Tieke - saddleback - Philesturnus carunculatus (NI rufusater)

            It's autumn and the tieke are going mad on the ripening native fruits at Zealandia, and filling the bush with their unusual song which I liken to a combination of a rusty gate hing squaking, and a maniacal laugh!
Status: endemic, range restricted.  Glossy black with a distinctive orange 'saddle' on its back and fleshy wattles at base of bill. Similar size to a blackbird. Are poor flyers, mostly bound along branches and the ground like a squirrel. Have loud, staccato-like calls from which they are named by Maori (tieke - pronounced te-eh-keh). Were extinct from mainland since 1910. Were first released into Karori Sanctuary in 2002.
25 cm., males 80 g., females 70., head and body glossy black with bright chestnut saddle across back, rump and tail coverts, pendulous orange-red wattles at base of black bill. Young of North Island birds similar to adults but South Island young are plain brown.
   

Taken in: New Zealand / Wellington / Wellington / Mitchelltown (show map)

Taken on: April 1, 2012

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bird

nature

tieke

saddleback

Philesturnus

Philesturnus carunculatus

Philesturnus carunculatus rufusater

Zealandia

Karori Sanctuary

Wellington

New Zealand

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Camera: Canon EOS 400D, 1/100 sec, 400mm, ISO 800 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 400D
Exposure Time:	0.01 sec (1/100)
Focal Length:	400mm
ISO:	800
Exposure Bias:	+2/3 EV
Flash:	On, Fired
Exposure Program:	Program AE
Metering Mode:	Average
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	QuickTime 7.6.6
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