Birds of Delaware Bay

Native Birds

Here are some of the native birds of the section and the wider estuary - only ones I have taken photos of. Most of the pictures were taken at Delaware Bay, but there are some from other locations in the case of clearer images

Birds of the section

Falcon or Kārearea
Morepork or Ruru
Fantail or Pīwakawaka
Silvereye or Tauhou
Bellbird or Korimako
Tūī
Pigeon or Kererū
Pūkeko

Birds of the estuary

Bar-tailed Godwit or Kūaka
Banded Dotterel or Turiwhatu
Pied Oystercatcher or Tōrea
Variable Oystercatcher or Tōrea-pango
Caspian Tern or Tara-nui
Fernbird or Mātātā
Little Shag or Kawaupaka
Pied Shag or Kāruhiruhi
Spotted Shag or Parekareka
Royal Spoonbill or Kōtuku-ngutupapa
White Heron or Kōtuku
White Faced Heron
Paradise Shelduck or Pūtangitangi
Black Swan