New Zealand
Peter R. Bono  Summer 1986 Trip


Australian Gannet   Morus serrator
    7/14/1986   Auckland and vicinity; mostly north of city     
Little Black Cormorant   Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
    7/14/1986   Auckland and vicinity; mostly north of city     
White-faced Heron   Egretta novaehollandiae
    7/14/1986   Auckland and vicinity; mostly north of city     
F Paradise Shelduck   Tadorna variegata
    7/14/1986   Auckland and vicinity; mostly north of city      females have white head
Mallard   Anas platyrhynchos
    7/14/1986   Auckland and vicinity; mostly north of city     
Pacific Black Duck   Anas superciliosa
    7/14/1986   Auckland and vicinity; mostly north of city     
Swamp Harrier   Circus approximans
    7/14/1986   Auckland and vicinity; mostly north of city     
Purple Swamphen   Porphyrio porphyrio
    7/14/1986   Auckland and vicinity; mostly north of city     
F South Island Oystercatcher   Haematopus finschi
    7/14/1986   Auckland and vicinity; mostly north of city     
F Variable Oystercatcher   Haematopus unicolor
    7/14/1986   Auckland and vicinity; mostly north of city      all black
White-headed Stilt   Himantopus leucocephalus
    7/14/1986   Auckland and vicinity; mostly north of city     
F Kelp Gull   Larus dominicanus
    7/14/1986   Auckland and vicinity; mostly north of city     
F Red-billed Gull   Larus scopulinus
    7/14/1986   Auckland and vicinity; mostly north of city     
F New Zealand Pigeon   Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae
    7/14/1986   Auckland and vicinity; mostly north of city      dark head,breast; white belly; good view
Eastern Rosella   Platycercus eximius
    7/14/1986   Auckland and vicinity; mostly north of city     
Sacred Kingfisher   Todirhamphus sanctus
    7/14/1986   Auckland and vicinity; mostly north of city     
Sky Lark   Alauda arvensis
    7/14/1986   Auckland and vicinity; mostly north of city     
Welcome Swallow   Hirundo neoxena
    7/14/1986   Auckland and vicinity; mostly north of city     
Dunnock   Prunella modularis
    7/14/1986   Auckland and vicinity; mostly north of city     
Eurasian Blackbird   Turdus merula
    7/14/1986   Auckland and vicinity; mostly north of city     
Song Thrush   Turdus philomelos
    7/14/1986   Auckland and vicinity; mostly north of city     
Gray Fantail   Rhipidura fuliginosa
    7/14/1986   Auckland and vicinity; mostly north of city     
Silver-eye   Zosterops lateralis
    7/14/1986   Auckland and vicinity; mostly north of city      has buffy flanks
F Tui   Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae
    7/14/1986   Auckland and vicinity; mostly north of city      good close view;white thr. feathers seen
Australasian Magpie   Gymnorhina tibicen
    7/14/1986   Auckland and vicinity; mostly north of city      black-backed race (tibicen)
Common Myna   Acridotheres tristis
    7/14/1986   Auckland and vicinity; mostly north of city     
European Starling   Sturnus vulgaris
    7/14/1986   Auckland and vicinity; mostly north of city     
House Sparrow   Passer domesticus
    7/14/1986   Auckland and vicinity; mostly north of city     
Chaffinch   Fringilla coelebs
    7/14/1986   Auckland and vicinity; mostly north of city     
European Goldfinch   Carduelis carduelis
    7/14/1986   Auckland and vicinity; mostly north of city     
Yellowhammer   Emberiza citrinella
    7/14/1986   Auckland and vicinity; mostly north of city     

31 sightings; 31 species seen; 7 life birds.