Extinct birds

58 losses since human arrival

Penguin

Yellow-eyed
Four crested
Little blue
White-flippered

Parrots   Parakeets

Kea
Kaka
Kakapo
5 parakeets

Big trees

Kauri

Kiwi population shrinking
"Fewer than 15 North Island brown kiwi are thought to be surviving in western Bay of Plenty, sparking fresh fears for the survival ... will be extinct there within four years unless action is taken"
New Zealand Herald
20 December 2004

New Zealand's flight path to disaster
"Few people are aware that, as the authors claim, New Zealand has a better record of the birds that lived over the past 100,000 years than any other area of the world. Our avifauna is diverse, unique, special, intriguing - and, to a large extent, extinct"
New Zealand Herald
14 January 2003

UN alert on threat
to birds
"The UN document, the bi-annual Environment Programme (UNEP) GEO-3 report, estimates a quarter of the world's mammal species and 12 per cent of birds - including 15 per cent of New Zealand species - face extinction over the
next 30 years ..."
New Zealand Herald
23 May 2002

Kiwi an Aussie who overstayed
"The kiwi, New Zealand's national bird and sports symbol, probably originated in Australia, says a New Zealand scientist. Molecular evolutionist Dr Alan Cooper led an Oxford University team that found the kiwi developed in Australia and migrated to NZ about 70 million years ago along the Norfolk Ridge, or Lord Howe Rise, that linked the two countries ..."
New Zealand Herald
8 February 2001

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Amokura (Red-tailed tropic bird) Phaethon rubricauda
      [7] Range restricted

Antarctic giant petrel (Southern giant petrel)
     Macronectes giganteus  Near threatened [non-breeding]

Antarctic petrel  Thalassoica antarctica  [rare/accidental]

Antarctic prion  Pachyptila desolata  [5] Gradual decline

Antarctic tern  Sterna vittata bethunei  [7] Range restricted

Antipodes albatross  Diomedea antipodensis
      Vulnerable [3] Nationally vulnerable

Antipodes Island parakeet (Green parakeet)  Cyanoramphus unicolor
      [endemic]  Vulnerable [7] Range restricted

Antipodes Island snipe  Coenocorypha aucklandica meinertzhagenae
      [endemic] [7] Range restricted

Arctic skua  Stercorarius parasiticus  [migratory visitor]

Auckland Island banded dotterel  Charadrius bicinctus exilis
      [7] Range restricted

Auckland Island merganser  Mergus australis  [endemic] Extinct

Auckland Island rail  Dryolimnas muelleri  [endemic]
      Vulnerable [7] Range restricted

Auckland Island shag  Leucocarbo colensoi  [endemic]
      Vulnerable [7] Range restricted

Auckland Island teal  Anas aucklandica  [endemic]
      Vulnerable [7] Range restricted

Auckland Island tit  Petroica macrocephala marrineri [endemic]
      [7] Range restricted

Australasian bittern  Botaurus poiciloptilus
      Endangered [2] Nationally endangered

Australasian grebe  Tachybaptus novaehollandiae

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Banded dotterel  Charadrius bicinctus

Banded dotterel  Charadrius bicinctus bicinctus
      [5] Gradual decline

Banded rail  Gallirallus philippensis  Extinct

Banded rail (Moho-pereru)  Gallirallus philippensis assimilis
      [endemic] [6] Sparse

Black petrel (Parkinson's petrel, or taiko)  Procellaria parkinsoni
      [breeding endemic]  Vulnerable [5] Gradual decline

Black teal (New Zealand scaup, or papango)  Aythya novaeseelandiae
      [endemic]

Black Robin (Chatham robin)  Petroica traversi  [endemic]
      Endangered [1] Nationally critical

Black shag  Phalacrocorax carbo novaehollandiae  [6] Sparse

Black stilt (Kaki)  Himantopus novaezelandiae  [endemic]
      Critically endangered [1] Nationally critical

Black-billed gull  Larus bulleri  [endemic]
      Endangered [4] Serious decline

Black-browed albatross Thalassarche melanophris Endangered

Black-footed albatross  Diomedea nigripes

Black-fronted tern (Tarapiroe)  Sterna albostriata
            Endangered [4] Serious decline

Black-winged petrel  Pterodroma nigripennis

Blue-billed duck  Oxyura australis  Extinct

Blue penguin (Little blue penguin)  Eudyptula minor

Blue duck (Whio)  Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos
      [endemic] Endangered [2] Nationally endangered

