Bird AlbumNew Zealand · Marlborough District
Blumine Island | Oruawairua
80 species and 6,514 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: January and November, with up to 42 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
New Zealand BellbirdAnthornis melanura
WekaGallirallus australis
Malherbe's ParakeetCyanoramphus malherbi
TuiProsthemadera novaeseelandiae
New Zealand PigeonHemiphaga novaeseelandiae
Variable OystercatcherHaematopus unicolor
TomtitPetroica macrocephala
South Island SaddlebackPhilesturnus carunculatus
Kelp GullLarus dominicanus
SilvereyeZosterops lateralis
Common BlackbirdTurdus merula
Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Australasian GannetMorus serrator39 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 80 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Queen Charlotte Sound8 km80 species
- Cook Strait Ferry18 km83 species
- Grovetown Lagoon40 km62 species
- Blenheim WTP43 km65 species
- Zealandia Te Mara a Tane Wildlife Sanctuary45 km72 species
- Zealandia – Lower Dam45 km75 species
All 80 species recorded here
- New Zealand Bellbird Anthornis melanura
- Weka Gallirallus australis
- Tui Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae
- Malherbe's Parakeet Cyanoramphus malherbi
- New Zealand Pigeon Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae
- Tomtit Petroica macrocephala
- South Island Saddleback Philesturnus carunculatus
- Variable Oystercatcher Haematopus unicolor
- Silvereye Zosterops lateralis
- New Zealand Fantail Rhipidura fuliginosa
- Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
- Australian Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius
- Australasian Gannet Morus serrator
- Grey Gerygone Gerygone igata
- New Zealand King Shag Leucocarbo carunculatus
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Spotted Shag Phalacrocorax punctatus
- Fluttering Shearwater Puffinus gavia
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena
- Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
- White-fronted Tern Sterna striata
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Swamp Harrier Circus approximans
- Little Penguin Eudyptula minor
- New Zealand Falcon Falco novaeseelandiae
- Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- South Island Robin Petroica australis
- Yellowhead Mohoua ochrocephala
- Rifleman Acanthisitta chloris
- Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Morepork Ninox novaeseelandiae
- Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus
- Okarito Kiwi Apteryx rowi
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Black-billed Gull Chroicocephalus bulleri
- Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
- White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Shining Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites lucidus
- Yellow-crowned Parakeet Cyanoramphus auriceps
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Paradise Shelduck Tadorna variegata
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Hutton's Shearwater Puffinus huttoni
- Black-fronted Tern Chlidonias albostriatus
- Flesh-footed Shearwater Ardenna carneipes
- Northern Giant Petrel Macronectes halli
- Pipipi Mohoua novaeseelandiae
- Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
- Pied Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus
- Shy Albatross Thalassarche cauta
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Westland Petrel Procellaria westlandica
- South Island Oystercatcher Haematopus finschi
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- New Zealand Kaka Nestor meridionalis
- Fairy Prion Pachyptila turtur
- Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
- Australasian Shoveler Spatula rhynchotis
- Double-banded Plover Anarhynchus bicinctus
- Australasian Swamphen Porphyrio melanotus
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Southern Royal Albatross Diomedea epomophora
- Buller's Albatross Thalassarche bulleri
- Grey Teal Anas gracilis
- Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa
- Long-tailed Koel Urodynamis taitensis
- Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
- California Quail Callipepla californica
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Blumine Island | Oruawairua?
January and November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 42 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Blumine Island | Oruawairua?
80 species, from 6,514 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Blumine Island | Oruawairua in November?
The most recorded in November: New Zealand Bellbird, Weka, Malherbe's Parakeet, Tui and New Zealand Pigeon.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.