Birds that have not reached NZ, but should

[SomesBirder]

Here is a list I have made of Australian birds that should arrive in New Zealand.

In case anyone thinks that these are unrealistic, keep in mind that birds as small as silvereyes, willie wagtails and reed warblers have reached New Zealand from Australia before.

-Black-faced cormorant
-Magpie goose
-Wandering whistling-duck
-Freckled duck
-Blue-billed duck
-Musk duck
-Black bittern
-Striated heron
-Jabiru stork
-Wood sandpiper
-Australian pratincole
-Bush stone-curlew
-Beach stone-curlew
-Comb-crested Jacana
-Banded Lapwing (Not banded dotterel)
-Little ringed plover
-Black tern
-Black-naped tern
-Lesser crested tern
-Osprey
-Black-shouldered kite
-Pacific Baza
-Letter-winged kite
-Square-tailed kite
-Whistling kite
-Brahminy kite
-White-bellied sea eagle
-Wedge-tailed eagle
-Little eagle
-Brown goshawk
-Collared sparrowhawk
-Grey goshawk
-Red goshawk
-Peregrine falcon
-Spotted harrier
-Australian hobby
-Grey falcon
-Black-eared cuckoo
-Little bronze-cuckoo
-Eastern koel
-Powerful owl
-Barking owl
-Sooty owl
-Tawny frogmouth
-White-throated nightjar
-Australian owlet-nightjar
-Azure kingfisher
-Forest kingfisher
-Superb fairy-wren
-Variegated fairy-wren
-White-browed scrubwren
-Yellow-rumped thornbill
-Noisy friarbird
-Little friarbird
-Bell miner
-Blue-faced honeyeater

Comments would be appreciated.

[TimS]

First thing I would say is that is change the title from "should" to "could".

I don't know any of the species well but I would think that the behaviour and the habitat would restrict some to not being blown across. If they lurk in dense scrub then they may stay home or only fly low, then I could imagine them being safe.

But you just never know what may turn up!

[boneywhitefoot]

I know one thing, the Kakapo will never make it to Aussie .
Unless they hide on a ship.

[Mxyzptlk]

boneywhitefoot has reminded me of an observation made by a research scientist aquainatnce in the late 1960s or perhaps early 70s. He was aboard the naval research vessel of the time conducting a sampling programme around the coast. He told of their passing around North Cape when a Welcome Swallow flew aboard. It must of liked the crew. It hung around and did not disembark until they were passing Golden Bay.

Fortunately that is unlikey to happen to a breeding pair of Pied Currawong.

By-the-way, what is the Aussie Owl at Wingspan?

[TimS]

By-the-way, what is the Aussie Owl at Wingspan?

Isn't it a barn owl?

[SomesBirder]

Yes, a barn owl is present there. There is apparently a pair somewhere in Kaitaia.

[Davidthomas]

Yes, Tahi is a Barn Owl (Tyto alba) shes the offspring of the only known breeding pair on private land in Kaitaia as previously mentioned by SomesBirder. They are thought to have had several broods over the last few years but as far as i know no one knows if they have established any incestuous breeding pairs

[SomesBirder]

Incestuous breeding pairs sounds horrible... I know that some birds have managed to live that way, but I doubt that barn owls could...

[Davidthomas]

Yeah agreed, but i guess the only way to know is if it happens? They are pretty hardy birds being one of the most widely distributed species globally, being found on pretty much every continent bar Antarctica.

[Neil Fitzgerald]

It might only take an occasional new arrival from across the ditch to meet up with the settled birds and spice up the gene pool. Don't think too hard about the black robin family tree..