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Kapiti Island (birds found here)
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Birds found on Kapiti Island
 
(Bird life commonly seen throughout the year in and around the island includes):—
Little Spotted KiwiApteryx owenii
Little blue penguinEudyptula minor
Fluttering ShearwaterPuffinus gavia
Sooty ShearwaterPuffinus griseus
Australasian GannetMorus serrator
Black ShagPhalacrocorax carbo
Pied ShagPhalacrocorax varius
Little ShagPhalacrocorax melanoleucus
Black SwanCygnus atratus
Mallard Duck Anas platyrhynchos
Grey DuckAnas superciliosa
Brown TealAnas aucklandica chlorotis
White-faced Heron Ardea novaehollandiae
Reef HeronEgretta sacra
Royal SpoonbillPlatalea regia
North Island WekaGallirallus australis greyi
Variable Oystercatcher Haematopus unicolor
Shore PloverThinornis novaeseelandiae
Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus
Southern Black Backed GullLarus dominicanus
Red-billed GullLarus scopulinus
Caspian Tern Sterna caspia
White-fronted TernSterna striata
Pied StiltHimantopus himantopus
New Zealand pigeonHemiphaga novaeseelandiae
KakaNestor meridionalis
Red-crowned Kakariki,Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae
Long-tailed cuckooEudynamys taitensis
Shining cuckoo Chrysococcyx lucidas
The cuckoos migrate from the Pacific Islands, arriving in New Zealand from around September and leaving again around March.
 
Morepork Ninox novaeseelandiae
KingfisherHalcyon sancta
Grey warbler Gerygone igata
Saddleback Philesturnus carunculatus
Tomtit Petroica macrocephala
Robin Petroica australis
Stitchbird Notiomystis cincta
Bellbird Anthornis melanura
TuiProsthermadera novaeseelandiae
Fantail Rhipidura fulginosa
New Zealand PipitAnthus novaeseelandiae
WhiteheadMohoua albicilla
Silvereye Zosterops lateralis
(page last updated  14 April 2007)    
 
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