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Milford Track - Fiordland (birds found here)

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Blue duck
Birds found along the Milford Track
 
(Bird life commonly seen throughout the year includes):—
Fiordland Crested penguinEudyptes pachyrhynchus.
Paradise DuckTadorna variegata
Mallard Duck Anas platyrhynchos
Grey DuckAnas superciliosa
Blue DuckHymenolaimus malacorhynchos
White HeronEgretta alba
Royal SpoonbillPlatalea regia
Australasian BitternBotaurus poiciloptilus
Australasian HarrierCircus approximans
New Zealand FalconFalco novaeseelandiae
WekaGallirallus australis
Southern Black Backed GullLarus dominicanus
Red-billed GullLarus scopulinus
Caspian Tern Sterna caspia
White-fronted TernSterna striata
Pied StiltHimantopus himantopus
TakahePorphyrio mantelli.
New Zealand pigeonHemiphaga novaeseelandiae
KakaNestor meridionalis
KeaNestor notabilis
Yellow-crowned KakarikiCyanoramphus auriceps
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
Tomtit Petroica macrocephala
Robin Petroica australis
Bellbird Anthornis melanura
TuiProsthermadera novaeseelandiae
Fantail Rhipidura fulginosa
New Zealand PipitAnthus novaeseelandiae
RiflemanAcanthisitta chloris
Rock WrenXenicus gilviventris
FernbirdBowdleria punctata
Silvereye Zosterops lateralis
 
white heron
A. Clarke
(page last updated  1 May 2007)