensis -introduced
  • North Island goose, Cnemiornis gracilis - extinct
  • South Island goose, Cnemiornis calcitrans - extinct
  • New Zealand swan, Cygnus sumnerensis - extinct
  • Black swan, Cygnus atratus - introduced
  • Mute swan, Cygnus olor - introduced
  • Plumed whistling duck, Dendrocygna eytoni- vagrant

Gruiformes

• Rallidae
  • Chatham coot, Fulica chathamensis - extinct
  • New Zealand coot, Fulica prisca - extinct
  • Common coot, Fulica atra
  • Corncrake, Crex crex - accidental (One 19th century record)
  • Spotless crake, Porzana tabuensis
  • Marsh crake, Porzana pusilla
  • Australian crake, Porzana fluminea - accidental
  • Chatham Island rail, Gallirallus modestus - extinct
  • Buff-banded rail, Gallirallus philippensis
  • Hawkins's rail, Diaphorapteryx hawkinsi - extinct
  • Hodgen's rail, Gallinula hodgeni - extinct
  • Black-tailed native-hen, Gallinula ventralis - vagrant
  • Common moorhen, Gallinula chloropus - accidental (One old specimen record)
  • Dusky moorhen, Gallinula tenebrosa - vagrant
  • Dieffenbach's rail, Gallirallus dieffenbachii - extinct
  • Snipe-rail, Capellirallus karamu - extinct
  • Adzebill, Aptornis otidiformis - extinct
  • Auckland Islands rail, Lewinia muelleri - Vulnerable
  • Pūkeko or Australasian swamphen, Porphyrio melanotus
  • North Island takahē, Porphyrio mantelli - extinct
  • South Island takahē, Porphyrio hochstetteri - Endangered
  • Weka or woodhen, Gallirallus australis - Vulnerable
• Gruidae
  • Sarus crane, Grus antigone - vagrant

Galliformes

• Phasianidae
  • Chukar, Alectoris chukar - Introduced (South Island only)
  • Red-legged partridge, Alectoris rufa - Introduced (Not established)
  • Grey partridge, Perdix perdix - Introduced (Now extirpated)
  • New Zealand quail or koreke, Coturnix novaezelandiae - extinct
  • Brown quail, Coturnix ypsilophora - Introduced (North Island only)
  • Ring-necked pheasant, Phasianus colchicus - Introduced
  • Indian peafowl, Pavo cristatus - Introduced
• Odontophoridae
  • California quail, Callipepla californica - Introduced

