Free field guide to Miranda Bird Sanctuary

Printable PDF or e-book · New Zealand

A free printable field guide to Miranda Bird Sanctuary covers 0 mammals and 115 birds in taxonomic order, with photos for 115 species and a tick-box checklist. It downloads as a PDF (A5 pocket size) or EPUB e-book. You choose the animal groups; the book is built in your browser in under a minute.

Inside the guide

Pied Stilt

Bar-tailed Godwit

White-faced Heron

Eurasian Skylark

Wrybill

Welcome Swallow

South Island Oystercatcher

Red Knot

How to make your Miranda Bird Sanctuary field guide

1. Open the field guide builder (Miranda Bird Sanctuary is already selected).
2. Pick animal groups: mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians (reptiles and amphibians come from a 20 km grid around the area).
3. Choose pocket or full size, then save as PDF or download the EPUB.

Checklist: mammals of Miranda Bird Sanctuary (0)

Checklist: birds of Miranda Bird Sanctuary (115)

Anatidae

• Black Swan Cygnus atratus
• Canada Goose Branta canadensis
• Graylag Goose Anser anser
• Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
• Paradise Shelduck Tadorna variegata
• Australian Shelduck Tadorna tadornoides
• New Zealand Scaup Aythya novaeseelandiae
• Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
• Australasian Shoveler Spatula rhynchotis
• Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa
• Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
• Gray Teal Anas gracilis
• Brown Teal Anas chlorotis

Odontophoridae

• California Quail Callipepla californica

Phasianidae

• Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
• Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
• Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
• Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
• Brown Quail Synoicus ypsilophorus

Podicipedidae

• New Zealand Grebe Poliocephalus rufopectus

Cuculidae

• Long-tailed Koel Urodynamis taitensis
• Shining Bronze-Cuckoo Chalcites lucidus

Columbidae

• Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
• African Collared-Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea
• Rock Pigeon Columba livia
• New Zealand Pigeon Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae

Rallidae

• Australasian Swamphen Porphyrio melanotus
• Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis
• Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
• Spotless Crake Zapornia tabuensis

Recurvirostridae

• Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
• Pied Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus
• Black Stilt Himantopus novaezelandiae

Haematopodidae

• Variable Oystercatcher Haematopus unicolor
• South Island Oystercatcher Haematopus finschi

Charadriidae

• Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola
• Pacific Golden-Plover Pluvialis fulva
• Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
• Shore Plover Thinornis novaeseelandiae
• Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
• Oriental Plover Anarhynchus veredus
• Greater Sand-Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii
• Wrybill Anarhynchus frontalis

Scolopacidae

• Little Curlew Numenius minutus
• Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
• Far Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis
• Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
• Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
• Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
• Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
• Gray-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes
• Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
• Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
• Red Knot Calidris canutus
• Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris
• Ruff Calidris pugnax
• Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata
• Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus
• Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
• Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
• Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos

Stercorariidae

• Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
• Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus

Laridae

• Australian Fairy Tern Sternula nereis
• Little Tern Sternula albifrons
• Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
• Australian Tern Gelochelidon macrotarsa
• Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
• Black-fronted Tern Chlidonias albostriatus
• White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
• White-fronted Tern Sterna striata
• Black-billed Gull Chroicocephalus bulleri
• Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
• Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus

Diomedeidae

• White-capped Albatross Thalassarche cauta

Procellariidae

• Buller's Shearwater Ardenna bulleri
• Flesh-footed Shearwater Ardenna carneipes
• Fluttering Shearwater Puffinus gavia
• Cook's Petrel Pterodroma cookii

Sulidae

• Australasian Gannet Morus serrator

Phalacrocoracidae

• Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos
• Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
• Spotted Shag Phalacrocorax punctatus
• Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
• Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius

Threskiornithidae

• Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
• Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia

Ardeidae

• Australasian Bittern Botaurus poiciloptilus
• White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae
• Pacific Reef-Heron Egretta sacra
• Great Egret Ardea alba

Accipitridae

• Swamp Harrier Circus approximans

Alcedinidae

• Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus

Falconidae

• New Zealand Falcon Falco novaeseelandiae

Psittaculidae

• Eastern Rosella Platycercus eximius

Acanthizidae

• Gray Gerygone Gerygone igata

Meliphagidae

• Tui Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae

Artamidae

• Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen

Rhipiduridae

• New Zealand Fantail Rhipidura fuliginosa

Corvidae

• Rook Corvus frugilegus

Alaudidae

• Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis

Hirundinidae

• Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena

Zosteropidae

• Silvereye Zosterops lateralis

Sturnidae

• European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
• Common Myna Acridotheres tristis

Turdidae

• Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
• Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula

Prunellidae

• Dunnock Prunella modularis

Passeridae

• House Sparrow Passer domesticus

Motacillidae

• New Zealand Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae

Fringillidae

• Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
• European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
• Redpoll Acanthis flammea
• European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis

Emberizidae

• Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella

Order follows AviList (birds) and the Mammal Diversity Database (mammals).

Data last updated 2026-11-05. Species–place links come from GBIF occurrence downloads (GBIF.org) matched to protected-area boundaries from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL) and other open boundary sources, plus places listed by our own guides. Record counts are what has been reported to GBIF, not population sizes. Reptiles and amphibians are never shown at park level. How this database works · Data sources and limits.