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Site description (2014 baseline):
IBA Trigger species: Black-billed Gull, Black-fronted Tern, Kea
Besides the trigger species the following are confirmed or likely to be breeding: Black Shag, Little Shag, White-faced Heron, Canada Goose, Paradise Shelduck, Mallard/Grey Duck, Australasian Harrier, Pukeko, South Island Pied Oystercatcher, Pied Stilt, Banded Dotterel, Black-fronted Dotterel, Spur-winged Plover, Shining Cuckoo, NZ Kingfisher, Rifleman, Welcome Swallow, NZ Pipit, Grey Warbler, South Island Fantail, Silvereye, Bellbird, Skylark, Blackbird, Song Thrush, Yellowhammer, Chaffinch, Greenfinch, Goldfinch, Redpoll, House Sparrow, Starling, Australian Magpie.
Other species recorded: NZ Falcon, Caspian Tern, NZ Pigeon, Brown Creeper, Tui.
The IBA includes small river sections of the following: Molesworth Recreation Reserve, Rainbow Run Conservation Re-serve, Rainbow Conservation Area, Latham Conservation Area and Mount Richmond Forest Park.
Also Marginal Strip (including Riverbed and Local Purpose Reserves) in the Wairau Valley and its tributaries (Latham, Branch and Waihopai Rivers).
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Wairau River (New Zealand). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/wairau-river-iba-new-zealand on 22/11/2024.