Charadriiformes

• Haematopodidae
  • South Island oystercatcher, Haematopus finschi
  • Chatham Island oystercatcher, Haematopus chathamensis - Endangered
  • Torea or variable oystercatcher, Haematopus unicolor
• Recurvirostridae
  • Red-necked avocet, Recurvirostra novaehollandiae - vagrant (Last recorded 1972)
  • Kaki or black stilt, Himantopus novaezelandiae - Endangered
  • White-headed stilt or pied stilt, Himantopus leucocephalus
• Charadriidae
  • Pacific golden plover, Pluvialis fulva - migrant
  • American golden plover, Pluvialis dominucus - vagrant/accidental
  • Grey plover, Pluvialis squatarola - vagrant
  • Ngutuparore or wrybill, Anarhynchus frontalis - Vulnerable
  • Semipalmated plover, Charadrius semipalmatus - vagrant/accidental
  • Red-capped plover, Charadrius ruficapillus - vagrant
  • Banded dotterel, Charadrius bicinctus - vulnerable
  • Tuturiwhatu or New Zealand dotterel, Charadrius obscurus - Endangered
  • Lesser sandplover, Charadrius mongolus - vagrant
  • Greater sandplover, Charadrius leschenaulti - vagrant
  • Oriental plover, Charadrius veredus - vagrant
  • Black-fronted dotterel, Elsyornis melanops - recent coloniser
  • Red-kneed dotterel, Erythrogonis cinctus - vagrant
  • Masked lapwing, Vanellus miles - recent coloniser
  • Tuturuatu or shore plover, Thinornis novaeseelandiae - Endangered
• Scolopacidae
  • Japanese snipe, Gallinago hardwickii - vagrant
  • Chatham Islands snipe, Coenocorypha pusilla - Vulnerable
  • Forbes' snipe, Coenocorypha chathamica - Extinct
  • Subantarctic snipe, Coenocorypha aucklandica
  • Snares snipe, Coenocorypha huegeli
  • South Island snipe, Coenocorypha iredalei - Extinct
  • North Island snipe, Coenocorypha barrierensis - Extinct
  • Great knot, Calidris tenuirostris - vagrant
  • Huahou or red knot, Calidris canutus
  • Sanderling, Calidris alba - vagrant
  • Dunlin, Calidris alpina - vagrant
  • Curlew sandpiper, Calidris ferruginea - migrant
  • Stilt sandpiper, Calidris himantopus - vagrant
  • Sharp-tailed sandpiper, Calidris acuminata - migrant
  • Pectoral sandpiper, Calidris melanotos - vagrant
  • Baird's sandpiper, Calidris bairdii - vagrant
  • White-rumped sandpiper, Calidris fuscicollis - vagrant
  • Little stint, Calidris minuta - vagrant
  • Red-necked stint, Calidris ruficollis - migrant
  • Long-toed stint, Calidris subminuta - vagrant
  • Least sandpiper, Calidris minutilla - vagrant
  • Semipalmated sandpiper, Calidris pusilla -vagrant
  • Western sandpiper, Calidris mauri - vagrant
  • Broad-billed sandpiper, Calidris falcinellus - vagrant
  • Buff-breasted sandpiper, Calidris subruficollis - vagrant (One record)
  • Ruff, Calidris pugnax - migrant
  • Asiatic dowitcher, Limnodromus semipalmatus - vagrant
  • Far Eastern curlew, Numenius madagascarensis - very rare migrant
  • Whimbrel, Numenius phaeopus - migrant
  • Little curlew, Numenius minutus - vagrant
  • Bristle-thighed curlew, Numenius tahitiensis - vagrant
  • Bar-tailed godwit, Limosa lapponica - migrant
  • Black-tailed godwit, Limosa limosa - vagrant
  • Hudsonian godwit, Limosa haemastica - vagrant
  • Upland sandpiper, Bartramia longicauda - vagrant (One record)
  • Wandering tattler, Tringa incana - migrant
  • Grey-tailed tattler, Tringa brevipes - migrant
  • Common sandpiper, Tringa hypoleucos - vagrant
  • Common greenshank, Tringa nebularia - migrant
  • Marsh sandpiper, Tringa stagnatilis - migrant
  • Lesser yellowlegs, Tringa flavipes - vagrant
  • Terek sandpiper, Tringa cinerea - migrant
  • Ruddy turnstone, Arenaria interpres - migrant
  • Grey phalarope, Phalaropus fulicarius - migrant
  • Red-necked phalarope, Phalaropus lobatus - vagrant
  • Wilson's phalarope, Phalaropus tricolor - vagrant
• Laridae
  • Pacific gull, Larus pacificus - vagrant
  • Karoro or southern black-backed gull or kelp gull, Larus dominicanus
  • Franklin's gull, Leucophaeus pipixcan - vagrant
  • Red-billed gull, Chroicocephalus scopulinus - Endemic
  • Black-billed gull, Chroicocephalus bulleri - Endemic - Endangered
• Sternidae
  • White capped noddy, Anous stolidus - Breeds on Kermadec Islands; vagrant to mainland
  • Brown noddy, Anous minutus - Breeds on Kermadec Islands; vagrant to mainland
  • Grey noddy, Procelesterna cerulea - Rare off the North Island; vagrant to mainland
  • White tern, Gygis alba - Breeds on Kermadec Islands in very small numbers; vagrant to mainland
  • Sooty tern, Onychoprion fuscatus - Breeds on Kermadec Islands; vagrant to mainland
  • Grey-backed tern, Onychoprion lunatus - vagrant
  • Bridled tern, Onychoprion anaethetus - vagrant
  • Taranui or Caspian tern, Hydroprogne caspia
  • Gull-billed tern, Gelochelidon nilotica - vagrant
  • White-fronted tern Sterna striata - declining
  • Common tern, Sterna hirundo - vagrant
  • Antarctic tern, Sterna vittata - recovering
  • Arctic tern, Sterna paradisaea - vagrant
  • Tarapiroe or black-fronted tern, Chlidonias albostriatus - Endangered
  • Whiskered tern, Chlidonias hybridus - vagrant
  • White-winged black tern, Chlidonias leucopterus - migrant
  • Little tern, Sternula albifrons - migrant
  • Tara-iti or New Zealand fairy tern, Sternula nereis davisae - Critically Endangered
  • Crested tern, Thalasseus bergii - vagrant
• Stercorariidae or hakoakoa
  • Arctic skua, Stercorarius parasiticus - Migratory visitor
  • Pomarine skua, Stercorarius pomarinus - Migratory visitor
  • Long-tailed skua, Stercorarius longicaudus - vagrant
  • Brown skua or Subantarctic skua, Catharacta lonnbergi
  • South polar skua, Catharacta maccormicki - migrant