Blue petrel  Halobaena caerulea

Blue shag (Spotted shag) (Parekareka)  Leucocarbo punctatus

Bounty Island shag  Leucocarbo ranfurlyi  [endemic]
      Vulnerable [7] Range restricted

Bristle-thighed curlew  Numenius tahitiensis  [non-breeding]
      Vulnerable

Broad-billed prion  Pachyptila vittata

Bronz shag (Stewart Island shag)  Leucocarbo chalconotus
      [endemic] Vulnerable [3] Nationally vulnerable

Brown creeper (Pipipi)  Mohoua novaeselandiae  [endemic]

Brown skua (Subantarctic skua)  Catharacta lonnbergi

Brown teal (Pateke)  Anas chlorotis  [endemic] Endangered

Brown teal  Anas chlorotis 'North Island'  [endemic]
      [2] Nationally endangered

Buff weka  Gallirallus australis hectori  [endemic]

Buller's mollymawk (Buller's albatross)  Thalassarche bulleri
      Vulnerable

Buller's shearwater  Puffinus bulleri  [breeding endemic]
      Vulnerable [7] Range restricted

Bush falcon  Falco novaeseelandiae 'bush'
      Near threatened [3] Nationally vulnerable

Bush wren (Matuhi, or New Zealand bush wren)  Xenicus longipes
      [endemic] Extinct

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Campbell albatross (New Zealand black-browed mollymawk)
      Thalassarche impavida  Vulnerable [3] Nationally vulnerable

Campbell Island shag  Leucocarbo campbelli  [endemic]
      Vulnerable [7] Range restricted

Campbell Island snipe  Coenocorypha 'Campbell'  [endemic]
      [1] Nationally critical

Campbell Island teal  Anas nesiotis  [endemic]
      Critically endangered [1] Nationally critical

Cape petrel Daption capense

Cape petrel  Daption capense australe 
      [7] Range restricted

Caspian tern (Taranui)  Sterna caspia  [3] Nationally vulnerable

Chatham gerygone (Chatham Island warbler)
      Gerygone albofrontata  [endemic] [7] Range restricted

Chatham Island bellbird  Anthornis melanocephala  Extinct

Chatham Island coot  Fulica chathamensis  [endemic] Extinct

Chatham Island duck  Pachyanas chathamica  Extinct

Chatham Island fantail  Rhipidura fuliginosa penitus  [endemic]

Chatham Island fernbird  Bowdleria rufescens  [endemic] Extinct

Chatham Island fulmar prion  Pachyptila crassirostris pyramidalis
      [7] Range restricted

Chatham Island mollymawk  Thalassarche eremita
      Critically endangered [4] Serious decline

Chatham Island oystercatcher  Haematopus chathamensis
      Endangered [1] Nationally critical

Chatham Island pigeon (Parea)  Hemiphaga chathamensis
      [endemic] [1] Nationally critical

Chatham Island red-crowned kakariki  Cyanoramphus
      novaezelandiae chathamensis  [7] Range restricted

Chatham Island sea-eagle  Haliaeetus australis  Extinct

Chatham Island shag  Leucocarbo onslowi  [endemic]
      Critically endangered [7] Range restricted

Chatham Island snipe  Coenocorypha pusilla  [endemic]
      Vulnerable [7] Range restricted

Chatham Island taiko (Magenta petrel) Pterodroma magentae
      [endemic] Critically endangered [1] Nationally critical

Chatham Island tit  Petroica macrocephala chathamensis
      [endemic] [2] Nationally endangered

Chatham Island tui Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae chathamensis
      [endemic] [2] Nationally endangered

Chatham Island warbler (Chatham gerygone)
      Gerygone albofrontata  [endemic] [7] Range restricted

Chatham Islands raven (crow)  Corvus moriorum [endemic]
      Extinct

Chatham little blue penguin  Eudyptula minor chathamensis
      [endemic] [7] Range restricted

Chatham petrel  Pterodroma axillaris  [breeding/endemic]
      Critically endangered [2] Nationally endangered

Chatham rail  Gallirallus modestus  [endemic] Extinct

Chatham robin (Black Robin)  Petroica traversi  [endemic]
      Endangered [1] Nationally critical

Christmas shearwater  Puffinus nativitatis  [rare/accidental]

