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Site description (2014 baseline):
IBA Trigger species: Black-billed Gull, Black-fronted Tern, Black Stilt, Wrybill, Australasian Bittern
Besides the trigger species the following species are confirmed or likely to be breeding: Australasian Crested Grebe, Black Shag, Little Shag, White-faced Heron, Black Swan, Canada Goose, Paradise Shelduck, NZ Shoveler, Grey Teal, Mallard, Grey Duck, NZ Scaup, Australasian Harrier, Marsh (Baillon’s) Crake, Spotless Crake, Pukeko, South Island Pied Oystercatcher, Pied Stilt, Banded Dotterel, Spur-winged Plover, Southern Black-backed Gull, Caspian Tern, Rock Pigeon, Californian Quail, Shining Cuckoo, NZ Kingfisher, Welcome Swallow, NZ Pipit, South Island Tomtit, South Island Fantail, Grey Warbler, Silvereye, Bellbird, Skylark, Hedge-sparrow, Blackbird, Song Thrush, Yellowhammer, Chaffinch, Greenfinch, Goldfinch, Redpoll, House Sparrow, Starling, Australian Magpie. Other species recorded: NZ Falcon.
Ahuriri - Marginal Strip - 195ha - Protected area is contained within site
Ben Avon -Marginal Strip - 170ha - Protected area is contained within site
Lower Ahuriri Riverbed - Conservation Area - 178ha - Protected area is contained within site
Ben Omar Wetland - Government Purpose (Wildlife Management) - 171ha - Protected area contained within site
The IBA includes significant areas of the Ahuriri Conservation Park, especially in the upper reaches.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Ahuriri River (New Zealand). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/ahuriri-river-iba-new-zealand on 22/11/2024.
