Free field guide to Ulva Island - Te Wharawhara Marine Reserve

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A free printable field guide to Ulva Island - Te Wharawhara Marine Reserve covers 1 mammals and 94 birds in taxonomic order, with photos for 95 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

South Island Robin

Red-crowned Parakeet

New Zealand Kaka

New Zealand Bellbird

South Island Saddleback

Weka

Pipipi

Yellowhead

How to make your Ulva Island - Te Wharawhara Marine Reserve field guide

1. Open the field guide builder (Ulva Island - Te Wharawhara Marine Reserve 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 Ulva Island - Te Wharawhara Marine Reserve (1)

Otariidae

• New Zealand Sea Lion Phocarctos hookeri

Checklist: birds of Ulva Island - Te Wharawhara Marine Reserve (94)

Apterygidae

• Southern Brown Kiwi Apteryx australis

Anatidae

• Black Swan Cygnus atratus
• Paradise Shelduck Tadorna variegata
• New Zealand Scaup Aythya novaeseelandiae
• Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa
• Mallard Anas platyrhynchos

Cuculidae

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

Columbidae

• Rock Pigeon Columba livia
• New Zealand Pigeon Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae

Rallidae

• Australasian Swamphen Porphyrio melanotus
• Weka Gallirallus australis

Recurvirostridae

• Pied Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus

Haematopodidae

• Variable Oystercatcher Haematopus unicolor
• South Island Oystercatcher Haematopus finschi

Charadriidae

• Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles

Scolopacidae

• Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
• Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres

Stercorariidae

• Brown Skua Stercorarius antarcticus

Laridae

• Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
• Black-fronted Tern Chlidonias albostriatus
• Antarctic Tern Sterna vittata
• White-fronted Tern Sterna striata
• Black-billed Gull Chroicocephalus bulleri
• Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
• Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus

Spheniscidae

• Little Penguin Eudyptula minor
• Yellow-eyed Penguin Megadyptes antipodes
• Fiordland Penguin Eudyptes pachyrhynchus

Diomedeidae

• Southern Royal Albatross Diomedea epomophora
• Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris
• Buller's Albatross Thalassarche bulleri
• White-capped Albatross Thalassarche cauta
• Salvin's Albatross Thalassarche salvini

Oceanitidae

• Wilson's Storm-Petrel Oceanites oceanicus
• Gray-backed Storm-Petrel Garrodia nereis
• White-faced Storm-Petrel Pelagodroma marina

Procellariidae

• Pintado Petrel Daption capense
• Southern Giant-Petrel Macronectes giganteus
• Northern Giant-Petrel Macronectes halli
• White-chinned Petrel Procellaria aequinoctialis
• Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris
• Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
• Fluttering Shearwater Puffinus gavia
• Common Diving-Petrel Pelecanoides urinatrix
• Fairy Prion Pachyptila turtur
• Broad-billed Prion Pachyptila vittata
• Cook's Petrel Pterodroma cookii
• Mottled Petrel Pterodroma inexpectata

Sulidae

• Australasian Gannet Morus serrator

Phalacrocoracidae

• Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos
• Stewart Island Shag Leucocarbo chalconotus
• Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
• Spotted Shag Phalacrocorax punctatus
• Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
• Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius

Threskiornithidae

• Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia

Ardeidae

• White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae
• Pacific Reef-Heron Egretta sacra
• Great Egret Ardea alba

Strigidae

• Morepork Ninox novaeseelandiae

Accipitridae

• Swamp Harrier Circus approximans

Alcedinidae

• Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus

Falconidae

• New Zealand Falcon Falco novaeseelandiae

Strigopidae

• Kakapo Strigops habroptilus
• New Zealand Kaka Nestor meridionalis

Psittaculidae

• Yellow-crowned Parakeet Cyanoramphus auriceps
• Red-crowned Parakeet Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae

Acanthisittidae

• Rifleman Acanthisitta chloris

Acanthizidae

• Gray Gerygone Gerygone igata

Meliphagidae

• Tui Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae
• New Zealand Bellbird Anthornis melanura

Mohouidae

• Pipipi Mohoua novaeseelandiae
• Yellowhead Mohoua ochrocephala

Artamidae

• Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen

Rhipiduridae

• New Zealand Fantail Rhipidura fuliginosa

Callaeidae

• South Island Saddleback Philesturnus carunculatus

Petroicidae

• South Island Robin Petroica australis
• Tomtit Petroica macrocephala

Alaudidae

• Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis

Locustellidae

• New Zealand Fernbird Poodytes punctatus

Hirundinidae

• Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena

Zosteropidae

• Silvereye Zosterops lateralis

Sturnidae

• European Starling Sturnus vulgaris

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.