Codfish Island fernbird (Matata)  Bowdleria punctata wilsoni
      [1] Nationally critical

Codfish Island South Georgian diving petrel
      Pelecanoides georgicus 'Codfish Island' [1] Nationally critical

Common noddy (Brown noddy)  Anous stolidas pileatus
      [1] Nationally critical

Cook Strait little blue penguin  Eudyptula minor variabilis
      [5] Gradual decline

Cook's petrel (Titi)  Pterodroma cookii
      [breeding/endemic] Endangered [5] Gradual decline

Cory's shearwater  Calonectris diomedea  [rare/accidental]

Crested moa  Pachyornis australis  Extinct

Crested grebe  Podiceps cristatus australis  [1] Nationally critical

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De Lautour's duck  Biziura delautouri  Extinct

Dieffenbach's rail  Gallirallus dieffenbachii  [endemic] Extinct

Eastern falcon  Falco novaeseelandiae 'eastern'
      Near threatened [5] Gradual decline

Eastern moa  Emeus crassus  Extinct

Eastern rockhopper penguin  Eudyptes chrysocome filholi
      [4] Serious decline

Erect crested penguin  Eudyptes sclateri  [endemic]
      Endangered [2] Nationally endangered

Eurasian coot  Fulica atra

Eyles' harrier  Circus eylesi  Extinct

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Fairy prion  Pachyptila turtur

Fairy tern  Sterna nereis davisae  [1] Nationally critical

Fantail (Piwakawaka)  Rhipidura fuliginosa

Falco novaeseelandiae  New Zealand falcon (Karearea)
      Near threatened

Finsch's duck  Chenonetta finschi  Extinct

Fiordland crested penguin (Tawaki)  Eudyptes pachyrhynchus
      [endemic] Vulnerable [5] Gradual decline

Flesh-footed shearwater  Puffinus carneipes  [5] Gradual decline

Fluttering shearwater  Puffinus gavia

Forbes' parakeet  Cyanoramphus forbesi  [endemic]
      Endangered [2] Nationally endangered

Fulmar prion  Pachyptila crassirostris crassirostris
      [7] Range restricted

Gannet (Takapu)  Sula serrator

Giant Chatham Island rail  Diaphorapteryx hawkinsi
      [endemic] Extinct

Giant Chatham Island snipe  Coenocorypha chathamica  Extinct

Giant eagle (Harpagornis, Haast's eagle, New Zealand eagle)
      Harpagornis moorei  Extinct

Giant moa  Dinornis robustus  Extinct

Giant moa [new unamed diverging species]
      Dinornis robustus 'Northwest Nelson'  Extinct

Giant moa [new unamed diverging species]
      Dinornis robustus 'Otago'  Extinct

Gibson's albatross  Diomedea gibsoni  [7] Range restricted

Gould's petrel  Pterodroma leucoptera  [rare/accidental]
      Vulnerable

Grant-Mackie's wren  Pachyplichas jagmi  Extinct

Great cormorant (Kawau)  Phalacrocorax carbo

Great crested grebe  Podiceps cristatus

Great spotted kiwi (Roroa)  Apteryx haastii
      [endemic] Vulnerable [5] Gradual decline

Great-winged petrel  Pterodroma macroptera

Green parakeet (Antipodes Island parakeet)  Cyanoramphus unicolor
      [endemic]  Vulnerable [7] Range restricted

Grey duck  Anas superciliosa superciliosa 
      [endemic] Least concern [2] Nationally endangered

Grey petrel  Procellaria cinerea  Near threatened [5] Gradual decline

Grey teal  Anas gracilis  Least concern

Grey ternlet  Procelsterna cerulea albivittata  [7] Range restricted

Grey warbler (Riroriro)  Gerygone igata  [endemic]

Gray-headed mollymawk  Thalassarche chrysostoma
      Vulnerable [4] Serious decline

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Haast tokoeka  Apteryx australis 'Haast'
      [1] Nationally critical

Haast's eagle (Harpagornis, New Zealand eagle or Giant eagle)
      Harpagornis moorei  Extinct

Hakawai (New Zealand snipe)  Coenocorypha aucklandica
      Near threatened

Hall's giant petrel  Macronectes halli  Near threatened

Harpagornis (Haast's eagle, New Zealand eagle or Giant eagle)
      Harpagornis moorei  Extinct

