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Pohowera (Banded Dotterel) (Anarhynchus bicinctus ssp. bicinctus)Observer
samuelamaris
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Sea Swallow (Glaucus atlanticus)Observer
glinksDescription
Only saw the one on a 2km stretch of beach. It was among the blue buttons. Strong W wind. Calm seas
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Inland Dotterel (Peltohyas australis)Observer
indraboneDescription
Adult female with chicks nestled under feathers. Photographed during plains-wanderer surveys.
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invertebratistDescription
Intertidal, under a rock.
Observed during a unitec trip, with @ pjd1.
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Weddell Seal (Leptonychotes weddellii)Observer
silavkulDescription
Monitored by DOC, skinny and small injury under left flipper (see pic 1 and 5)
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Odiaglyptus biformisObserver
invertebratistPlace
PrivateDescription
Within a farmland.
Observed during a unitec trip, with @ pjd1.
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Chatham Shag (Leucocarbo onslowi)Observer
invertebratistPlace
Shag Rock, south of Motuhinahina Island, Te Whanga Lagoon, Chatham Islands, New Zealand (Google, OSM)Description
Coastal (shore of a rock within the lagoon).
Observed during a unitec trip, with @ pjd1.
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Chatham Shag (Leucocarbo onslowi)Observer
invertebratistPlace
Shag Rock, south of Motuhinahina Island, Te Whanga Lagoon, Chatham Islands, New Zealand (Google, OSM)Description
Coastal (shore of a rock within the lagoon).
Observed during a unitec trip, with @ pjd1.
Observation for the parasitic mites (Ixodidae?):
https://inaturalist.org/observations/239617895
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Puriri Moth (Aenetus virescens)Observer
caiden_bDescription
Attracted to lights at night.
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Beach Stone-Curlew (Esacus magnirostris)Observer
joelpDescription
Put on this amazing display of outstretched wings and flared tail feathers in response to being mobbed by a raven.
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Sabatinca aurellaObserver
invertebratistPlace
Bealey Valley Track, Arthur's Pass National Park, Selwyn, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand (Google, OSM)Description
Alpine.
John Child bryophyte and lichen workshop 2023.
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Pūteketeke (Australasian Crested Grebe) (Podiceps cristatus ssp. australis)Observer
parisa11
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Shortnosed Kauri Weevil (Xenocnema spinipes)Observer
stephen_thorpeDescription
Titirangi, Auckland.
Zigzag Track, in Atkinson Park.
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Smith's Dragonfly (Procordulia smithii)Observer
invertebratistDescription
Observed during a unitec trip, with @ pjd1.
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Cirl Bunting (Emberiza cirlus)Observer
luca_dtDescription
A very pretty bird I did not recognise. Calmly perched on a flax branch.
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Asian Gull-billed Tern (Gelochelidon nilotica ssp. affinis)Observer
oscarkokako
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Slender-billed Prion (Pachyptila belcheri)Observer
oscarkokakoDescription
Similar to fairy prions except with very narrow black tail tip, darker greyer plumage, weaker M-shaped marking across wings, distinct dark shoulder tabs, longer narrower bill and a longer bolder white supercilium. Not unexpected if there's a blue petrel around, these two species often associate.
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Southern New Zealand Dotterel (Anarhynchus obscurus ssp. obscurus)Observer
noahfenwick
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Kakī (Black Stilt) (Himantopus novaezelandiae)Observer
william-harlandDescription
Woohoo! An awesome sighting for Coopers Lagoon!
Was hanging around with Pied Stilts, and eventually flew off.
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Southern New Zealand Dotterel (Anarhynchus obscurus ssp. obscurus)Observer
oscarkokako
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Southern New Zealand Dotterel (Anarhynchus obscurus ssp. obscurus)Observer
oscarkokako
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Red-winged Parrot (Aprosmictus erythropterus)Observer
andrewrockDescription
Lake Coolmunda
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Australasian Bittern (Botaurus poiciloptilus)Observer
serenas17Description
Single bird, no calls. In an open paddock in Waitoki at 12.30pm.
