South Island saddleback

South Island saddleback
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Callaeidae
Genus:	Philesturnus
Species:	P. carunculatus
Binomial name
Philesturnus carunculatus (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
Islands and sanctuaries in the South Island where South Island saddlebacks are located
Synonyms
Creadion carunculatus Philesturnus carunculatus carunculatus Sturnus carunculatus

The South Island saddleback or tīeke (Philesturnus carunculatus) is a forest-dwelling passerine bird in the New Zealand wattlebird family which is endemic to the South Island of New Zealand. Both the North Island saddleback and this species were formerly considered conspecific. The Department of Conservation currently has the South Island saddleback listed as At Risk--Declining.