Heavy-footed moa  Pachyornis elephantopus 'Canterbury/Otago'
      [new unamed diverging species]  Extinct

Heavy-footed moa  Pachyornis elephantopus 'Southland'
      [new unamed diverging species]  Extinct

Hihi (Stitchbird)  Notiomystis cincta  [endemic]
      Vulnerable [7] Range restricted

Hoary-headed grebe  Poliocephalus poliocephalus  [rare/accidental]

Hodgen's rail  Gallinula hodgeni  Extinct

Hoiho (Yellow-eyed penguin)  Megadyptes antipodes  [endemic]
      Endangered [3] Nationally vulnerable

Huahou (Red knot)  Calidris canutus

Huia  Heteralocha acutirostris  [endemic] Extinct

Hutton's shearwater  Puffinus huttoni  [breeding endemic]
      Endangered [2] Nationally endangered

Indian yellow-nosed albatross  Thalassarche carteri (bassi)
      Endangered

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Juan Fernandez petrel  Pterodroma externa  [rare/accidental]
      Vulnerable

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Kahu (Marsh harrier)  Circus approximans

Karuhiruhi (Pied shag)  Phalacrocorax varius
      Phalacrocorax varius varius  [6] Sparse

Kaka (Bush parrot)  Nestor meridionalis  [endemic]

Kakapo (Owl parrot)  Strigops habroptilus  [endemic]
            Critically endangered [1] Nationally critical

Kaki (Black stilt)  Himantopus novaezelandiae  [endemic]
      Critically endangered [1] Nationally critical

Karoti (Snares Island fernbird)  Bowdleria punctata caudata
      [7] Range restricted

Kawau (Great cormorant)  Phalacrocorax carbo

Kawaupaka (Little pied cormorant)  Phalacrocorax melanoleucos

Kea (Mountain parrot)  Nestor notabilis  [endemic]
      Endangered [2] Nationally endangered

Kelp gull  Larus dominicanus

Kereru (Kukupa, New Zealand pigeon or Wood pigeon)
      Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae  [endemic]
      Near threatened [5] Gradual decline

Kerguelen petrel  Aphrodroma brevirostris

Kermadec little shearwater Puffinus assimilis kermadecensis
      [7] Range restricted

Kermadec petrel  Pterodroma neglecta  [rare/accidental]
      [2] Nationally endangered

Kermadec red-crowned kakariki  Cyanoramphus
      novaezelandiae cyanurus  [7] Range restricted

Kermadec white-faced storm petrel
      Pelagodroma marina albiclunis [1] Nationally critical

Koekoea (Long-tailed cuckoo)  Eudynamys taitensis
      [5] Gradual decline

Koitareke (Marsh crake)  Porzana pusilla  [endemic]
      Porzana pusilla affinis  [endemic] [6] Sparse

Kokako  Callaeas cinerea  [endemic]
      Endangered [2] Nationally endangered

Kukupa (Kereru, New Zealand pigeon or Wood pigeon)
      Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae  [endemic]
      Near threatened [5] Gradual decline

Large bush moa  Dinornis novaezealandiae  Extinct

Laughing owl (Whekau)  Sceloglaux albifacies  Extinct

Lesser fulmar prion  Pachyptila crassirostris eatoni
      [7] Range restricted

Light-mantled sooty albatross  Phoebetria palpebrata
      Near threatened [5] Gradual decline

Little Barrier snipe  Coenocorypha aucklandica barrierensis
      Extinct

Little black shag  Phalacrocorax sulcirostris  [6] Sparse

Little blue penguin (Blue penguin)  Eudyptula minor

Little bush moa  Anomalopteryx didiformis  Extinct

Little pied cormorant (Kawaupaka)  Phalacrocorax melanoleucos

Little shearwater  Puffinus assimilis

Little spotted kiwi (Kiwi-pukupuku)  Apteryx owenii
      [endemic] Vulnerable [7] Range restricted

Long-tailed cuckoo (Koekoea)  Eudynamys taitensis
      [5] Gradual decline

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Magenta petrel (Chatham Island taiko) Pterodroma magentae
      [endemic] Critically endangered [1] Nationally critical

Manx shearwater  Puffinus puffinus  [rare/accidental]

Mappin's moa  Pachyornis mappini 'Eastern North Island'
      [new unamed diverging species]  Extinct

Mappin's moa  Pachyornis mappini 'Western North Island'
      [new unamed diverging species]  Extinct

