Hihi volunteer needed
Date posted: 18-Oct-2018
Would you like to volunteer with the Island's hihi team and learn from them how ..
2019 Calendars now available
Date posted: 05-Sep-2018
The new 2019 calendars are now available and this year's is better than ever! Th..
Winners of kokako photo competition
Date posted: 02-Sep-2018
The stunning winning photographs from those submitted to the competition as part..
Kokako Celebration
Date posted: 21-Jul-2018
(https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-great-kokako-story-celebrating-21-years-..
Kokako Photographic Competition
Date posted: 20-Jul-2018
KŌKAKO PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION
Celebrating 21 years on Tiritiri Matangi
To ce..
New monitoring reports published
Date posted: 19-Jul-2018
Reports on monitoring studies carried out over the past year have now been poste..
2018 Concert coming up soon
Date posted: 15-Feb-2018
Our 2018 concert will feature an afternoon of light classics and jazz courtesy of the Auckland Ph..
Wetapunga talk coming soon
Date posted: 05-Feb-2018
For the Social on 19 March the speaker will be Ben Goodwin of Auckland Zoo, who will talk about t..
Rat caught and now takahe released from pens
Date posted: 28-Jan-2018
Thankfully DOC staff Andre de Graaf and Polly Hall and their assistants have trapped the rat whic..
Your Christmas Shopping for a Song
Date posted: 04-Dec-2017
Aka - The Grand Christmas Shopping Expedition to Tiritiri Matangi Island Shop
Dreading..
Shorebirds and Seabirds
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A number of shorebirds and seabirds also drop in or make Tiritiri Matangi their home. In November 2010 a pair of oystercatchers built a nest in the middle of Hobbs Beach. A barrier was erected around the nest to protect the 2 chicks it housed.
Two reef herons were also seen building a nest of a small island off North East Bay.
Click on the common name of any of the birds below to see more detail about the bird.
Photography by Kathryn Jones ©
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Common Name |
Māori Name |
Scientific Name |
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tuturiwhatu |
Charadrius obscurus |
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| Gannet, Australasian |
takapu |
Morus serrator |
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kuaka |
Limosa lapponica |
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tarapunga |
Larus novaehollandiae |
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karoro |
Larus dominicanus |
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matuku-moana |
Egretta sacra |
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Ardea novaehollandiae |
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torea |
Haematopus unicolor |
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putangitangi |
Tadorna variegata |
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korora |
Eudyptula minor |
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Procellaria parkinsoni |
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kuaka |
Pelecanoides urinatrix |
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Macronectes halli |
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oi |
Pterodroma macroptera |
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takahikare-moana |
Pelagodroma marina |
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kawau |
Phalacrocorax carbo |
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kawaupuka |
Phalacrocorax melanoleucos |
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karuhiruhi |
Phalacrocorax varius |
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parekareka |
Stictocarbo punctatus |
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Puffinus bulleri |
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toanui |
Puffinus carneipes |
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pakaha |
Puffinus gavia |
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tuturuatu |
Thinornis novaeseelandiae |
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Stercorarius parasiticus |
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Vanellus miles |
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taranui |
Sterna caspia |
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tara |
Sterna striata |