BIRDS AT RISK
Long-tailed cuckoo (Eudynamys taitensis). At risk – Naturally uncommon. Several long-tailed cuckoos were heard in the mountain beech forest. They appeared to be reasonably numerous along with their foster parent bird the whitehead.
North Island fernbird (Bowdleria punctata subsp. vealeae). At risk – declining. Fernbirds were numerous in areas of monoao and manuka scrub and were regularly heard throughout the block wherever suitable habitat existed. At dusk near Mangataramea Hut, at least half a dozen birds could be heard calling to one another. It is likely that, as ship rats are likely to be absent or extremely uncommon at this altitude, the
BIRDS AT RISK
Long-tailed cuckoo (Eudynamys taitensis). At risk – Naturally uncommon. Several long-tailed cuckoos were heard in the mountain beech forest. They appeared to be reasonably numerous along with their foster parent bird the whitehead.
North Island fernbird (Bowdleria punctata subsp. vealeae). At risk – declining. Fernbirds were numerous in areas of monoao and manuka scrub and were regularly heard throughout the block wherever suitable habitat existed. At dusk near Mangataramea Hut, at least half a dozen birds could be heard calling to one another. It is likely that, as ship rats are likely to be absent or extremely uncommon at this altitude, the