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Canada Goose

Canada Goose

Branta canadensis
Least Concern

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Canada Goose

About Canada Goose

Size

127 - 185 cm

Weight

2.5 - 6.35 cm

Diet

grasses, aquatic, plants, seeds

Conservation Status

Status

Least Concern

Population Trend

unknown

Distribution

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Mangere WTP--main holding pond

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Christchurch--Linwood Canal

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Ambury Regional Park--Shell Island

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Big Scrape Te Wai Parera Trust Land

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Little Waituna

Unknown • Unknown Country

Kapuka South, Southland, NZ (-46.547, 168.646)

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Abel Tasman National Park--Tinline Campsite

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All Day Bay--Lagoon

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Mangere Lagoon

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Taupō Lake Front, Waikato, NZ (-38.706, 176.087)

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Tokaanu Old Wharf Rd

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Mangawhai--Robert Hastie Ponds

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Alexandra--Butchers Dam

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Lake Opunake

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Akaroa Harbour--Duvauchelle Bay mudflats

Unknown • Unknown Country

Rotokare, Barrett's Domain

Unknown • Unknown Country

Akaroa--Stanley Park

Unknown • Unknown Country

Taranaki Stream (Waikuku Beach Rd)

Unknown • Unknown Country

Athenree Wetland Reserve

Unknown • Unknown Country

QEP Bird count site 4

Unknown • Unknown Country

Rotorua--Ferry Jetty area

Unknown • Unknown Country

Whakamaru Dam area

Unknown • Unknown Country

Alpacrancho

Unknown • Unknown Country

Manawatu R: Foxton Loop Entrance (-40.494, 175.253)

Unknown • Unknown Country

Mangere--Traffic Lights Bay

Unknown • Unknown Country

Katikati-Uretara Stream reserve

Unknown • Unknown Country

Te Anau--Lake Foreshore

Unknown • Unknown Country

Paekākāriki, Wellington, NZ (-40.988, 174.953)

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Foxton Loop: lower west section (-40.487, 175.258)

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Manawatu River above boat ramp, Manawatu-Wanganui, NZ (-40.484, 175.237)

Unknown • Unknown Country

Wattle Farm Reserve

Unknown • Unknown Country

3110 Waikouaiti-Waitati Road, Karitane, Otago, NZ (-45.621, 170.635)

Unknown • Unknown Country

Avon-Heathcote Estuary Ihutai--South Brighton Domain

Unknown • Unknown Country

Kaiapoi Lakes Reserve, Kaiapoi NZ-Canterbury (-43.3586,172.6674)

Unknown • Unknown Country

Bexley Wetland

Unknown • Unknown Country

Wānaka--Lake foreshore

Unknown • Unknown Country

Scandrett Regional Park

Unknown • Unknown Country

81 Harakeke Road, Te Horo, Wellington, NZ (-40.787, 175.098) Private Housing

Unknown • Unknown Country

Upukerora River mouth (delta)

Unknown • Unknown Country

Lake Forsyth--outlet lagoon

Unknown • Unknown Country

Avon-Heathcote Estuary/Ihutai--northern arm

Unknown • Unknown Country

Aoraki/Mt. Cook NP -- Hooker Glacier Track

Unknown • Unknown Country

Meremere--Powerstation pond & flooded paddocks

Unknown • Unknown Country

Nelson--Wakapuaka Settling Ponds

Unknown • Unknown Country

Styx Mill Walkway

Unknown • Unknown Country

Lake Elterwater

Unknown • Unknown Country

Lake Tekapo--south end

Unknown • Unknown Country

Hagley Park--Victoria Lake

Unknown • Unknown Country

Home

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Kaikoura Peninsula (general)

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Matiu/ Somes Island

Unknown • Unknown Country

Gulf Harbour--Golf Course

Unknown • Unknown Country

Waiwera Sewage Ponds

Unknown • Unknown Country

Whitehorse Hill Campsite

Unknown • Unknown Country

Mangere WTP--Puketutu Canal

Unknown • Unknown Country

Kawau (North) Channel

Unknown • Unknown Country

Hauraki Gulf Pelagic

Unknown • Unknown Country

Avon-Heathcote Estuary Ihutai--Ebbtide Street area

Unknown • Unknown Country

Aoraki/Mount Cook NP--Mt Cook Village

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Bell Island south eastern end and shellbank

