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Decks in this class (19)
Coastal Seabirds I - Gulls & Terns
Gulls, terns, noddies
13
cards
Coastal Seabirds II - Shags & Gannets
Cormorants, shags, gannets, boobies, jaegers and a tropicbird
14
cards
Gamebirds - Quail, Pheasants & Allies
Introduced ground dwellers like quail, partridge, peafowl and pheasant
9
cards
Herons, Egrets & Allies
Endemic herons, egrets, bitterns and other pelicaniformes
8
cards
Kiwi
Brown, furry, possibly green on the inside?
5
cards
Raptors & Owls
Falcons, eagles, kites, owls and such
5
cards
Offshore Seabirds I - Albatrosses
Albatrosses that occur on/near the main islands on a regular basis
11
cards
Offshore Seabirds II - Shearwaters & Prions
Prions and shearwaters that occur on/near the main islands on a regular basis
15
cards
Offshore Seabirds III - Storm-petrels & Petrels
Includes fulmar, giant petrels and diving petrels
27
cards
Other landbirds - Pigeons, Cuckoos, Kingfisher & Swift
Misc birds that didn't fit the other categories. Pigeons, cuckoos, king fishers, swifts
9
cards
Parrots
Also parakeets and cockatoos
12
cards
Penguins
Also pingwings, penwings and penglings
3
cards
Shorebirds I - Oystercatchers, Stilts & Plovers
Shorebirds that run and peck for food
13
cards
Shorebirds II - Sandpipers, Godwits & Allies
Shorebirds that probe the sand for food. Includes greenshanks, curlews, knots, stints etc
18
cards
Smaller Islands exclusives
Birds exclusive to NZ's smaller islands (Stewart, Campbell, Chatham, Snares, etc). Some may visit the mainland occasionally, but are then considered vagrants.
29
cards
Songbirds (Endemic)
Passerines that occur on the main islands naturally.
21
cards
Songbirds (Introduced)
Passerines originally not from NZ but breeding on the islands now
16
cards
Waterfowl
Ducks, geese, grebes, rails, crakes
22
cards
Vagrants worth knowing
Notable visitors to the main islands that don't regularly occur or breed there.
14
cards
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Birds of New Zealand
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