Field notes, v1444
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LIDICKER 1984 New Zealand Bird List RFS = Rainbow Fairy Shrimp, Rotorua OV = Orongorongo Valley KP = Kaitauna Peninsula CKD = Christchurch Apterygidae: Apteryx australis (brown kiwi) - 1 seen in captivity in "night room" at RFS Diomedidae: Diomedea sp. - 1 resident, "holyman" seen crossing Cook Strait Procellariidae: Daption capensis (cape pigeon) - 3 Cook Strait Sulidae: Sula sarrafa (Aust. gannet) - Cook Strait + adjacent bays Phalacrocoracidae: Phalacrocorax melanoleucus (little shag) - Kaikoura Pt, Vic, Wellington, Lake Taupo P. sulcirostris (little black shag) - Vic Wellington + OV, Rotorua to Auckland P. carbo (black shag) - near Auckland - 1 Ardeidae: Ardea novahollandica (white-faced heron) - S. Island, Vic. Wellington, Rotorua to Auckland Egretta alba (white heron) - CKD to Blenheim E. sacra (blue wing heron) - coast nr KP Akotidae: Cygneus olor (mute swan) - between KP + Blenheim C. atratus (black swan) - Lake Taupo Tadorna variegata (paradise shelduck) - n/CP, between KP + CKD Anas platyrhynchos (mallard) - CKD, Wellington to Rotorua, Rotorua to Auckland (cont.)