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Site description (2014 baseline):
IBA Trigger species: Black-billed Gull, Black-fronted Tern, Wrybill
Besides the trigger species the following are confirmed or likely to be breeding or resident: Pied Shag, Black Shag, Little Shag, Spotted Shag, White-faced Heron, Black Swan, Canada Goose, Paradise Shelduck, Mal-lard, Grey Duck, Grey Teal, NZ Shoveler, Australasian Harrier, Pukeko, Variable Oystercatcher, Pied Stilt, Banded Dotterel, Spur-winged Plover, Southern Black-backed Gull, Red-billed Gull, Caspian Tern, White-fronted Tern, NZ Pigeon, Shining Cuckoo, Morepork, Little Owl, NZ Kingfisher, Welcome Swallow, NZ Pipit, Grey Warbler, South Island Fantail, Silvereye, Bellbird, Tui, Skylark, Hedge Sparrow, Blackbird, Song Thrush, Yellowhammer, Chaffinch, Greenfinch, Goldfinch, Redpoll, House Sparrow, Starling.
Other species recorded: Little Black Shag, White Heron, Royal Spoonbill, South Island Pied Oystercatcher, Eastern Bar-tailed Godwit, Red (Lesser) Knot, Turnstone, Pacific Golden Plover, Curlew Sandpiper, Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, Red-necked Stint, Asiastic Whimbrel, Brown Skua.
Motueka Sandspit - Scenic Reserve - 43ha - Protected area contained within site
Raumanuka - Scenic Reserve - 1ha - Protected area contained within site
Riverbed Motueka River - Conservation Area - 4ha - Protected area contained within site
Motueka River - Marginal Strip - 23ha - Protected area overlaps site (by <1ha)
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Motueka River (New Zealand). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/motueka-river-iba-new-zealand on 23/12/2024.
