Birds in New Zealand

71 species listed · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024

Our list for New Zealand has 71 bird species recorded regularly there: 34 residents, 24 summer visitors, 3 winter visitors, 7 passage migrants and 3 scarce visitors.

The list comes from 6.0 million birdwatchers' records from 2019–2024, shared through the eBird Observation Dataset on GBIF. A bird is listed when it was recorded in at least 3 of the 6 years and has a Birdfact species guide, so more species occur here than are listed; the months show when it is recorded most years.

Birds to see in New Zealand in September

51 species on our list are recorded regularly this month. These are the ones birdwatchers record most often.

All 51 birds in September

Arriving in September: Sooty Shearwater, White-chinned Petrel, Pacific Golden-Plover, Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, Glossy Ibis, Hudsonian Godwit, Rose-ringed Parakeet.

Through the year

Species recorded regularly in New Zealand each month: most in November (65), fewest in August (46). Choose a month to see its birds.

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Common Redpoll
Common RedpollSmallest · 11.5cm
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Indian Peafowl
Indian PeafowlLargest · 230cm
From the Common Redpoll (11.5 cm) to the Indian Peafowl (230 cm)33 families

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All 71 birds on the list

Showing 47–69 of 71 species

Glossy Ibis

Glossy Ibis

Plegadis falcinellusLC

Summer visitorRare

Regularly Jun–Mar

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
White-winged Tern

White-winged Tern

Chlidonias leucopterusLC

Summer visitorRare

Recorded all year

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Common Tern

Common Tern

Sterna hirundoLC

Summer visitorRare

Regularly Nov–Apr

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Curlew Sandpiper

Curlew Sandpiper

Calidris ferrugineaNT

Summer visitorRare

Regularly Aug–May

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Helmeted Guineafowl

Helmeted Guineafowl

Numida meleagrisLC

ResidentRare

Recorded all year

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Northern Shoveler

Northern Shoveler

Spatula clypeataLC

Winter visitorRare

Regularly Apr–Oct

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Sanderling

Sanderling

Calidris albaLC

Summer visitorRare

Regularly Nov–Jul

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Laughing Kookaburra

Laughing Kookaburra

Dacelo novaeguineaeLC

ResidentRare

Recorded all year

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D

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Chukar

Chukar

Alectoris chukarLC

Summer visitorRare

Regularly Jul–May

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Hudsonian Godwit

Hudsonian Godwit

Limosa haemasticaVU

Passage migrantRare

Regularly Sep–Jun

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Long-tailed Jaeger

Long-tailed Jaeger

Stercorarius longicaudusLC

Passage migrantRare

Regularly Oct–Mar

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Northern Pintail

Northern Pintail

Anas acutaLC

ScarceRare

Regularly Oct

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Emu

Emu

Dromaius novaehollandiaeLC

Summer visitorRare

Regularly Oct–Jun

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Wandering Albatross

Wandering Albatross

Diomedea exulansVU

Summer visitorRare

Regularly Jun–Feb

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Rose-ringed Parakeet

Rose-ringed Parakeet

Psittacula krameriLC

Summer visitorRare

Regularly May–Jan

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Black-tailed Godwit

Black-tailed Godwit

Limosa limosaNT

Summer visitorRare

Regularly Oct–Jul

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Pomarine Jaeger

Pomarine Jaeger

Stercorarius pomarinusLC

Summer visitorRare

Regularly Nov–Apr

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Galah

Galah

Eolophus roseicapillaLC

ScarceRare
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Kakapo

Kakapo

Strigops habroptilusCR

Passage migrantRare

Regularly Nov–Jun

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Arctic Tern

Arctic Tern

Sterna paradisaeaLC

Passage migrantRare

Regularly Nov–Dec

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Swan Goose

Swan Goose

Anser cygnoidesEN

Winter visitorRare

Regularly May–Oct

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Golden Pheasant

Golden Pheasant

Chrysolophus pictusLC

Passage migrantRare

Regularly May–Nov

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Wood Duck

Wood Duck

Aix sponsaLC

Passage migrantRare

Regularly May–Jan

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
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Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made

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