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Key Species of EAAFP in New Zealand |
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Shorebird |
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Curlew Sandpiper |
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Red Knot |
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Great Knot |
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Asian Dowitcher |
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Far Eastern Curlew |
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Black-tailed Godwit |
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Location: South Island
Coordinates (lat, long): -40.32000, 172.50000
Area: 11,388 ha
Date of joining: 1996 March 25
Status: Wildlife Reserve Area
Other listings: Ramsar
Important for Shorebirds
Important species
Calidris canutus (Red Knot), Limosa lapponica (Bar-tailed Godwit), Arenaria interpres (Ruddy Turnstone)
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Location: North Island
Coordinates (lat, long): -37.12179 175.25051
Area: 9,000 ha
Date of joining: 1996 March 25
Status: Protected Area
Other listings: Ramsar
Important for Shorebirds
Important species
Calidris canutus (Red Knot), Limosa lapponica (Bar-tailed Godwit)
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Location: Canterbury
Coordinates (lat, long): 43º32'30"S, 172º43'30"E
Area: 881.474ha
Date of joining: 2018 June 1
Status:
Other listings:
Important for Shorebirds
Important species
Charadrius bicinctus (Banded Dotterel), Himantopus himantopus (Pied Stilt), Hydropogne caspia (Caspian Tern), Larus bulleri (Black-billed Gull), Limosa lapponica (Bar-tailed Godwit), Vanellus miles (Spur-winged Plover), Anas gracilis (Grey Teal), Anas rhynchotis (Australasian Shoveler), Aythya novaeseelandiae (New Zealand Scaup), Tadorna variegata (Paradise Shelduck), Ardea alba (Great Egret), Egretta novaehollandiae (White-faced Heron), Platalea regia (Royal Spoonbill), Phalacrocorax varius (Australian Pied Cormorant)
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Location:
Coordinates (lat, long): Awarua Bay (46º 35' 00"S, 168º 30' 00"E), New River Estuary (46º 28' 00"S, 168º 19' 00"E) and Toetoes Estuary (46º 34' 00"S, 168º 47' 00"E)
Area: Awarua Bay (2,030 ha) (part of the Awarua - Waituna Ramsar site), northern Bluff Harbour (1,500 ha), the New River Estuary (3,700 ha), Mokomoko Inlet -1 100 ha) and Toetoes Harbour (1,648 ha)
Date of joining: 2018 June 1
Status:
Other listings: Ramsar
Important for Shorebirds
Important species
Arenaria interpres (Ruddy Turnstone), Calidris alba (Sanderling), C. canutus (Red Knot), C. ruficollis (Red-necked Stint), Charadrius bicinctus (Banded Dotterel), C. mongolus (Lesser Sand Plover), C. obscurus (New Zealand Dotterel), Hydropogne caspia (Caspian Tern), Limosa lapponica (Bar-tailed Godwit), Numenius madagascariensis (Eastern Curlew), N. phaeopus Asiatic (Whimbrel), Pluvialis fulva (Pacific Golden Plover), P. squatarola (Grey Plover), Sterna striata (White-fronted Tern), Tringa nebularia (Common Greenshank), T. stagnatilis (Marsh Sandpiper), T. brevipes (Grey-tailed Tattler), Vanellus miles (Spur-winged Plover), Anas platyrhynochos (Mallard), A. rhynchotis (Australasian Shoveler), A. superciliosa (Grey Duck), Cygnus atratus (Black Swan), Tadorna variegata (Paradise Shelduck), Ardea modesta (White Heron), Botaurus poiciloptilus (Australasian Bittern), Platalea regia (Royal Spoonbill), Phalacrocorax varius (Australian Pied Cormorant)
