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What

Tūī (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae)

Observer

gabspacho

Date

July 14, 2023

Place

Akaroa (Google, OSM)
Tūī - Photo (c) Matt Binns, some rights reserved (CC BY)
banks_peninsula_tui's ID: Tūī (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae)
Added on February 15, 2024
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Photos / Sounds

What

Tūī (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae)

Observer

gabspacho

Date

July 14, 2023

Place

Akaroa (Google, OSM)
Tūī - Photo (c) Matt Binns, some rights reserved (CC BY)
banks_peninsula_tui's ID: Tūī (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae)
Added on February 15, 2024
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What

Passerines (Order Passeriformes)

Observer

dan_h

Date

May 27, 2020 01:46 PM NZST

Description

Unbelievable to see two Tui in the industrial area of Wigram. Saw these on my lunchtime walk!!

European Starling - Photo (c) Fran Wiesner, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), uploaded by Fran Wiesner
banks_peninsula_tui's ID: Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Added on April 13, 2023
Leading

Photos / Sounds

What

Honeyeaters (Family Meliphagidae)

Observer

schellz

Date

September 25, 2019 04:00 PM NZST

Description

5 minute bird count clipped recordings

Perching Birds - Photo (c) cristianrial, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
banks_peninsula_tui's ID: Passerines (Order Passeriformes)
Added on April 13, 2023
Improving

Photos / Sounds

What

Passerines (Order Passeriformes)

Observer

schellz

Date

September 25, 2019 04:00 PM NZST

Description

5 minute bird count clipped recordings

Perching Birds - Photo (c) cristianrial, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
banks_peninsula_tui's ID: Passerines (Order Passeriformes)
Added on April 13, 2023
Improving

Photos / Sounds

What

Honeyeaters (Family Meliphagidae)

Observer

jennysaito

Date

March 5, 2022 05:08 PM NZDT
Honeyeaters - Photo (c) Alan Melville, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), uploaded by Alan Melville
banks_peninsula_tui's ID: Honeyeaters (Family Meliphagidae)
Added on April 13, 2023
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Photos / Sounds

What

New Zealand Fernbird (Poodytes punctatus)

Observer

nikbaines

Date

December 27, 2011
New Zealand Fernbird - Photo (c) Simon Pierce, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Simon Pierce
banks_peninsula_tui's ID: New Zealand Fernbird (Poodytes punctatus)
Added on January 16, 2020
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Added as part of a taxon swap

Photos / Sounds

What

New Zealand Fernbird (Poodytes punctatus)

Observer

nikbaines

Date

December 27, 2011
Fernbird - Photo (c) chrismorse, all rights reserved
banks_peninsula_tui's ID: Fernbird (Megalurus punctatus [inactive])
Added on June 21, 2018
Maverick
(Inactive Taxon)
Australasian Shoveler - Photo (c) Amaya M., some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Amaya M.
banks_peninsula_tui's ID: Kuruwhengi (Australasian Shoveler) (Spatula rhynchotis)
Added on August 30, 2017
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Added as part of a taxon swap

Photos / Sounds

What

Spur-winged Plover (Vanellus miles ssp. novaehollandiae)

Observer

nessmander

Date

April 8, 2016 09:27 AM NZST

Description

Count of 4... All in a row. Making a lot of noise for the neighbours!

Black-shouldered Masked Lapwing - Photo (c) Grahame, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), uploaded by Grahame
banks_peninsula_tui's ID: Spur-winged Plover (Vanellus miles ssp. novaehollandiae)
Added on April 12, 2016
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Photos / Sounds

What

Tūī (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae)

Observer

porirua

Date

April 7, 2016 12:06 PM NZST
Tūī - Photo (c) Matt Binns, some rights reserved (CC BY)
banks_peninsula_tui's ID: Tūī (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae)
Added on April 12, 2016
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Photos / Sounds

No photos or sounds

What

Tūī (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae ssp. novaeseelandiae)

Observer

marrfing

Date

November 19, 2013

Description

3 Tui's seen over two day's

Tags

n/a
Tūī - Photo (c) Jacqui Geux, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Jacqui Geux
banks_peninsula_tui's ID: Tūī (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae ssp. novaeseelandiae)
Added on April 7, 2016
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What

Tūī (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae ssp. novaeseelandiae)

Observer

phillipcochrane

Date

January 24, 2014 03:42 PM NZDT

Description

Feeding in red hot poker. Flew off toward eucalypts on Hackthorn rd.

