Coastal Birds ID

Question 1

14.

Answer 1

Fernbird

mātātā

Megalurus punctatus

Question 2

1.

Answer 2

NZ Dotterel

tūturiwhatu

Charadrius obscurus

Question 3

6.

Answer 3

Red billed gull

Tara punga

Larus novaehollandiae

Question 4

16.

Answer 4

Brown teal

pāteke

Anas chlorotis

Question 5

23.

Answer 5

Little pied shag

Kawau paka

Microcarbo melanoleucos

Question 6

2.

Answer 6

Banded dotterel

tūturiwhatu

Charadrius bicinctus

Question 7

13.

Answer 7

Bittern

Botaurinae

Question 8

5.

Answer 8

Black billed gull

tarāpuka

• Chroicocephalus bulleri*
• **study tip

Gull spcies are relatively easy to ID as their colour/characteristics are often in their name.

e.g: Black billed gull has a black bill, black back gull has a black back and so on..

Question 9

11.

Answer 9

Wrybill

ngutu pare

Anarhynchus frontalis

*study tip

Wry: twisted feature of a persons face (small twist on the end of the bill)

Question 10

22.

Answer 10

Pied shag

Karuhiruihi

Phalacrocorax varius

Question 11

24.

Answer 11

Shoveler

kuruwhengu

Spatula clypeata

Question 12

12.

Answer 12

King fisher

Kotare

Todiramphus sanctus

Question 13

8.

Answer 13

White fronted turn

Tara

Sterna striata

Question 14

27.

Answer 14

Royal spoonbill

Kotuku ngutpapa

Platalea regia

Question 15

10.

Answer 15

Bar tailed godwit

kuaka

Limosa lapponica

Question 16

3.

Answer 16

South Island pied oyster catcher

tōrea

Haematopus finschi

*study tip

pied: two or more colours (black and white)

white and black stops abruptly on SI pied oyster catcher in compairson to the other species who’s black and white intermingle a little.

Question 17

25.

Answer 17

White faced heron

Matuku moana

Egretta novaehollandiae

Question 18

20.

Answer 18

Little black shag

kawau tūi

Phalacrocorax sulcirostris

Question 19

17.

Answer 19

Paradise shelduck

Putangitangi

Tadorna variegata

Question 20

26.

Answer 20

Spur winged plover

Vanellus miles

Question 21

7.

Answer 21

Southern black backed gull

karoro

Larus dominicanus

Question 22

19.

Answer 22

Banded rail

moho pererū

Gallirallus philippensis

Question 23

9.

Answer 23

Caspian tern

Sterna caspia

Question 24

21.

Answer 24

Black shag

kawau

Phalacrocorax carbo

Question 25

18.

Answer 25

Australasian swamphen

Pukeko

Porphyrio melanotus

Question 26

4.

Answer 26

Variable oyster catcher

tōrea

Haematopus unicolor

*study tip

black and white is more variable and does not have abrupt borders like the SI oyster catcher.

Question 27

15.

Answer 27

Spotless crake

pūweto

Porzana tabuensis