Site Report: Mata Kopee Lagoon, New Zealand

Also known as Queen Anne's Lagoon, this is a place full of ducks near Cheviot.

Map of Site Report: Mata Kopee Lagoon, New Zealand

Visits

2012-01-19: We stopped here for a nap on the way to Kaikoura. This spot is supposed to be good for the Australasian Coot, and we saw four of them! In fact, this was the only place in New Zealand that we saw the coot. In addition to the coot, there were several billion sheep around the lagoon. Even though I am a vegetarian, the sheep hated me, and they were running in all directions to get away. Your babies are safe around me scaredy-sheep.

Species Seen

Kingdom: Animals (11 records)

Phylum: Chordates (11 records)

Class: Birds (10 records)

Order: Anseriformes (6 records)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- Australasian Shoveler (Spatula rhynchotis)
- Black Swan (Cygnus atratus)
- Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
- Gray Teal (Anas gracilis)
- New Zealand Scaup (Aythya novaeseelandiae)
- Paradise Shelduck (Tadorna variegata)

Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies (3 records)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- Australasian Swamphen (Porphyrio melanotus)
- Baillon's Crake (Zapornia pusilla)
- Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra)

Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies (1 record)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Swamp Harrier (Circus approximans)

Class: Mammals (1 record)

Order: Even-toed Ungalates and Cetacean (1 record)
- Family: Bovids
- Domestic Sheep (Ovis aeries)

Lifelists

Trips

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