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Nelson Historical Society Journal, Volume 3, Issue 4, September 1978
Scientific Names of Bird Species
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Scientific Names of Bird Species
| South Island brown kiwi | Apteryx a. australis |
| Southern blue penquin | Eudyptula m. minor |
| Blue penguin | Eudyptula minor subsp. |
| Fiordland crested penguin | Eudyptes p. pachyrhynchus |
| Erect crested penguin | Eudyptes pachyrhynchus sclateri |
| Crested penguin | Eudyptes pachyrhynchus sp. |
| Mollymawk | Diomedea cauta subspp. |
| Prion | Pachyptila sp. |
| Australian gannet | Sula bassana serrator |
| Sooty shearwater | Puffinus griseus |
| Fluttering shearwater | Puffinus g. gavia |
| Huttons shearwater | Puffinus huttoni |
| Black shag | Phalacrocorax carbo novaehollandiae |
| Pied shag | Phalacrocorax v. varius |
| King shag | Leucocarbo c. carunculatus |
| Little shag | Phalacrocorax melanoleucos brevirostris |
| Spotted shag | Stictocarbo p. punctatus |
| Duck | Anas sp. |
| Swan | Anser sp. |
| Extinct swan | Cnemiornis calcitrans |
| New Zealand falcon | Falco novaeseelandiae |
| Western weka | Gallirallus a. australis |
| Weka | Gallirallus australis sp. |
| Rail | Gallirallus minor |
| Takahe | Notornis mantelli |
| Southern black backed gull | Larus dominicanus |
| New Zealand pigeon | Hemiphaga n. novaeseelandiae |
| South Island kaka | Nestor m. meridionalis |
| Yellow crowned parakeet | Cyanoramphus a. auriceps |
| Tui | Prosthemadora nu novaeseelandiae |
| South Island kokako | Callaeas c. cinerea |
| Extinct goose | Cygnus sumnerensis |
| Extinct duck | Euryanas finschi |
| References |