Tūī - Photo (c) Jacqui Geux, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Jacqui Geux
banks_peninsula_tui's ID: Tūī (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae ssp. novaeseelandiae)
Added on January 24, 2014
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What

Tūī (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae ssp. novaeseelandiae)

Observer

bernardsmith

Date

November 25, 2013 05:13 PM NZDT

Description

Having a rest during a bit of agro. Another bird was in a nearby tree, scolding them. Presumably both males.

Tūī - Photo (c) Jacqui Geux, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Jacqui Geux
banks_peninsula_tui's ID: Tūī (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae ssp. novaeseelandiae)
Added on November 27, 2013
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Photos / Sounds

What

South Island Fantail (Rhipidura fuliginosa ssp. fuliginosa)

Observer

steveattwood

Date

August 26, 2012 12:31 PM NZST

Description

Photographed in Oxford Forest Conservation Area.

•16 cm.,including long fanned tail, 8g., pied bird has grey head, white eyebrow, brown back, yellow underparts, black and white tail., juvenile similar but browner body; black phase, sooty black but for white spot behind the eye.
Rhipidura fuliginosa 1st prize , best mum and dad.
Fantails live in the forest and in our gardens. A pair of fantails raise three or four families, each with three or four chicks each summer. It is hard work. The chicks are fed every 10 minutes, which is more than 100 times a day! No wonder baby fantails grow fast. 15 days after hatching blind and naked, the chicks have grown feathers and are ready to leave the nest.
Cats, rats, stoats and mynas are the fantails' enemies. Of all their eggs and chicks, only a few survive and grow up.
Fantails mostly live on forest edges and in scrub habitats. They can often be seen in town in parks and gardens. Fantails will usually be seen alone or in pairs during summer, but will often form flocks during the winter. Fantails occasionally eat fruit and berries, but they mostly eat insects. Fantails are very good at catching insects in the air - they can change direction very quickly when they are flying.

South Island Fantail - Photo (c) costerfamily, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
banks_peninsula_tui's ID: South Island Fantail (Rhipidura fuliginosa ssp. fuliginosa)
Added on August 31, 2012
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Photos / Sounds

What

South Island Fantail (Rhipidura fuliginosa ssp. fuliginosa)

Observer

steveattwood

Date

August 26, 2012 12:31 PM NZST

Description

Photographed in Oxford Forest Conservation Area.

•16 cm.,including long fanned tail, 8g., pied bird has grey head, white eyebrow, brown back, yellow underparts, black and white tail., juvenile similar but browner body; black phase, sooty black but for white spot behind the eye.
Rhipidura fuliginosa 1st prize , best mum and dad.
Fantails live in the forest and in our gardens. A pair of fantails raise three or four families, each with three or four chicks each summer. It is hard work. The chicks are fed every 10 minutes, which is more than 100 times a day! No wonder baby fantails grow fast. 15 days after hatching blind and naked, the chicks have grown feathers and are ready to leave the nest.
Cats, rats, stoats and mynas are the fantails' enemies. Of all their eggs and chicks, only a few survive and grow up.
Fantails mostly live on forest edges and in scrub habitats. They can often be seen in town in parks and gardens. Fantails will usually be seen alone or in pairs during summer, but will often form flocks during the winter. Fantails occasionally eat fruit and berries, but they mostly eat insects. Fantails are very good at catching insects in the air - they can change direction very quickly when they are flying.

