SOUTH ISLAND SADDLEBACK

Photographed on Ulver Island, New Zealand, April, 2019

1283                SOUTH ISLAND SADDLEBACK                  Philesturnus carunculatus 

NEW ZEALAND                   102

Also known as Jackbird and by Maori name Tieke. Found in forest and scrub several pest-free off-shore islands and Orokonui Ecosanctuary, Dunedin.

NORTH ISLAND SADDLEBACK

Photographed on Tiri Tiri Matangi, June 2017

1193                   NORTH ISLAND SADDLEBACK            Philesturnus rufusater     

NEW ZEALAND                 29

Locally abundant endemic found in forest and scrub mainly on pest-free off-shore islands.