Marsh crake (Koitareke)  Porzana pusilla  [endemic]
      Porzana pusilla affinis  [endemic] [6] Sparse

Marsh harrier (Kahu)  Circus approximans

Masked booby  Sula dactylatra fullageri  [1] Nationally critical

Masked woodswallow  Artamus personatus  [rare/accidental]

Matata (South Island fernbird)  Bowdleria punctata punctata
      [6] Sparse

Miromiro (Tomtit)  Petroica macrocephala  [endemic]

Moho (North Island takahe) Porphyrio hochstetteri
      [endemic] Extinct

Moho-pereru (Banded rail)  Gallirallus philippensis assimilis
      [endemic] [6] Sparse

Mohua (Yellowhead)  Mohoua ochrocephala  [endemic]
      Endangered [2] Nationally endangered

Morepork (Ruru)  Ninox novaeseelandiae

Mottled petrel  Pterodroma inexpectata
      Near threatened [7] Range restricted

Muttonbird (Sooty shearwater, or Titi)  Puffinus griseus
      Near threatened [5] Gradual decline

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New Zealand bellbird (Korimako)  Anthornis melanura

New Zealand black-browed mollymawk (Campbell albatross)
      Thalassarche impavida  Vulnerable [3] Nationally vulnerable

New Zealand coot  Fulica prisca  [endemic] Extinct

New Zealand crow (raven)  Corvus antipodum  [endemic] Extinct

New Zealand dabchick (Weweia)  Poliocephalus rufopectus
      [endemic]  Vulnerable [6] Sparse

New Zealand dotterel (Tuturiwhatu)  Charadrius obscurus
      [endemic]  Endangered

New Zealand eagle (Harpagornis, Haast's eagle, or Giant eagle)
      Harpagornis moorei  Extinct

New Zealand fernbird  Bowdleria punctata  [endemic]

New Zealand king shag  Leucocarbo carunculatus
      [endemic] Vulnerable [7] Range restricted

New Zealand little bittern  Ixobrychus novaezelandiae  Extinct

New Zealand owlet-nightjar  Aegotheles novaezealandiae
      Extinct

New Zealand pelican  Pelecanus novaezealandiae  Extinct

New Zealand pigeon (Kereru, Kukupa, or Wood pigeon)
      Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae  [endemic]
      Near threatened [5] Gradual decline

New Zealand pipit (Pihoihoi)  Anthus novaeseelandiae

New Zealand quail  Coturnix novaezelandiae  Extinct

New Zealand raven (crow)  Corvus antipodum  [endemic] Extinct

New Zealand red-crowned parakeet  Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae
      [endemic]  Vulnerable

New Zealand robin (Toutouwai)  Petroica australis  [endemic]

New Zealand scaup (Papango) Athya novaeseelandiae [endemic]

New Zealand shore plover (Tuturuata) Thinornis
      novaeseelandiae Endangered [1] Nationally critical

New Zealand shoveler (Kuruwhengi) Anas rhynchotis variegata
      [endemic]

New Zealand snipe (Hakawai)  Coenocorypha aucklandica
      Near threatened

New Zealand sooty tern  Sterna fuscata kermadeci
      [5] Gradual decline

New Zealand storm-petrel  Oceanites maorianis
      Critically endangered

New Zealand swan  Cygnus sumnerensis  Extinct

New Zealand thrush (South Island piopio)  Turnagra capensis
      [endemic] Extinct

North Island adzebill  Aptornis otidiformis  [endemic] Extinct

North Island brown kiwi  Apteryx mantelli
      [endemic] Endangered [4] Serious decline

North Island bush wren  Xenicus longipes stokesi
      [endemic]  Extinct

North Island crow (raven)  Corvus antipodum antipodum
      [endemic] Extinct

North Island fantail  Rhipidura fuliginosa placabilis  [endemic]

North Island fernbird (Matata)  Bowdleria punctata vealeae
      [6] Sparse

North Island goose  Cnemiornis gracilis  Extinct

North Island kaka  Nestor meridionalis septentrionalis
      Endangered [2] Nationally endangered

North Island kokako  Callaeas cinerea wilsoni
      Endangered [2] Nationally endangered

North Island piopio  Turnagra tanagra  [endemic] Extinct

North Island raven (crow)  Corvus antipodum antipodum
      [endemic] Extinct

North Island rifleman (Titipounamu) Acanthisitta chloris granti
      [endemic] Least concern [5] Gradual decline

