List of AVES species in New Zealand
This is a list of AVES in New Zealand according to the IUCN Red List.
This list was last updated 2019-09-14
This list contains only species that have been assessed for the IUCN Red List. It is therefore not representative of all the species in the country.
Species counts by country: Total | Amphibians | Birds | Fish | Mammals | Reptiles | Vascular Plants.
| scientific_name | common_name | taxonid | category |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thinornis novaeseelandiae | Shore Plover | 22693899 | EN |
| Notiomystis cincta | Stitchbird | 22704154 | VU |
| Anarhynchus frontalis | Wrybill | 22693928 | VU |
| Pterodroma magentae | Chatham Island Taiko | 22698049 | CR |
| Apteryx rowi | Okarito Brown Kiwi | 22732871 | VU |
| Anthornis melanocephala | Chatham Bellbird | 22728814 | EX |
| Turnagra tanagra | North Island Piopio | 22728820 | EX |
| Hemiphaga chathamensis | Chatham Pigeon | 22732918 | VU |
| Porphyrio mantelli | North Island Takahe | 22728833 | EX |
| Cabalus modestus | Chatham Island Rail | 22728873 | EX |
| Poodytes rufescens | Chatham Fernbird | 22728902 | EX |
| Anthornis melanura | Bellbird | 22704447 | LC |
| Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae | Tui | 22704472 | LC |
| Larus bulleri | Black-billed Gull | 22694413 | EN |
| Falco novaeseelandiae | New Zealand Falcon | 22696476 | NT |
| Gallirallus australis | Weka | 22692384 | VU |
| Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos | Blue Duck | 22680121 | EN |
| Acanthisitta chloris | Rifleman | 22698577 | LC |
| Diaphorapteryx hawkinsi | Hawkins's Rail | 22733394 | EX |
| Xenicus longipes | New Zealand Bush Wren | 22698580 | EX |
| Xenicus gilviventris | Rock Wren | 22698585 | EN |
| Gerygone igata | Grey Gerygone | 22704735 | LC |
| Traversia lyalli | Stephens Island Wren | 22698593 | EX |
| Gerygone albofrontata | Chatham Islands Warbler | 22704739 | LC |
| Hypotaenidia dieffenbachii | Dieffenbach's Rail | 22692455 | EX |
| Apteryx australis | Southern Brown Kiwi | 22678122 | VU |
| Apteryx mantelli | Northern Brown Kiwi | 45353580 | VU |
| Apteryx owenii | Little Spotted Kiwi | 22678129 | NT |
| Apteryx haastii | Great Spotted Kiwi | 22678132 | VU |
| Tribonyx hodgenorum | Hodgen's Waterhen | 62274163 | EX |
| Poliocephalus rufopectus | New Zealand Grebe | 22696592 | NT |
| Lewinia muelleri | Auckland Rail | 22692529 | VU |
| Petroica traversi | Chatham Island Black Robin | 22704831 | EN |
| Anas aucklandica | Brown Teal | 22680280 | VU |
| Charadrius obscurus | Southern Red-breasted Plover | 62290750 | CR |
| Aythya novaeseelandiae | New Zealand Scaup | 22680395 | LC |
| Coenocorypha aucklandica | Subantarctic Snipe | 22727499 | NT |
| Coenocorypha huegeli | Snares Snipe | 22727509 | NT |
| Coenocorypha iredalei | South Island Snipe | 22727515 | EX |
| Chlidonias albostriatus | Black-fronted Tern | 22694750 | EN |
| Rhipidura fuliginosa | New Zealand Fantail | 22735745 | LC |
| Leucocarbo campbelli | Campbell Shag | 22696840 | VU |
| Leucocarbo carunculatus | Rough-faced Shag | 22696846 | VU |
| Leucocarbo chalconotus | Bronzed Shag | 22696853 | VU |
| Leucocarbo onslowi | Chatham Island Shag | 22696861 | CR |
| Leucocarbo colensoi | Auckland Island Shag | 22696869 | VU |
| Leucocarbo ranfurlyi | Bounty Island Shag | 22696876 | VU |
| Mergus australis | Auckland Island Merganser | 22680496 | EX |
| Phalacrocorax punctatus | Spotted Shag | 22696901 | LC |
| Porphyrio hochstetteri | South Island Takahe | 22692808 | EN |
| Phalacrocorax featherstoni | Pitt Shag | 22696907 | EN |
| Chenonetta finschi | Finsch's Duck | 62239833 | EX |
| Coenocorypha barrierensis | North Island Snipe | 62178398 | EX |
| Nestor notabilis | Kea | 22684831 | EN |
| Nestor meridionalis | New Zealand Kaka | 22684840 | EN |
| Callaeas cinereus | South Island Kokako | 103730380 | CR |
| Charadrius aquilonius | New Zealand Dotterel | 62291168 | NT |
| Mohoua albicilla | Whitehead | 22705394 | LC |
| Mohoua ochrocephala | Yellowhead | 22705397 | EN |
| Mohoua novaeseelandiae | Brown Creeper | 22705400 | LC |
| Coenocorypha pusilla | Chatham Island Snipe | 22693137 | VU |
| Callaeas wilsoni | North Island Kokako | 103730482 | NT |
| Philesturnus carunculatus | South Island Saddleback | 103730490 | NT |
| Philesturnus rufusater | North Island Saddleback | 103730503 | NT |
| Ixobrychus novaezelandiae | New Zealand Bittern | 22697307 | EX |
| Coturnix novaezelandiae | New Zealand Quail | 22678955 | EX |
| Turnagra capensis | New Zealand Thrush | 22705595 | EX |
| Cyanoramphus unicolor | Antipodes Green Parakeet | 22685162 | VU |
| Cyanoramphus auriceps | Yellow-fronted Kakariki | 22685175 | NT |
| Strigops habroptila | Kakapo | 22685245 | CR |
| Petroica macrocephala | New Zealand Tomtit | 103734876 | LC |
| Petroica dannefaerdi | Snares Tomtit | 103734886 | VU |
| Anas chlorotis | Brown Teal | 22728303 | NT |
| Poodytes punctatus | New Zealand Fernbird | 103798407 | LC |
| Poodytes caudatus | Snares Fernbird | 103798418 | VU |
| Petroica australis | South Island Robin | 103734942 | LC |
| Sceloglaux albifacies | Laughing Owl | 22689496 | EX |
| Petroica longipes | North Island Robin | 103735022 | LC |
| Haematopus unicolor | Variable Oystercatcher | 22693651 | LC |
| Haematopus chathamensis | Chatham Oystercatcher | 22693656 | EN |
| Himantopus novaezelandiae | Black Stilt | 22693690 | CR |
| Megadyptes antipodes | Yellow-eyed Penguin | 22697800 | EN |
| Heteralocha acutirostris | Huia | 22708091 | EX |
| Cyanoramphus forbesi | Forbes’ Parakeet | 22724553 | VU |
| Cyanoramphus malherbi | Orange-fronted Parakeet | 22724562 | CR |
| Anas nesiotis | Campbell Teal | 22724580 | EN |
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Species are classified by the IUCN Red List into nine groups: