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Site description (2014 baseline):
IBA Trigger species: Black-billed Gull, Black-fronted Tern, Black Stilt, Wrybill, Australasian Bittern, Australasian Crested Grebe
Besides the trigger species the following species are confirmed or likely to be breeding: Pied Shag, Black Shag, Little Black Shag, Little Shag, White-faced Heron, Black Swan, Canada Goose, Paradise Shelduck, NZ Shoveler, Mallard, Grey Duck, Grey Teal, Australasian Harrier, Californian Quail, Pheasant, Little Owl, Pukeko, Marsh Crake, Australian Coot, Variable Oystercatcher, Pied Stilt, Banded Dotterel, Black-fronted Dotterel, Spur-winged Plover, Southern Black-backed Gull, Red-billed Gull, Caspian Tern, White-fronted Tern, NZ Pigeon, Shining Cuckoo, NZ Kingfisher, Welcome Swallow, NZ Pipit, Grey Warbler, South Island Fantail, Silvereye, Skylark, Hedge Sparrow, Blackbird, Song Thrush, Yellow-hammer, Chaffinch, Greenfinch, Goldfinch, Redpoll, House Sparrow, Starling, Australian Magpie.
Other species recorded: Australian Pelican, Spotted Shag, White Heron, Intermediate Egret, Little Egret, Cattle Egret, Royal Spoonbill, Glossy Ibis, Mute Swan, Chestnut-breasted Shelduck, Nankeen Kestrel, South Island Pied Oystercatcher, Pacific Golden Plover, Large Sand Plover, Mongolian Dotterel, Grey Plover, Turnstone, Red (Lesser) Knot, Curlew Sandpiper, Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, Red-necked Stint, Asiatic Dowitcher, Eastern Bar-tailed Godwit, Asiatic Black-tailed Godwit, Hudsonian Godwit, Siberian Tattler, Sanderling, Far-eastern Curlew, Whimbrel, Greenshank, Terek Sandpi-per, Painted Snipe, Little Tern, White-winged Black Tern, Gull-billed Tern, Bellbird.
Lakelands Wildlife Reserve - Conservation Area - 212ha - Protected area contained within site
Greenpark Sands - Conservation Area - 1247ha - Protected area contained within site
Yarrs Flat - Wildlife Reserve - 289ha - Protected area contained within site
Selwyn - Wildlife Management Reserve - 167ha - Protected area contained within site
Williams - Wildlife Management Reserve - 88ha - Protected area contained within site
Harts Creek - Wildlife Management Reserve - 233 ha - Protected area contained within site
Lakeside - Wildlife Management Reserve - 101ha - Protected area contained within site
Coopers Lagoon - Wildlife Management Reserve - 12ha - Protected area contained within site
Kaitorete Spit - Conservation Area (incl. marginal strip) - 553ha - Protected area contained within site
Waihora - Scientific Reserve - 80ha - Protected area contained within site
Kaitorete Spit - Scientific Reserve - 262ha - Protected area contained within site
Wairewa - Conservation Area - 651ha - Protected area contained within site
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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Te Waihora (New Zealand). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/te-waihora-iba-new-zealand on 22/11/2024.