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21 Takitimu Drive, Tauranga, Bay Of Plenty, NZ (-37.696, 176.154)

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Mananui Tramline

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Backgarden

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Avon-Heathcote Estuary Ihutai--Windsurf Car Park

Unknown • Unknown Country

Ōmokoroa--Tinopai sandbar

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Christchurch--Botanic Gardens

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Rotorua--Sulphur Bay

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Akaroa--Town and foreshore (land-based sightings around town, promenade and wharves)

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Shakespear Regional Park to Okoromai Bay

Unknown • Unknown Country

Visitor Centre to Kepler Track Carpark Walk, Te Anau, Southland, NZ (-45.44, 167.703)

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Ambury Regional Park (general)

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Harbour View Beach Reserve (Te Atatu Peninsula)

Unknown • Unknown Country

Pohangina Wetlands

Unknown • Unknown Country

Boat trips in Akaroa Harbour and just outside harbour entrance

Unknown • Unknown Country

Hokitika WTP

Unknown • Unknown Country

Kaimanawa Forest Park - Poutu Intake

Unknown • Unknown Country

Fiordland NP--The Divide

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Te Anau--Fiordland NP Visitor Center

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Otago Peninsula--Allans Beach

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Boyle River Gorge Track

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Blenheim WTP

Unknown • Unknown Country

Fiordland NP--Kepler Track (Te Anau end)

Unknown • Unknown Country

Saltwater Creek Preserve

Unknown • Unknown Country

Kaiapoi Lakes--South Pond

Unknown • Unknown Country

Rotorua--Sulphur Point

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Kaiaua Quarry Lakes

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Snell's Beach Pond

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Auckland--Maungarei Springs Wetland

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Ohau C Canal salmon farms

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Kaikoura--South Bay Reserve

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Parker Rd irrigation dam

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Christchurch--Travis Wetland/Ōruapaeroa (general)

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Whatipu Caves Track

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Whatipu--Gibbons Track

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Whatipu

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Western Springs Lakeside Park

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Milldale

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Bartons Line Lake, Ihuraua, Manawatu-Wanganui, NZ (-40.734, 175.816)

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Pegasus Wetlands N of Tiritiri Moana Dr

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Christchurch Botanic Gardens, Christchurch NZ-Canterbury -43.53132, 172.62720

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Te Araroa Trail between Fitzherbert and He Ara Kotahi Bridge

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Te Wai Parera wetland, Waituna, Southland, NZ

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Christchurch--Matuku Lakes

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AZ62 Waiongana River Mouth

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Wilkin Valley track (Kerin Forks to Top Forks), Aspiring National Park, Otago, NZ (-44.279, 168.954)

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Greymouth--Lake Ryan

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Lake Okareka Walkway

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Mt Cook National Park--Mueller Lookout Walk

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Te Anau lakeshore between Kaipo Drive and Upukerora River mouth

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Omaha WTP

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Te Anau lakeshore between South Arm and Kaipo Drives

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Steamers Beach, Te Anau

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120 Buick Crescent, Palmerston North, Manawatu-Wanganui, NZ (-40.38, 175.598)

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Horotiu--Quarry Lakes

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Rotorua lake - east south side

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Matata Lagoons & beach

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Tawharanui Regional Park

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North Hagley Park

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Karepiro Bay

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Omokoroa--Cooney Reserve

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Lake Mangamahoe

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Lake Henrietta

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Ki Wainono wetland complex--southern end

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Palmerston North--Hokowhitu Lagoon

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Te Anau Boating Club marina

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Travis Wetland--New Pond

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Punanga Manu o Te Anau/Te Anau Bird Sanctuary

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St James Conservation Area--Christopher Hut

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Christchurch--Barbadoes Street Cemetery

