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Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)Observer
william-harlandDescription
Pleased to get such a great flight shot!
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New Zealand Grasshopper (Phaulacridium marginale)Observer
wjiangDescription
Seems to be missing one hind leg
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Weddell Seal (Leptonychotes weddellii)Observer
justinhofman13Description
Astrolabe island
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Grey-tailed Tattler (Tringa brevipes)Observer
okokokokmyinfatuatnDescription
semi-tentative, species has been reported here (muItipIe indvdIs, 'habitat aIso matches'-but not aII too reIiabIe) darkness of bird may be due to photo artifacts/lighting.
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Geodorcus philpottiObserver
tonyjewellDescription
Female beneath small rotten log in beech forest.
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Feral Pigeon (Columba livia var. domestica)Observer
carey-knox-southern-scales
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Poor Knights Bellbird (Anthornis melanura ssp. oneho)Observer
wellmaintainedhedge
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Kārearea (New Zealand Falcon) (Falco novaeseelandiae)Observer
samuelamarisDescription
With @benackerley. Pair living around the valley.
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New Zealand Eagle Ray (Myliobatis tenuicaudatus)Observer
alastairfreemanDescription
Feeding on sandy flat out from beach. Accompanied by entourage of scavengers mainly goatfish, juvenile snapper and juv. sanddaggers wrasse.
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North Island Fantail (Rhipidura fuliginosa ssp. placabilis)Observer
christopherstephensDescription
zoom sound effect
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Genus HeterojapyxObserver
gone_herpingDescription
Found under a rock with another just like it, but I only collected this one.
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Northern Shoveler (Spatula clypeata)Observer
samuelamarisDescription
Seen with @benackerley. Its back!
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Helms's Stag Beetle (Geodorcus helmsi)Observer
william-harlandDescription
I hope this is G. helmsi, as this is an insect I have been wanting to see for a while!
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Swamp Harrier (Circus approximans)Observer
lehakiDescription
Feeling stoked with this silhouette pic! It almost looks like a dragon flying into the mountain
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Great Knot (Calidris tenuirostris)Observer
islandnaturespotterDescription
All glory be to the Lord Jesus Christ, amen!
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New Zealand Mantis (Orthodera novaezealandiae)Observer
jacqui-nzDescription
Obs for the right ootheca (egg mass). The left one looks like a South African ootheca (Miomantis caffra)? Both on the underside of a magnolia leaf.
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Yellow Weaver (Parapercis gilliesii)Observer
museumedDescription
Found rock pool, length 20cm
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Australasian Little Egret (Egretta garzetta ssp. nigripes)Observer
benackerley
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Eurasian Black Tern (Chlidonias niger ssp. niger)Observer
oscarkokakoDescription
This bird was first photographed and reported via the NZ Bird Identification Facebook group. Upon seeing this we made a visit to Waikanae Estuary and scanned the flock of White-fronted Terns several times before the bird flew in and landed amongst them around 11:45am. It then roosted for 45 minutes before leaving to feed in the channel with the majority of the tern flock.
Basic plumage marsh tern with extensive black headphone markings on head, darker grey upperparts than the similar White-winged black tern, along with a longer bill, darker legs, a grey rump, and grey shoulder tabs which are diagnostic for Black tern. This is likely the Eurasian subspecies Chlidonias niger niger owing to the pale underwings and relatively small shoulder tab markings. Would be the 1st record of this species for New Zealand if accepted.
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Kārearea (New Zealand Falcon) (Falco novaeseelandiae)Observer
ecomanDescription
Observed at Greyney's shelter during ECOL202 field trip
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Pekapeka Toupoto (Nz Short Tailed Bat) (Mystacina tuberculata)Observer
kirstymyron
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Canterbury Spotted Skink (Oligosoma lineoocellatum)Observer
gone_herpingDescription
Juvenile spotted skink SVL=42 mm, Total length = 99 mm, weight 1.8 g
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Long-toed Skink (Oligosoma longipes)Observer
benweatherleyDescription
Roamatimati skink. southern long toed
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Subantarctic Skua (Stercorarius antarcticus ssp. lonnbergi)Observer
christopherstephens
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Dunedin Peripatus (Peripatoides otepoti)Observer
shoushou_1221Description
First time to find velvet worm in my life.