North Island robin  Petroica australis longipes  [endemic]

North Island saddleback (Tieke) Philesturnus carunculatus rufusater 
      Near threatened [7] Range restricted

North Island takahe (Moho) Porphyrio hochstetteri
      [endemic] Extinct

North Island tomtit Petroica macrocephala toitoi  [endemic]

North Island weka  Gallirallus australis greyi  [endemic]
      [2] Nationally endangered

Northern Buller's mollymawk  Thalassarche bulleri platei
      Vulnerable [7] Range restricted

Northern Fiordland tokoeka  Apteryx australis 'Northern Fiordland'
      [5] Gradual decline

Northern little blue penguin  Eudyptula minor iredalei
      [5] Gradual decline

Northern New Zealand dotterel  Charadrius obscurus aquilonius
      [endemic] [6] Sparse

Northern royal albatross  Diomedea sanfordi
      Endangered [7] Range restricted

Orange-fronted parakeet  Cyanoramphus malherbi  [endemic]
      Critically endangered [1] Nationally critical

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Pacific albatross  Thalassarche platei

Paradise shelduck (Putangitangi)  Tadorna variegata  [endemic]

Parea (Chatham Island pigeon)  Hemiphaga chathamensis
      [endemic] [1] Nationally critical

Parekareka (Spotted shag) (Blue shag)  Leucocarbo punctatus

Parkinson's petrel (Black petrel, or taiko)  Procellaria parkinsoni
      [breeding endemic]  Vulnerable [5] Gradual decline

Parson bird (Tui)  Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae [endemic]

Phoenix petrel  Pterodroma alba  [rare/accidental]
      Endangered

Pied shag (Karuhiruhi)  Phalacrocorax varius
      Phalacrocorax varius varius  [6] Sparse

Pihoihoi (New Zealand pipit)  Anthus novaeseelandiae

Pink-footed shearwater  Puffinus creatopus
      [rare/accidental]  Vulnerable

Pipipi (Brown creeper)  Mohoua novaeselandiae  [endemic]

Pitt Island shag  Strictocarbo featherstoni  [endemic]
      Endangered [7] Range restricted

Poor Knights bellbird  Anthornis melanura oneho
      [endemic] [7] Range restricted

Popokotea (Whitehead) (Popokatea)  Mohoua albicilla  [endemic]

Providence petrel  Pterodroma solandri
      [rare/accidental]  Vulnerable

Pukeko (Purple swamphen, or swamphen)
      Porphyrio porphyrio melanotus

Putangitangi (Paradise shelduck)  Tadorna variegata  [endemic]

Puweto (Spotless crake)  Porzana tabuensis plumbea [6] Sparse

Pycroft's petrel  Pterodroma pycrofti  [breeding endemic]
      Vulnerable [7] Range restricted

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Red knot (Huahou)  Calidris canutus

Red wattlebird  Anthochaera carunculata  [rare/accidental]

Red-billed gull  Larus scopulinus  [endemic]

Red-crowned parakeet (New Zealand red-crowned parakeet)
      Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae  [endemic] Vulnerable

Red-tailed tropic bird (Amokura)Phaethon rubricauda
      [7] Range restricted

Reef heron  Egretta sacra sacra  [2] Nationally endangered

Reischek's parakeet  Cyanoramphus erythrotis hochstetteri
      [endemic] [7] Range restricted

Rifleman (Titipounamu) Acanthisitta chloris  [endemic]

Riroriro (Grey warbler)  Gerygone igata  [endemic]

Rock wren  Xenicus gilviventris  [endemic]
            Vulnerable [3] Nationally vulnerable

Rockhopper penguin  Eudyptes chrysocome  Vulnerable

Rowi (Okarito brown kiwi)  Apteryx rowi  [endemic]
      Endangered [1] Nationally critical

Ruru (Morepork)  Ninox novaeseelandiae

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Saddleback (Tieke) Philesturnus carunculatus  [endemic]
      Near threatened

Salvin's mollymawk (Salvin's albatross) Thalassarche salvini
      Vulnerable [7] Range restricted