South Island Fantail - Photo (c) costerfamily, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
banks_peninsula_tui's ID: South Island Fantail (Rhipidura fuliginosa ssp. fuliginosa)
Added on August 31, 2012
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Photos / Sounds

What

South Island Fantail (Rhipidura fuliginosa ssp. fuliginosa)

Observer

steveattwood

Date

August 26, 2012 12:31 PM NZST

Description

Photographed in Oxford Forest Conservation Area.

•16 cm.,including long fanned tail, 8g., pied bird has grey head, white eyebrow, brown back, yellow underparts, black and white tail., juvenile similar but browner body; black phase, sooty black but for white spot behind the eye.
Rhipidura fuliginosa 1st prize , best mum and dad.
Fantails live in the forest and in our gardens. A pair of fantails raise three or four families, each with three or four chicks each summer. It is hard work. The chicks are fed every 10 minutes, which is more than 100 times a day! No wonder baby fantails grow fast. 15 days after hatching blind and naked, the chicks have grown feathers and are ready to leave the nest.
Cats, rats, stoats and mynas are the fantails' enemies. Of all their eggs and chicks, only a few survive and grow up.
Fantails mostly live on forest edges and in scrub habitats. They can often be seen in town in parks and gardens. Fantails will usually be seen alone or in pairs during summer, but will often form flocks during the winter. Fantails occasionally eat fruit and berries, but they mostly eat insects. Fantails are very good at catching insects in the air - they can change direction very quickly when they are flying.

South Island Fantail - Photo (c) costerfamily, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
banks_peninsula_tui's ID: South Island Fantail (Rhipidura fuliginosa ssp. fuliginosa)
Added on August 31, 2012
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Australasian Shoveler - Photo (c) Tony Hisgett, some rights reserved (CC BY)
banks_peninsula_tui's ID: Australasian Shoveler (Anas rhynchotis [inactive])
Added on August 31, 2012
Maverick
(Inactive Taxon)

Photos / Sounds

What

New Zealand Sacred Kingfisher (Todiramphus sanctus ssp. vagans)

Observer

steveattwood

Date

August 26, 2012

Description

a tree kingfisher found in the mangroves, forests, and river valleys of Australia, Fiji, Indonesia, New Caledonia, New Zealand (where it is the only native species of kingfisher) Norfolk Island, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and the Wallis and Futuna Islands. In New Zealand, T. sanctus vagans shows altitudinal migration, with post-breeding movement from higher altitudes to the coast and also from forest to coast and open lands.
It is 19-23 cm long.
The kingfisher is a brightly coloured bird, deep green-blue on the head and upperparts. Pale yellowish buff underparts and a creamy white collar around the neck. Long, dark, broad bill and black eye with a yellowish buff eyebrow that starts at the bill and finishes above and beyond the eye.
The dagger-like bill is used in the breeding season to excavate a tunnel in an earth bank by repeatedly flying at the bank at full speed, neck outstretched and uttering a peculiar whirring call. Once the tunnel has started and the hole is big enough to perch in, the kingfisher then continues to excavate the tunnel by pecking and scooping out the loosen earth. The tunnel is sloped slightly upwards and ends with a chamber for the nest. Despite their name, kingfishers do not necessarily eat fish. They tend to populate coastal areas but some are entirely terrestrial. Those around the coastal waters eat small crabs and fish, in fresh water they'll eat tadpoles, freshwater crayfish and other small fish. In the open country they eat earthworms, cicadas, weta, stick insects, dragonflies, chafer beetles, other beetles, spiders, lizards, mice and small birds (especially silvereyes). I have seen them taking cicadas on the wing during heavy hatches of these insects.

New Zealand Sacred Kingfisher - Photo (c) Jacqui Geux, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Jacqui Geux
banks_peninsula_tui's ID: New Zealand Sacred Kingfisher (Todiramphus sanctus ssp. vagans)
Added on August 31, 2012
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What

Domestic Cat (Felis catus)

Observer

bayard

Date

August 13, 2012 09:16 PM NZST

Description

Testing iOS app - my somewhat manky Persian.

Domestic Cat - Photo (c) Von.grzanka, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
banks_peninsula_tui's ID: Domestic Cat (Felis catus)
Added on August 14, 2012
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