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Manawatu Estuary (birds found here)

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Birds found at the Manawatu Estuary
 
(Bird life commonly seen throughout the year in and around the estuary includes):—
Little blue penguinEudyptula minor
Australasian GannetMorus serrator
Black ShagPhalacrocorax carbo
Pied ShagPhalacrocorax varius
Little ShagPhalacrocorax melanoleucus
Little Black ShagPhalacrocorax sulcirostris
Black SwanCygnus atratus
Paradise DuckTadorna variegate
Mallard Duck Anas platyrhynchos
Grey DuckAnas superciliosa
Grey TealAnas gracilis
White-faced Heron Ardea novaehollandiae
White HeronEgretta alba
Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
Royal SpoonbillPlatalea regia
Australasian BitternBotaurus poiciloptilus
Australasian HarrierCircus approximans
Pied Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
Variable Oystercatcher Haematopus unicolor
Spur–winged PloverVanellus miles
PukekoPorphyrio porphyrio melanotus
Banded DotterelCharadrius bicinctus
Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
WrybillAnarchynchus frontalis
Eastern Bar-tailed Godwit,Limosa lapponica
Knot,Calidris canutus
Turnstone,Arenaria interpres
Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus
Southern Black Backed GullLarus dominicanus
Red-billed GullLarus scopulinus
Caspian Tern Sterna caspia
White-fronted TernSterna striata
Pied StiltHimantopus himantopus
KingfisherHalcyon sancta
Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella.
GoldfinchCardulelis carduelis
GreenfinchCarduelis chloris
ChaffinchFringilla coelabs
Welcome Swallow Hirundo tahitica neoxena
TuiProsthermadera novaeseelandiae
Fantail Rhipidura fulginosa
New Zealand PipitAnthus novaeseelandiae
Song Thrush Turdus philomelus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Dunnock Prunella modularis
Starling Sturnus vulgaris
FernbirdBowdleria punctata
Silvereye Zosterops lateralis
(page last updated  12 June 2007)