Unknown • Unknown Country

Waikanae--Waimanu Lagoon

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Lake Poaka

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Raspberry Creek car park

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Avon River/Ōtakaro, Christchurch NZ-Canterbury -43.53057, 172.61806

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Wainono Lagoon--Wainono Lake Road

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Lake Tekapo--SE bay

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200 Bridge Street, Christchurch, Canterbury, NZ (-43.525, 172.725)

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Wainono Lagoon--northern arm

Unknown • Unknown Country

Wainono Lagoon--south-eastern corner

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Ki Wainono--Square Lagoon

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Ki Wainono--Maori Lake

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Travis Wetland

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Ki Wainono wetland complex--paddocks S of Maori Lagoon

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Glenorchy Lagoon

Unknown • Unknown Country

Ayrlies Wetland

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Timaru--Otipua Wetland

Unknown • Unknown Country

Tauranga Wetlands

Unknown • Unknown Country

359–373 River Rd, Christchurch NZ-Canterbury -43.51492, 172.66597

Unknown • Unknown Country

Lakefront Drive, Te Anau, Southland, NZ (-45.424, 167.718)

Unknown • Unknown Country

Backyard BBQ Patio

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motukarara

Unknown • Unknown Country

Fiordland NP--lower Gertrude Valley

Unknown • Unknown Country

Auto selected -43.53230, 172.63358

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Balclutha causeway

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Pharazyn Reserve (Beach & ponds)

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St Anne's Lagoon/Mata Kopae

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Hokitika--Sunset Point

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Lewis Pass Road--Horseshoe Lake

Unknown • Unknown Country

Sinclair Wetlands

Unknown • Unknown Country

Kaiteriteri Beach, Motueka NZ-Tasman -41.03712, 173.01749

Unknown • Unknown Country

Wairau Lagoon, High Tide Roost

Unknown • Unknown Country

Pleasure Bay / Tip Lagoon

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NZ-Marlborough-Blenheim-Wairau Lagoons-Wairau Lagoons Walkway-True Right Treatment Pond

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Hamilton--Horseshoe Lake (Waiwhakareke)

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293 Durham Street North, Christchurch, Canterbury, NZ (-43.53, 172.633)

Unknown • Unknown Country

Duddings Lake

Unknown • Unknown Country

Hamilton--Rotokauri Lake Eco Reserve

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Beacon Road Reserve Loop

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Christchurch - Little River Rail Trail, Canterbury, NZ (-43.807, 172.724)

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Taupo--Huka Falls

Unknown • Unknown Country

Porirua Station, Porirua

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Waimakariri Lakes--Lake Marymere

Unknown • Unknown Country

Lake Ellesmere(Te Waihora)--'tip' of Kaitorete Spit

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Highway 59, Porirua NZ-Wellington (Railway line)

Unknown • Unknown Country

144 Rangihaeata Road, Rangihaeata, Tasman, NZ (-40.81, 172.79)

Unknown • Unknown Country

Banks Peninsula--Okains Bay campground

Unknown • Unknown Country

Halswell--Creamery Reserve

Unknown • Unknown Country

Waikanae Estuary

Unknown • Unknown Country

Karapiro--Horahora Domain/bridge

Unknown • Unknown Country

150 Mooney Rd, Queenstown NZ-Otago -44.95576, 168.77527

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Queen Elizabeth Park, Paraparaumu NZ-Wellington (-40.9454,174.9788)

Unknown • Unknown Country

7782, Hororata NZ-Canterbury -43.51732, 171.65384

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Ashley Estuary south end

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5036, Paraparaumu NZ-Wellington (Railway line)

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Kopuku Open Cast Mine (rehabilitated lake)

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Lake Kohangapiripiri Beach

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Ashburton Lakes--Lake Emily

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Weranui Road beside stream

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Lake Kohangatera beach

Unknown • Unknown Country

Oruatua Walks -- Lake Taupo

Unknown • Unknown Country

Pegasus Wetland

Unknown • Unknown Country

Motuoapa

Unknown • Unknown Country

114 Mooney Road, Speargrass Flat, Otago, NZ (-44,956, 168,775)

Unknown • Unknown Country

Hamilton Lake Domain

Unknown • Unknown Country

2E Northcote Road, Auckland, Auckland, NZ (-36.783, 174.76)