Columbiformes

• Columbidae
  • Kererū or New Zealand pigeon, Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae - Endemic
  • Rock dove, Columba livia - Introduced
  • Spotted dove, Streptopelia chinensis tigrina - Introduced
  • Barbary dove, Streptopelia risoria - Introduced

Podicipediformes

• Podicipedidae
  • Australasian grebe, Tachybaptus novaehollandiae
  • Weweia or New Zealand dabchick, Poliocephalus rufopectus - Endemic - Vulnerable
  • Hoary-headed grebe, Poliocephalus poliocephalus - Rare/Accidental
  • Great crested grebe, Podiceps cristatus

Falconiformes

• Accipitridae
  • Eyles' harrier, Circus eylesi - Extinct
  • Kahu or swamp harrier, Circus approximans
  • Harpagornis or Haast's eagle or New Zealand eagle or giant eagle, Harpagornis moorei - Extinct
  • White-bellied sea eagle, Haliaeetus leucogaster - vagrant (Only one record considered genuine)
  • Black kite, Milvus migrans - vagrant
• Falconidae
  • Nankeen kestrel, Falco cenchroides - vagrant
  • Karearea or New Zealand falcon, Falco novaeseelandiae
  • Black falcon, Falco subniger - vagrant
  • Peregrine falcon, Falco peregrinus - vagrant

Strigiformes

• Tytonidae
  • Barn owl, Tyto alba - Very rare recent coloniser; North Island only
  • Australian masked owl, Tyto novaehollandiae (tropical)
• Strigidae
  • Little owl, Athene noctua - introduced (South Island only)
  • Whekau or laughing owl, Sceloglaux albifacies - Extinct
  • Ruru or morepork, Ninox novaeseelandiae

Caprimulgiformes

• Aegothelidae
  • New Zealand owlet-nightjar, Aegotheles novaezealandiae - Extinct

Apodiformes

• Apodidae
  • White-throated needletail, Hirandapus caudacutus - vagrant
  • Fork-tailed swift, Apus pacifica - vagrant

Cuculiformes

• Cuculidae
  • Koekoea or longtailed cuckoo, Eudynamys taitensis
  • Pipiwharauroa or shining cuckoo, Chrysococcyx lucidus
  • Fan tailed cuckoo, Cacomantis flabelliformis - vagrant
  • Pallid cuckoo, Cacomantis pallidus - vagrant
  • Oriental cuckoo, Hierococcyx fugax - vagrant
  • Australasian channel billed cuckoo, Scythrops novaehollandiae - vagrant

