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 70–71 of 71 species

Budgerigar

Budgerigar

Melopsittacus undulatusLC

ScarceRare
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Rainbow Lorikeet

Rainbow Lorikeet

Trichoglossus moluccanusLC

Passage migrantRare

Regularly Mar–Dec

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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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