Bird AlbumNew Zealand · Marlborough District
Queen Charlotte Sound
80 species and 7,358 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November, with up to 47 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Fluttering ShearwaterPuffinus gavia
Kelp GullLarus dominicanus
Australasian GannetMorus serrator
Spotted ShagPhalacrocorax punctatus
Silver GullChroicocephalus novaehollandiae
New Zealand King ShagLeucocarbo carunculatus
White-fronted TernSterna striata
Australian Pied CormorantPhalacrocorax varius
Little PenguinEudyptula minor
Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus
Little Pied CormorantMicrocarbo melanoleucos
Welcome SwallowHirundo neoxena
Variable OystercatcherHaematopus unicolor
New Zealand BellbirdAnthornis melanuraSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Blumine Island | Oruawairua8 km80 species
- Cook Strait Ferry21 km83 species
- Grovetown Lagoon33 km62 species
- Blenheim WTP37 km65 species
- Taylor Dam44 km60 species
- Zealandia Te Mara a Tane Wildlife Sanctuary49 km72 species
All 80 species recorded here
- Fluttering Shearwater Puffinus gavia
- Australasian Gannet Morus serrator
- Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
- Spotted Shag Phalacrocorax punctatus
- Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
- New Zealand King Shag Leucocarbo carunculatus
- White-fronted Tern Sterna striata
- Australian Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius
- Little Penguin Eudyptula minor
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos
- Variable Oystercatcher Haematopus unicolor
- Black-billed Gull Chroicocephalus bulleri
- Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- New Zealand Bellbird Anthornis melanura
- Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Weka Gallirallus australis
- Tui Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae
- New Zealand Pigeon Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae
- Paradise Shelduck Tadorna variegata
- Flesh-footed Shearwater Ardenna carneipes
- South Island Saddleback Philesturnus carunculatus
- Swamp Harrier Circus approximans
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Silvereye Zosterops lateralis
- Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
- South Island Robin Petroica australis
- Hutton's Shearwater Puffinus huttoni
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
- Fairy Prion Pachyptila turtur
- Common Diving Petrel Pelecanoides urinatrix
- New Zealand Fantail Rhipidura fuliginosa
- Westland Petrel Procellaria westlandica
- Grey Gerygone Gerygone igata
- Black-fronted Tern Chlidonias albostriatus
- Yellow-crowned Parakeet Cyanoramphus auriceps
- Malherbe's Parakeet Cyanoramphus malherbi
- South Island Oystercatcher Haematopus finschi
- Buller's Shearwater Ardenna bulleri
- Shy Albatross Thalassarche cauta
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- New Zealand Falcon Falco novaeseelandiae
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Northern Giant Petrel Macronectes halli
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Tomtit Petroica macrocephala
- Pintado Petrel Daption capense
- Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
- New Zealand Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus
- Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- California Quail Callipepla californica
- Australasian Shoveler Spatula rhynchotis
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Buller's Albatross Thalassarche bulleri
- Grey Teal Anas gracilis
- Pied Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus
- Australasian Swamphen Porphyrio melanotus
- Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
- Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris
- Pipipi Mohoua novaeseelandiae
- Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
- Shining Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites lucidus
- Broad-billed Prion Pachyptila vittata
- White-faced Storm Petrel Pelagodroma marina
- Southern Royal Albatross Diomedea epomophora
- Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia
- Double-banded Plover Anarhynchus bicinctus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Queen Charlotte Sound?
November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 47 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Queen Charlotte Sound?
80 species, from 7,358 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Queen Charlotte Sound in November?
The most recorded in November: Fluttering Shearwater, Kelp Gull, Australasian Gannet, Spotted Shag and Silver Gull.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.