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Life recorded in New Zealand

Every species with an occurrence record in New Zealand, most-recorded first: 23,464,135 records from museums, herbaria, surveys and naturalists, aggregated by GBIF. Keep paging and you reach the rarest, recorded once.

All lifeBirdsMammalsRay-finned fishLizards & snakesAmphibiansInsectsSpiders & kinMolluscsFlowering plants (dicots)Monocots: grasses, palms, orchidsFernsMossesMushrooms & brackets
  1. 1European RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus · Leporidae · 732,847 records
  2. 2European HareLepus europaeus · Leporidae · 730,910 records
  3. 3Wild BoarSus scrofa · Suidae · 724,761 records
  4. 4Common BrushtailTrichosurus vulpecula · Phalangeridae · 499,563 records
  5. 5Common BlackbirdTurdus merula · Turdidae · 388,768 records
  6. 6House SparrowPasser domesticus · Passeridae · 348,266 records
  7. 7SilvereyeZosterops lateralis · Zosteropidae · 309,225 records
  8. 8Kelp GullLarus dominicanus · Laridae · 301,230 records
  9. 9New Zealand FantailRhipidura fuliginosa · Rhipiduridae · 276,291 records
  10. 10TuiProsthemadera novaeseelandiae · Meliphagidae · 273,883 records
  11. 11Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris · Sturnidae · 271,521 records
  12. 12Common ChaffinchFringilla coelebs · Fringillidae · 270,168 records
  13. 13Grey GerygoneGerygone igata · Acanthizidae · 236,728 records
  14. 14Welcome SwallowHirundo neoxena · Hirundinidae · 227,823 records
  15. 15Red Rock LobsterJasus edwardsii · Palinuridae · 212,998 records
  16. 16Song ThrushTurdus philomelos · Turdidae · 209,267 records
  17. 17Silver GullChroicocephalus novaehollandiae · Laridae · 194,974 records
  18. 18New Zealand BellbirdAnthornis melanura · Meliphagidae · 182,384 records
  19. 19European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis · Fringillidae · 178,294 records
  20. 20MallardAnas platyrhynchos · Anatidae · 158,659 records
  21. 21Masked LapwingVanellus miles · Charadriidae · 157,868 records
  22. 22Paradise ShelduckTadorna variegata · Anatidae · 156,494 records
  23. 23Swamp HarrierCircus approximans · Accipitridae · 145,993 records
  24. 24Australian MagpieGymnorhina tibicen · Cracticidae · 143,195 records
  25. 25European GreenfinchChloris chloris · Fringillidae · 128,236 records
  26. 26Sacred KingfisherTodiramphus sanctus · Alcedinidae · 128,016 records
  27. 27Australasian SwamphenPorphyrio melanotus · Rallidae · 123,216 records
  28. 28New Zealand PigeonHemiphaga novaeseelandiae · Columbidae · 115,712 records
  29. 29DunnockPrunella modularis · Prunellidae · 115,063 records
  30. 30White-faced HeronEgretta novaehollandiae · Ardeidae · 109,661 records
  31. 31Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensis · Alaudidae · 108,920 records
  32. 32Common MynaAcridotheres tristis · Sturnidae · 108,469 records
  33. 33Variable OystercatcherHaematopus unicolor · Haematopodidae · 107,940 records
  34. 34Little Pied CormorantMicrocarbo melanoleucos · Phalacrocoracidae · 97,911 records
  35. 35YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella · Emberizidae · 97,353 records
  36. 36Pied CormorantPhalacrocorax varius · Phalacrocoracidae · 89,809 records
  37. 37White-headed StiltHimantopus leucocephalus · Recurvirostridae · 85,133 records
  38. 38Black SwanCygnus atratus · Anatidae · 83,997 records
  39. 39Rock PigeonColumba livia · Columbidae · 81,770 records
  40. 40SnapperPagrus auratus · Sparidae · 80,135 records
  41. 41White-fronted TernSterna striata · Laridae · 75,571 records
  42. 42TomtitPetroica macrocephala · Petroicidae · 73,376 records
  43. 43South Island OystercatcherHaematopus finschi · Haematopodidae · 71,065 records
  44. 44Common RedpollAcanthis flammea · Fringillidae · 62,541 records
  45. 45New Zealand ScaupAythya novaeseelandiae · Anatidae · 56,841 records
  46. 46Eastern RosellaPlatycercus eximius · Psittacidae · 56,078 records
  47. 47Canada GooseBranta canadensis · Anatidae · 52,954 records
  48. 48Black-billed GullChroicocephalus bulleri · Laridae · 52,355 records
  49. 49Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo · Phalacrocoracidae · 52,216 records
  50. 50New Zealand KakaNestor meridionalis · Psittacidae · 50,868 records
  51. 51Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia · Laridae · 50,211 records
  52. 52New Zealand RobinPetroica australis · Petroicidae · 49,788 records
  53. 53Grey TealAnas gracilis · Anatidae · 45,212 records
  54. 54Australasian GannetMorus serrator · Sulidae · 42,525 records
  55. 55Royal SpoonbillPlatalea regia · Threskiornithidae · 41,121 records
  56. 56New Zealand longfin eelAnguilla dieffenbachii · Anguillidae · 39,596 records
  57. 57Australasian ShovelerSpatula rhynchotis · Anatidae · 39,188 records
  58. 58Pterophylla racemosaCunoniaceae · 37,887 records
  59. 59Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica · Scolopacidae · 37,544 records
  60. 60New Zealand BroadleafGriselinia littoralis · Griseliniaceae · 37,256 records
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