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Waipu Wildlife Refuge
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Live eBird Sightings
Species
Date Spotted
Count
Paradise ShelduckTadorna variegata
Apr 12, 2026
6
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Apr 12, 2026
5
Variable OystercatcherHaematopus unicolor
Apr 12, 2026
60
Masked LapwingVanellus miles
Apr 12, 2026
2
Red-breasted DotterelAnarhynchus obscurus
Apr 12, 2026
30
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Apr 12, 2026
3
Silver GullChroicocephalus novaehollandiae
Apr 12, 2026
23
Kelp GullLarus dominicanus
Apr 12, 2026
3
Australian Fairy TernSternula nereis
Apr 12, 2026
1
Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
Apr 12, 2026
1
White-fronted TernSterna striata
Apr 12, 2026
1
Little Pied CormorantMicrocarbo melanoleucos
Apr 12, 2026
1
Pied CormorantPhalacrocorax varius
Apr 12, 2026
1
Swamp HarrierCircus approximans
Apr 12, 2026
1
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Apr 12, 2026
3
Welcome SwallowHirundo neoxena
Apr 12, 2026
2
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Apr 12, 2026
3
Common ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Apr 12, 2026
1
Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
Apr 12, 2026
1
South Island OystercatcherHaematopus finschi
Apr 12, 2026
6
White-faced HeronEgretta novaehollandiae
Apr 12, 2026
1
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Apr 12, 2026
1
Australasian SwamphenPorphyrio melanotus
Apr 12, 2026
2
Little Black CormorantPhalacrocorax sulcirostris
Apr 12, 2026
1
Royal SpoonbillPlatalea regia
Apr 12, 2026
1
European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Apr 12, 2026
2
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Apr 12, 2026
2
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