The first photo is a homage to my friend @invertebratist.
Native beech forest in South Canterbury. Under a rotten log beside to walking track.
Probably this is 'Dunedin' peripatus.
15 pairs legs and brown based colors.
This is one of big happen in my life. I am very glad to found this crazy cool creature.
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New Zealand Brown Geckos (Genus Woodworthia)Observer
tonyjewellDescription
Not sure what to make of this one, found in a very isolated little area of creviced schist rock in the Waitaki Valley, between 20-30 km inland and only about 1 km south of the Waitaki River. Its size (SVL around 55-60 mm) would suggest an Alps (a number of adults including gravid females seen, confirming they are small), but its deep yellow eyes, toe shape and general colour pattern are quite unlike the Alps' among greywacke further west in the same valley, and I don't know of any alps anywhere having deep yellow eyes. Korero geckos are off to the south in the Kakanui Mts system, but although small for their species there they are still distinctly bigger then these ones and with rather different patterning. If I had to guess I'd probably go with aberrant Southern Alps gecko, maybe with some korero genetic influence? Superficially they're a little like the schist gecko, but surely much too isolated to be a population of them.
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Mainland New Zealand Bellbird (Anthornis melanura ssp. melanura)Observer
duncanmc42Description
Pair duetting in gully with others in the background.
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Cabbage Butterfly (Pieris rapae)Observer
bipbarrattDescription
Cabbage white butterfly larva with parasitoids ( Apanteles glomerata) larvae emerging
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Southern Alps Gecko (Woodworthia southern alps)Observer
tonyjewellDescription
Greywacke gecko, W. 'Northern Southern Alps'. Two specimens figured. Among river terrace stones in kanuka/matagouri shrubland with open mossy/stony ground.
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New Zealand White-faced Storm-Petrel (Pelagodroma marina ssp. maoriana)Observer
peterlanglands
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Northern New Zealand Dotterel (Anarhynchus obscurus ssp. aquilonius)Observer
okokokokmyinfatuatn
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Kuaka (Eastern Bar-tailed Godwit) (Limosa lapponica ssp. baueri)Observer
okokokokmyinfatuatn
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Antarctic Minke Whale (Balaenoptera bonaerensis)Observer
clintonDescription
Successfully re-floated on the full tide.
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Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)Observer
samuelamarisDescription
Continuing vagrant for this location
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Auckland Rail (Lewinia muelleri)Observer
theylooklikeusDescription
Chick, taken with trail camera.
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Grand Skink (Oligosoma grande)Observer
possumsendDescription
Rock tor system. A genuine "wild" animal. Not in a fenced reserve or a trapped area. Eastern form.
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Amsterdam Albatross (Diomedea amsterdamensis)Observer
flaviensaboureauPlace
Missing Location
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Adelie Penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae)Observer
oscarkokakoPlace
The OPERA - Otago Peninsula Eco Restoration Alliance 45 Pakihau Road, Portobello, Harington Point 9077, New Zealand (Google, OSM)Description
First found on Saint Clair beach on 15th January and uplifted to the Dunedin Wildlife Hospital for quarantine and health checks. Released privately on 1st February, remained for 24 hours and observed on a tour with the OPERA.
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New Zealand Grasshopper (Phaulacridium marginale)Observer
petaimmaca68Description
In back yard.
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Kererū (New Zealand Pigeon) (Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae ssp. novaeseelandiae)Observer
michaelmichaelnz
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Eastern Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome ssp. filholi)Observer
silavkul
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Mainland Red-crowned Parakeet (Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae ssp. novaezelandiae)Observer
simonbou
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Far Eastern Curlew (Numenius madagascariensis)Observer
benackerleyDescription
Thanks so much to @samuelamaris for letting me use his camera for a record shot! (Dont have a camera atm)
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Kawaupaka (New Zealand Little Shag) (Microcarbo melanoleucos ssp. brevirostris)Observer
hyeryonDescription
@PapilionemK