Salvin's prion  Pachyptila salvini

Scarlett's duck  Malacorhynchus scarletti  Extinct

Short-tailed shearwater  Puffinus tenuirostris

Shy albatross  Thalassarche cauta  Near threatened

Silver gull  Larus novaehollandiae

Silvereye (Tauhou)  Zosterops lateralis

Slender-billed prion  Pachyptila belcheri

Snares crested penguin (Snares penguin, or Snares Islands penguin)
      Eudyptes robustus  [endemic] Vulnerable [7] Range restricted

Snares Island fernbird (Karoti)  Bowdleria punctata caudata
      [7] Range restricted

Snares Island snipe  Coenocorypha aucklandica huegeli
      [endemic] [7] Range restricted

Snares Island tit  Petroica macrocephala dannefaerdi
      [endemic] [7] Range restricted

Snares Islands penguin (Snares penguin, or Snares crested penguin)
      Eudyptes robustus  [endemic] Vulnerable [7] Range restricted

Snares penguin (Snares crested penguin, or Snares Islands penguin)
      Eudyptes robustus  [endemic] Vulnerable [7] Range restricted

Snipe-rail  Capellirallus karamu  [endemic] Extinct

Soft-plumaged petrel  Pterodroma mollis

Sooty albatross  Phoebetria fusca  [rare/accidental]  Vulnerable

Sooty shearwater (Muttonbird, or Titi)  Puffinus griseus
      Near threatened [5] Gradual decline

South Island adzebill  Aptornis defosser  [endemic] Extinct

South Island bush wren  Xenicus longipes longipes 
      [endemic]  Extinct

South Island brown teal  Anas chlorotis 'South Island'
      [endemic] [1] Nationally critical

South Island crow (raven)  Corvus antipodum pycrofti
      [endemic] Extinct

South Island fantail  Rhipidura fuliginosa fuliginosa  [endemic]

South Island fernbird (Matata)  Bowdleria punctata punctata
      [6] Sparse

South Island kaka  Nestor meridionalis meridionalis
      Endangered [2] Nationally endangered

South Island kokako  Callaeas cinerea cinerea
      Endangered [1] Nationally critical

South Island goose  Cnemiornis calcitrans  Extinct

South Island oystercatcher  Haematopus finschi

South Island piopio (New Zealand thrush)  Turnagra capensis
      [endemic] Extinct

South Island raven (crow)  Corvus antipodum pycrofti
      [endemic] Extinct

South Island rifleman (Titipounamu) Acanthisitta chloris chloris
      [endemic] Least concern [5] Gradual decline

South Island robin  Petroica australis australis  [endemic]

South Island saddleback  Philesturnus carunculatus carunculatus 
      Near threatened [2] Nationally endangered

South Island takahe  Porphyrio mantelli [endemic]
      Endangered [1] Nationally critical

South Island tomtit Petroica macrocephala macrocephala [endemic]

Southern Buller's mollymawk  Thalassarche bulleri bulleri
      Vulnerable [7] Range restricted

Southern falcon  Falco novaeseelandiae 'southern'
      Near threatened [2] Nationally endangered

Southern Fiordland tokoeka  Apteryx australis 'Southern Fiordland'
      [5] Gradual decline

Southern fulmar  Fulmarus glacialoides

Southern little blue penguin  Eudyptula minor minor
      [5] Gradual decline

Southern New Zealand dotterel  Charadrius obscurus obscurus
      [endemic] [1] Nationally critical

Southern royal albatross  Diomedea epomophora
      Vulnerable [7] Range restricted

Southern skua  Catharacta antarctica lonnbergi  [6] Sparse

Southern white-fronted tern  Sterna striata aucklandorna
      [5] Gradual decline

Spotless crake (Puweto)  Porzana tabuensis plumbea [6] Sparse

Spotted shag (Blue shag) (Parekareka)  Leucocarbo punctatus

Stead's bush wren (Stewart Island bush wren)
      Xenicus longipes variabilis  [endemic] Extinct

Stejneger's petrel  Pterodroma longirostris
      [rare/accidental]  Vulnerable

Stephens Island wren  Traversia lyalli  [endemic]  Extinct

Stewart Island bush wren (Stead's bush wren)
      Xenicus longipes variabilis  [endemic] Extinct

Stewart Island fernbird  Bowdleria punctata stewartiana
      [2] Nationally endangered

Stewart Island robin  Petroica australis rakiura [endemic]
      [2] Nationally endangered

Stewart Island shag (Bronze shag)  Leucocarbo chalconotus
      [endemic] Vulnerable [3] Nationally vulnerable