Unknown • Unknown Country

Far North--Lake Waiporohita

Unknown • Unknown Country

Lighthouse Walk, Castlepoint, Wellington, NZ (-40.9, 176.232)

Unknown • Unknown Country

Waimanu Lagoon, Waikanae

Unknown • Unknown Country

Waikouaiti--Hawkesbury Lagoon

Unknown • Unknown Country

Mangere WTP & mudflats (general)

Unknown • Unknown Country

Dusky Track (Gair Loch), Fiordland National Park, Southland, NZ (-45.625, 167.104)

Unknown • Unknown Country

Tukituki Estuary

Unknown • Unknown Country

New Plymouth - Rotokare/Barrett Domain

Unknown • Unknown Country

Lake Daniell Track--Manson Nicholls Memorial Hut

Unknown • Unknown Country

Dune lakes

Unknown • Unknown Country

Albert Street-Fitzherbert Ave Walkway

Unknown • Unknown Country

Oxidation ponds, Auckland NZ-Auckland (-36.7455,174.7186)

Unknown • Unknown Country

Porirua--Motukaraka Point

Unknown • Unknown Country

69 Margaret Dr, Omokoroa NZ-Bay of Plenty (-37.6469,176.0400)

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Dusky Track (Loch Maree Hut), Fiordland National Park, Southland, NZ (-45.685, 167.066)

Unknown • Unknown Country

Loch Maree Hut, Dusky Track, Fiordland NP, Southland, NZ (-45.685, 167.066)

Unknown • Unknown Country

Lake Dunstan--North end (Bendigo/Rocky Pt)

Unknown • Unknown Country

Dusky Track (Loch Maree), Fiordland National Park, Southland, NZ (-45.684, 167.065)

Unknown • Unknown Country

Te Anau--Ivon Wilson Scenic Reserve

Unknown • Unknown Country

Dusky Track (Loch Maree), Fiordland National Park, Southland, NZ (-45.687, 167.05)

Unknown • Unknown Country

Christchurch Botanic Gardens

Unknown • Unknown Country

East Coast Road, Pūkorokoro / Miranda, Waikato, NZ (-37.179, 175.322) Stilt Ponds North End

Unknown • Unknown Country

Jims wetland, Robinson Road, Whangārei Heads, Northland, NZ (-35.818, 174.552)

Unknown • Unknown Country

Okoromai Bay wetland track

Unknown • Unknown Country

Tasman Delta

Unknown • Unknown Country

Hamilton Lake

Unknown • Unknown Country

Glentanner

Unknown • Unknown Country

Auckland--Rosedale Park

Unknown • Unknown Country

Lake Te Anau foreshore

Unknown • Unknown Country

Dusky Track (Supper Cove), Fiordland National Park, Southland, NZ (-45.7, 166.945)

Unknown • Unknown Country

Taupo (Three Mile Bay - North)

Unknown • Unknown Country

Fiordland NP--Supper Cove Hut, Dusky Sound

Unknown • Unknown Country

Travis Wetland/Ōruapaeroa--Western Edge

Unknown • Unknown Country

Travis Wetland/Ōruapaeroa--Angela Stream

Unknown • Unknown Country

Clutha River at Manuka Island

Unknown • Unknown Country

Travis Wetland/Ōruapaeroa--roundabout pond

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Travis Wetland/Ōruapaeroa--Stockyard Scape

Unknown • Unknown Country

Auto selected -37.57683, 178.29282

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Marrs Beach Road, Westport

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Tokaanu (Wharf Road End)

Unknown • Unknown Country

Waiongana Rivermouth Rocky Shore

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9 Lakefront Dr, Te Anau NZ-Southland -45.42342, 167.71793

Unknown • Unknown Country

Volcanic Plateau (Lake Rotoaira - Southern End)