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Campbell Albatross (Thalassarche melanophris ssp. impavida)Observer
miguel-mejias1987Description
Endemic species. Seen off the Poor Knights Shelf Area during the Petrel Station Seabirding Tours.
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Little Bronze Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx minutillus)Observer
miguel-mejias1987Description
I spotted a beached-wrecked bird carcass while patrolling Muriwai Beach. My friend, Ariel Wijaya, who I was walking with when I spotted the bird, then delivered it to Ian Mclean of Birds of New Zealand. Photos were taken and reviewed, and the general consensus was Little Bronze Cuckoo. Small, reddish-brownish bird, with rufous, black, and white undertail coverts. The bird is currently at the Auckland Museum and will be prepared as a specimen. This bird is native to Southeast Asia, New Guinea, and Australia. New record for New Zealand.
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New Zealand Giant Centipede (Cormocephalus rubriceps)Observer
invertebratistPlace
Catleys Campsite, Coromandel Forest Park, Thames-Coromandel, Waikato, North Island, New Zealand (Google, OSM)Description
Native Podocarp-broadleaved forest, under a damp decomposing wood.
I didn't expect this when I flipped the piece of wood. Carefully placed back after getting images.
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Black Field Cricket (Teleogryllus commodus)Observer
invertebratistDescription
I don't want this one :)
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invertebratistDescription
Native bush, in wet plant litter among fallen Nikau fronds.
Body length 37 mm.(antennae not included)
Probably unnamed. I would call it Peripatoides aff. indica or P. aff. aurorbis.
Absolutely splendid & my very best find in 2022.
I am still crazy excited by this. The colour was literally velvet.
I released the individual after photography.
My post of this Velvet worm achieved 100k likes and 11 million impressions on my twitter(url)!
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Shore Plover (Charadrius novaeseelandiae)Observer
miguel-mejias1987Description
An endangered endemic species of New Zealand. The total population is about 200 birds. Conducted Shore Plover monitoring of 7 banded birds on Motutapu Island with New Zealand DOC.
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Black Kite (Milvus migrans)Observer
jimchurchesDescription
Estimate 2000+ birds.
Can count over 1000 on the ground.
430 birds (manually counted with Photoshop count tool) in the first areal image.
262 birds in the second image. The two images do not overlap, though birds were obviously on the move.
Many more birds.
See eBird checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S177233349
See Youtube video: https://youtube.com/shorts/sMvLjGXJRYw?si=8KlYRe7uAY3RScyb
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Great Shearwater (Ardenna gravis)Observer
oscarkokakoDescription
Today was a great lesson on how to stay composed as a tour guide in front of 37 paying passengers, but it wasn't hard for them to share my excitement either... 13th record for NZ by my count, including the Chatham bird in a burrow a few years back that wasn't submitted. Interesting too is the single white feather on the upperwing.
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Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross (Thalassarche carteri)Observer
mark_fraserDescription
Indian Ocean Yellow-nosed Albatross recorded on The Forty-Fours Motuhara. This bird was first recorded in 2007 on my first expedition to The Forty-Fours Motuhara and banded that trip. I Subsequently saw the same bird in 2008 and 2009 on The Forty-Fours Motuhara and I photographed the bird in 2009. Not seen on a nest. Bird stood out from Northern Buller's Albatross with its very white head. White head, small amount of black in front of the eye and yellow on top of bill goes to a point where it meets the forehead indicates Indian Ocean species.
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Alborn Skink (Oligosoma albornense)Observer
samuelpurdiewildlifeDescription
Exquisite Alborn skink located while population monitoring! I have obscured its location considerably.🦎
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Chatham Albatross (Thalassarche eremita)Observer
mark_fraserDescription
I did five expeditions to The Pyramid Tarakoikoia from 2007-2010 doing Chatham Albatross research. This photo taken during the 2009 trip. Photo taken in 'the cave' overhang where the weather doesn't wear down the albatross nests. Chatham Fulmar Prions burrow under and around these tall nests.
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Chatham Fulmar Prion (Pachyptila crassirostris ssp. pyramidalis)Observer
mark_fraserDescription
Chatham Fulmer Prion adult on nest under a rock overhang. Photographed on The Forty-Fours Motuhara while doing albatross research. Chatham Fulmar Prions nest in rock crevasses and along cliffs all over The Forty-Fours.
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Genus AthoracophorusObserver
invertebratistPlace
Exhibition Drive Path, Waitakere Ranges, Titirangi, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand (Google, OSM)Description
Native Podocarp-broadleaved forest. At night.
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Northern Buller's Albatross (Thalassarche bulleri ssp. platei)Observer
mark_fraserDescription
Photographed a pair at a nest while on The Forty-Fours Motuhara during albatross research.
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Leopard Seal (Hydrurga leptonyx)Observer
tbjwildlifeDescription
Leopard Seal attacking and eating juvenile Adelie Penguin
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Chevron Skink (Oligosoma homalonotum)Observer
kee09Description
Small forested stream. In log. Woo! Such an honour to find one of these beautiful animals! Accidentally disturbed while climbing over the log it was in and it fell out.
Note: The animal was not handled or affected in any way. Was just taken photos of then left alone.
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Northern Striped Gecko (Toropuku inexpectatus)Observer
carey-knox-southern-scales
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Carnaby's Black Cockatoo (Zanda latirostris)Observer
lizzyfieldfindsDescription
Big flock eating pine nuts from pine cones. Second day in a row.
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Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita)Observer
dalla250585_Description
Sulphur checking out peachy the resident hybrid gala x corella
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Great Knot (Calidris tenuirostris)Observer
caiden_bDescription
Continuing bird. Great birding this morning with @islandnaturespotter
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Ngahere Gecko (Mokopirirakau southern north island)Observer
mike68luskDescription
with Hawkes Bay tree weta, Hemideina trewicki, a common association in this area.
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samuelpurdiewildlifeDescription
Absolutely stunning P. h. anatokiensis! Shell size approx. 70 mm. 🐌
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Hawke's Bay Skink (Oligosoma auroraense)Observer
mike68luskDescription
in pitfall
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West Coast Green Gecko (Naultinus tuberculatus)Observer
benweatherleyDescription
I think it's a male, but not too sure. Location obscured
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Black-eyed Gecko (Mokopirirakau kahutarae)Observer
benweatherleyDescription
Seen same ight as @euanbrook observation, but is different gecko then his ob
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Green Skink (Oligosoma chloronoton)Observer
benweatherleyDescription
Lakes Skink, but Inat doesn't have it as a separate species, this one appears to be rather melanistic.
Oligosoma aff. chloronoton "West Otago"
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Canterbury Spotted Skink (Oligosoma lineoocellatum)Observer
euanbrookDescription
Location obscured, new record for this species.
Gravid female.
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Western Rook (Corvus frugilegus ssp. frugilegus)Observer
bryce_williamsonDescription
Seen flying at a distance over Porangahau River. I initially thought it was a kahu, but seemed blacker, with a different wing beat, so I photographed in order to ID later.
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Campbell Snipe (Coenocorypha aucklandica ssp. perseverance)Observer
jkerrisk13
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Weka (Gallirallus australis)Observer
alicemiller1Description
Presumably escapee from nearby property
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Lesser Frigatebird (Fregata ariel)Observer
oscarkokakoDescription
This bird was found on Muriwai Beach then successfully rehabilitated but the NZ Bird Rescue Trust. The identification was confirmed as a juvenile Lesser frigatebird by bill measurements and markings.