Psittaciformes

• Cacatuidae
  • Sulphur-crested cockatoo, Cacatua galerita - Introduced
  • Galah, Eolophus roseicapillus -introduced
• Psittacidae
  • Red-fronted parakeet or kākāriki, Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae - Vulnerable
  • Malherbe's parakeet or orange-fronted parakeet, Cyanoramphus malherbi - Critically endangered
  • Yellow-crowned parakeet or kākāriki, Cyanoramphus auriceps
  • Reischek's parakeet, Cyanoramphus hochstetteri
  • Antipodes parakeet, Cyanoramphus unicolor - Vulnerable
  • Forbes' parakeet, Cyanoramphus forbesi - Endangered
  • Eastern rosella, Platycercus eximius - introduced
  • Crimson rosella, Platycercus elegans - introduced and now extirpated
• Strigopidae
  • Kea or mountain parrot, Nestor notabilis - Vulnerable
  • Kākā or bush parrot, Nestor meridionalis - Endangered
  • Kākāpō or owl parrot, Strigops habroptila - Critically endangered*

Coraciformes

• Coraciidae
  • Dollarbird , Eurystomud orientalis - vagrant
• Halcyonidae
  • kōtare or Sacred kingfisher, Todiramphus sacra
  • Laughing kookaburra, Dacelo novaeguineae - introduced

Passeriformes

• Acanthisittidae
  • Matuhi or bush wren, Xenicus longipes - Extinct
    • South Island bush wren, Xenicus longipes longipes - Extinct
    • North Island bush wren, Xenicus longipes stokesi - Extinct
    • Stead's bush wren, Xenicus longipes variabilis - Extinct
  • Rock wren, Xenicus gilviventris - Vulnerable
  • Stephens Island wren, Traversia lyalli - extinct
  • Titipounamu or rifleman, Acanthisitta chloris
  • Yaldwyn's wren, Pachyplichas yaldwyni - Extinct
  • Grant-Mackie's wren, Pachyplichas jagmi - Extinct
• Corvidae
  • New Zealand raven, Corvus antipodum - Extinct
  • Chatham raven, Corvus moriorum - Extinct
  • Rook, Corvus frugilegus - introduced (Near-extirpated)
• Campephagidae
  • Black-faced cuckoo-shrike, Coracina novaehollandiae - rare/accidental
  • White-winged triller, Lalage tricolor - rare/accidental
• Motacillidae
  • Pīhoihoi or New Zealand pipit, Anthus novaeseelandiae
• Megaluridae
  • Matata or fernbird, Megalurus punctatus - endemic
• Acrocephalidae
  • Australian reed warbler, Acrocephalus australis - rare/accidental
• Petroicidae
  • Miromiro or tomtit, Petroica macrocephala - endemic
  • South Island robin, Petroica australis - endemic
  • North Island robin, Petroica longipes - endemic
  • Black robin or Chatham robin, Petroica traversi - endemic - endangered
• Pachycephalidae
  • Popokotea or whitehead, Mohoua albicilla - endemic
  • Mohua or yellowhead, Mohoua ochrocephala - endemic
  • Pipipi or brown creeper, Mohoua novaeseelandiae - endemic
• Monarchidae
  • Black-faced monarch, Monarcha melanopsis - rare/accidental
  • Satin flycatcher, Myiagra cyanoleuca - rare/accidental
• Acanthizidae
  • Riroriro or grey warbler, Gerygone igata - endemic
  • Chatham gerygone, Gerygone albofrontata - endemic
• Meliphagidae
  • Tui or parson bird, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae - endemic
  • Red wattlebird, Anthochaera carunculata - rare/accidental (2 records in 19th century)
• Notiomystidae
  • Hihi or stitchbird, Notiomystis cincta - endemic - threatened
• Callaeidae
  • Kōkako, Callaeas sp. - endemic
    • North Island kōkako, Callaeas wilsoni - endemic - Endangered
    • South Island kōkako, Callaeas cinereus - endemic - Data deficient
  • Tieke or saddleback, Philesturnus sp. - endemic
    • North Island saddleback, Philesturnus rufusater - endemic - Near threatened
    • South Island saddleback, Philesturnus carunculatus - endemic - Near threatened
  • Huia, Heteralocha acutirostris - Extinct
• Pardalotidae
  • Korimako or New Zealand bellbird, Anthornis melanura - endemic
  • Chatham Island bellbird, Anthornis melanocephala - Extinct
• Rhipiduridae
  • Piwakawaka or New Zealand fantail, Rhipidura fuliginosa
  • Willie wagtail, Rhipidura leucophrys - rare/accidental (One record; Chatham Islands)
• Zosteropidae
  • Tauhou or silvereye, Zosterops lateralis
• Muscicapidae
  • Piopio, Turnagra capensis - Extinct
  • Chatham Island fernbird, Megalurus rufescens - Extinct
• Artamidae
  • Masked woodswallow, Artamus personatus - rare/accidental
  • White-browed woodswallow, Artamus superciliosus - rare/accidental
• Cracticidae
  • Australian magpie, Gymnorhina tibicen - introduced
• Sturnidae
  • Common myna, Acridotheres tristis - introduced (North Island only; possibly declining)
  • European starling, Sturnus vulgaris - introduced
• Emberizidae
  • Yellowhammer, Emberiza citrinella - introduced
  • Cirl bunting, Emberiza cirlus - introduced (Mostly South Island; very few in southernmost North Island; declining)
• Fringillidae
  • Common chaffinch, Fringilla coelebs - introduced
  • European greenfinch, Carduelis chloris - introduced
  • Common redpoll, Carduelis flammea - introduced
  • European goldfinch, Carduelis carduelis - introduced
• Passeridae
  • House sparrow, Passer domesticus - introduced
• Prunellidae
  • Dunnock, Prunella modularis - introduced
• Turdidae
  • Song thrush, Turdus philomelos - introduced
  • Common blackbird, Turdus merula - introduced
• Hirundinidae
  • Welcome swallow, Hirundo neoxena - self introduced
  • Fairy martin, Petrochelidon ariel - rare/accidental
  • Tree martin, Petrochelidon nigricans - rare/accidental
• Alaudidae
  • Skylark, Alauda arvensis - introduced

