New Zealand
What is recorded in New Zealand
- Species
- 4,509
- Grid cells
- 58,290
- Records
- 4,729,194
- Years covered
- 1980-2026
- Insects 3,690
- Bony fish 445
- Birds 234
- Reptiles 49
- Sharks and rays 46
- Mammals 29
- Chimaeras 10
- Amphibians 6
These are species with at least one recorded territory in New Zealand, not a national checklist: a bird list from eBird or Avibase is more complete. The counts follow recording effort as much as wildlife, so a country with more visitors and more naturalists will show more of both.
Most recorded here
The species with the most open occurrence records in New Zealand, among those a photograph exists for. Most recorded is not most numerous: it rewards animals that are common, conspicuous and live where people go.
Tui
Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae
Kelp Gull
Larus dominicanus
New Zealand Fantail
Rhipidura fuliginosa
Grey Gerygone
Gerygone igata
Silvereye
Zosterops lateralis
New Zealand Bellbird
Anthornis melanura
Silver Gull
Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
Paradise Shelduck
Tadorna variegata
Welcome Swallow
Hirundo neoxena
Common Blackbird
Turdus merula
Variable Oystercatcher
Haematopus unicolor
Swamp Harrier
Circus approximans
No regions recorded yet
The reference database has no regions filed under New Zealand.
Nothing written up here yet
The field guide covers New Zealand on the map, but none of its species have an entry written for them yet.