Stewart Island snipe  Coenocorypha aucklandica iredalei
      Extinct

Stewart Island tokoeka  Apteryx australis lawryi
      [5] Gradual decline

Stewart Island weka  Gallirallus australis scotti  [endemic]
      [2] Nationally endangered

Stitchbird (Hihi)  Notiomystis cincta  [endemic]
      Vulnerable [7] Range restricted

Stout-legged moa  Euryapteryx geranoides  Extinct

Subantarctic little shearwater  Puffinus assimilis elegans
      [7] Range restricted

Swamphen (Pukeko, or Purple swamphen)
      Porphyrio porphyrio melanotus

T

Tahiti petrel  Pterodroma rostrata  [rare/accidental]
      Near threatened

Taiko (Black petrel, or Parkinson's petrel)  Procellaria parkinsoni
      [breeding endemic]  Vulnerable [5] Gradual decline

Takahe  Porphyrio mantelli  [endemic]
      Endangered [1] Nationally critical

Takapu (Gannet)  Sula serrator

Tawaki (Fiordland crested penguin)  Eudyptes pachyrhynchus
      [endemic] Vulnerable [5] Gradual decline

Three Kings bellbird  Anthornis melanura obscura
      [endemic] [7] Range restricted

Tieke (Saddleback) Philesturnus carunculatus  [endemic]
      Near threatened

Titi (Sooty shearwater) (Muttonbird)  Puffinus griseus
      Near threatened [5] Gradual decline

Titipounamu (Rifleman) Acanthisitta chloris  [endemic]

Tokoeka  Apteryx australis  [endemic] Vulnerable

Tomtit (Miromiro)  Petroica macrocephala  [endemic]

Toutouwai (New Zealand robin)  Petroica australis  [endemic]

Tui (Parson bird)  Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae [endemic]

Tuturiwhatu (New Zealand dotterel)  Charadrius obscurus
      [endemic]  Endangered

U

Upland moa  Megalapteryx benhami  Extinct

Upland moa  Megalapteryx didinus  Extinct

Variable oystercatcher (Torea)  Haematopus unicolor

Wandering albatross  Diomedea exulans

Wedge-tailed shearwater  Puffinus pacificus
      [rare/accidental] [7] Range restricted

Weka (Woodhen)  Gallirallus australis  [endemic] Vulnerable

Western weka  Gallirallus australis australis  [endemic]
      [4] Serious decline

Westland petrel  Procellaria westlandica  [breeding endemic]
      Vulnerable [7] Range restricted

Whekau (Laughing owl)  Sceloglaux albifacies  Extinct

White heron  Egretta alba modesta  [1] Nationally critical

White tern  Gygus alba royana  [1] Nationally critical

White-bellied storm petrel  Fregetta grallaria grallaria
      [7] Range restricted

White-browed woodswallow  Artamus superciliosus
      [rare/accidental]

White-capped mollymawk Thalassarche steadi  [endemic]
      Near threatened [7] Range restricted

White-capped noddy  Anous tenuirostris minutus
      [7] Range restricted

White-chinned petrel  Procellaria aequinoctialis  [breeding]
      Vulnerable [7] Range restricted

White-flippered penguin  Eudyptula minor albosignata
      [endemic] [3] Nationally vulnerable

White-fronted tern  Sterna striata
      Sterna striata striata  [5] Gradual decline

White-headed petrel  Pterodroma lessonii

White-naped petrel (White-necked petrel)  Pterodroma cervicalis
      [rare/accidental] Vulnerable [7] Range restricted

Whitehead (Popokotea or Popokatea)  Mohoua albicilla  [endemic]

Wood pigeon (Kereru, Kukupa, or New Zealand pigeon)
      Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae  [endemic]
      Near threatened [5] Gradual decline

Wrybill (Ngutu-parore)  Anarhynchus frontalis  [endemic]
      Vulnerable [3] Nationally vulnerable

X, Y, Z

Yaldwyn's wren  Pachyplichas yaldwyni  Extinct

Yellowhead (Mohua)  Mohoua ochrocephala  [endemic]
      Endangered [2] Nationally endangered

Yellow-crowned parakeet  Cyanoramphus auriceps  [endemic]
      Near threatened [5] Gradual decline

Yellow-eyed penguin (Hoiho)  Megadyptes antipodes  [endemic]
      Endangered [3] Nationally vulnerable