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Site description (2014 baseline):
IBA Trigger species: Black-billed Gull, Black-fronted Tern, Weka
Besides the trigger species the following species are confirmed or likely to be breeding: Black Shag, White-faced Heron, Canada Goose, Paradise Shelduck, Mallard, Grey Duck, NZ Scaup, Australasian Harrier, South Is-land Pied Oystercatcher, Pied Stilt, Banded Dotterel, Spur-winged Plover, Southern Black-backed Gull, NZ Kingfisher, Shin-ing Cuckoo, Welcome Swallow, NZ Pipit, South Island Fantail, South Island Tomtit, Grey Warbler, Silvereye, Bellbird, Tui, Skylark, Hedge-sparrow, Blackbird, Song Thrush, Yellowhammer, Chaffinch, Greenfinch, Goldfinch, Redpoll, House Sparrow, Starling, Australian Magpie. Other species recorded: Little Shag, NZ Falcon, NZ Pigeon.
NB: Kea (VU), Kaka (EN), Yellow-crowned Parakeet (NT), Long-tailed Cuckoo (LC), Morepork (LC), South island Robin (LC), Brown Creeper (LC) and Rifleman (LC) are found in adjacent forest areas; these may be included in the IBA network in the next round (i.e. identifying sites triggered primarily by land-, water- and shore- birds).
Almost the entire IBA borders Caples Conservation Area, Greenstone Road Recreation Reserve,
Some sections of the Lake Rere Recreation Reserve and Fiordland National Park are included in the IBA.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Greenstone Caples Rivers (New Zealand). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/greenstone-caples-rivers-iba-new-zealand on 23/12/2024.