Unknown • Unknown Country

Sinclair Wetlands, Lookout

Unknown • Unknown Country

Ambury Regional Park--Viewing Hide shellbank

Unknown • Unknown Country

Milford Sound Hwy, Fiordland National Park NZ-Southland -44.78293, 168.01514

Unknown • Unknown Country

Western Tasman River Delta

Unknown • Unknown Country

Masterton--Henley Lake

Unknown • Unknown Country

Ambury Regional Park--Radio Mast Peninsula

Unknown • Unknown Country

Pauatahanui Inlet--Ration Point

Unknown • Unknown Country

Waimangu - Rotomahana Inlet

Unknown • Unknown Country

Queen Elizabeth Park

Unknown • Unknown Country

Waipuna Bay Rest Area, Okere Falls NZ-Bay of Plenty -38.03532, 176.33683

Unknown • Unknown Country

Lake Ngakeketa

Unknown • Unknown Country

Napier--Westshore Lagoon

Unknown • Unknown Country

694 Highway 33, Rotorua NZ-Bay of Plenty -38.02294, 176.34472

Unknown • Unknown Country

Kakaho Estuary

Unknown • Unknown Country

Dusky Track (Loch Maree Hut to Supper Cove), Fiordland National Park, Southland, NZ (-45.683, 167.06)

Unknown • Unknown Country

Brylee Drive Reserve to Conifer Grove Esplanade

Unknown • Unknown Country

Waiata Esplanade

Unknown • Unknown Country

Dusky Track (Loch Maree Hut), Fiordland National Park, Southland, NZ (-45.685, 167.065)

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Waiau Hut to Anne Hut

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Loch Maree Hut, Dusky Track, Fiordland National Park, Southland, NZ (-45.685, 167.066)

Unknown • Unknown Country

Avon River mudflats @ Kibblewhite St

Unknown • Unknown Country

Avon-Heathcote Estuary Ihutai--Eel Trap Bay

Unknown • Unknown Country

Rotokawau--east lake

Unknown • Unknown Country

Ashley River Estuary

Unknown • Unknown Country

Mangere WTP--new roost

Unknown • Unknown Country

Paparoa NP--Pancake Rocks

Unknown • Unknown Country

4686A Highway 10, Karikari Peninsula NZ-Northland -34.98381, 173.38748

Unknown • Unknown Country

Ashley/Saltwater Crk Est/Raupo Berm

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Avon-Heathcote Estuary Ihutai--Sandy Point

Unknown • Unknown Country

25 Island Block Rd, Mercer NZ-Waikato (-37.3099,175.0709)

Unknown • Unknown Country

Lake Maraetai Lodge, Mangakino, Waikato, NZ (-38.364, 175.774)

Unknown • Unknown Country

Miranda--'Stilt Hide' & pools

Unknown • Unknown Country

lake Constance

Unknown • Unknown Country

Okoromai Bay

Unknown • Unknown Country

7999, Twizel NZ-Canterbury (-43.9057,170.1287)

Unknown • Unknown Country

Twizel--High Country Salmon

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Waiongana Estuary And Beach Taranaki, NZ (-38.996, 174.184)

Unknown • Unknown Country

Hutt River estuary near Waione St, Petone

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Canterbury, NZ (-43,937, 170,155)

Unknown • Unknown Country

Karitane - bridge

Unknown • Unknown Country

Pukaki Lagoon

Unknown • Unknown Country

AZ61 Waiwhakaiho River Mouth.

Unknown • Unknown Country

Voss Lagoon, Tiakitahuna, Manawatū-Whanganui, NZ (-40.417, 175.493)

Unknown • Unknown Country

Foxton Beach--Manawatu estuary (general)

Unknown • Unknown Country

21 Railway Rd, Rangiora NZ-Canterbury -43.32455, 172.60011

Unknown • Unknown Country

9874, Invercargill NZ-Southland -46.35375, 168.16127

Unknown • Unknown Country

9883, Invercargill NZ-Southland -46.35009, 168.17663

Unknown • Unknown Country

Updated from eBird data on 2025-01-11