North Island saddleback

North Island saddleback
North Island saddleback on Tiritiri Matangi Island

Recovering (NZ TCS)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Callaeidae
Genus: Philesturnus
Species:
P. rufusater
Binomial name
Philesturnus rufusater
(Lesson, 1828)
  Islands and sanctuaries where North Island saddlebacks are present
Synonyms

Philesturnus carunculatus rufusater

The North Island saddleback (Philesturnus rufusater) is a forest-dwelling passerine bird species endemic to the North Island of New Zealand. It was once considered conspecific with the South Island saddleback.[3] The IUCN lists the species as Near Threatened, while it is listed as a "recovering" species in the New Zealand Threat Classification System.[1][2] Saddlebacks are known in Māori as tīeke.

  1. ^ a b BirdLife International (2018). "Philesturnus rufusater". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T103730503A132191453. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T103730503A132191453.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b Robertson, Hugh A.; Baird, Karen; Dowding, John E.; Elliott, Graeme P.; Hitchmough, Rodney A.; Miskelly, Colin M.; McArthur, Nikki; O'Donnell, Colin F. J.; Sagar, Paul M.; Scofield, R. Paul; Taylor, Graeme A. (2017). New Zealand Threat Classification Series (PDF) (Report). 19. Wellington, New Zealand: Department of Conservation.
  3. ^ Heather, Barrie & Robertson, Hugh (1996). The Field Guide to the Birds of New Zealand. Viking. pp. 418–419. ISBN 0-670-86911-2.