Struthioniformes

• Apterygidae
  • Great spotted kiwi, Apteryx haastii - endemic - vulnerable
  • Little spotted kiwi, Apteryx owenii - endemic - near threatened
  • Okarito kiwi, Apteryx rowi - endemic - critically endangered
  • Southern brown kiwi, Apteryx australis - endemic - vulnerable
  • North Island brown kiwi, Apteryx mantelli - endemic - vulnerable
• Dinornithidae
  • Upland moa, Megalapteryx didinus - endemic - extinct
  • Bush moa, Anomalopteryx didiformis - endemic - extinct
  • North Island broad-billed moa, Euryapteryx curtus - endemic - extinct
  • Stout-legged moa, Euryapteryx geranoides - endemic - extinct
  • Eastern moa, Emeus crassus - endemic - extinct
  • Heavy-footed moa, Pachyornis elephantopus - endemic - extinct
  • Mappin's moa, Pachyornis mappini - endemic - extinct
  • Crested moa, Pachyornis australis - endemic - extinct
  • Slender bush moa, Dinornis struthoides - endemic - extinct
  • North Island giant moa, Dinornis novaezealandiae - endemic - extinct
  • South Island giant moa, Dinornis giganteus - endemic - extinct

See also

• List of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic birds
• Birds of New Zealand

References

• Barrie Heather & Hugh Robertson (1996) The Field Guide to the Birds of New Zealand ISBN 0-670-86911-2
• Splitting headaches? Recent taxonomic changes affecting the British and Western Palaearctic lists - Martin Collinson, British Birds vol 99 (June 2006), 306-323

External links

• What Bird? a tool for identifying birds that are likely to be encountered in and around New Zealand forests (not intended to be a complete database of the birds of New Zealand).
• http://www.nzbirds.com/Gallery.html
• New Zealand recognized bird names (NZRBN) from the Ornithological Society of New Zealand. Includes the New Zealand Threat Classification. (PDF format)
• The 'Official' New Zealand Birders Checklist
• Complete list of bird species in the Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds, the standard reference, is available online.
• List of Māori names of birds
• Department of Conservation - New Zealand birds
• TerraNature New Zealand native birds list
• New Zealand bird checklist with photos