The saddlebacks or tīeke (Māori) are two species of New Zealand birds of the family Callaeidae. Both are glossy black with a chestnut saddle. Their taxonomic...
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Look up saddleback in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Saddleback may refer to: Saddleback (bird), two species of New Zealand bird of the family Callaeidae...
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The North Island saddleback (Philesturnus rufusater) is a forest-dwelling passerine bird species endemic to the North Island of New Zealand. It was once...
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The South Island saddleback or tīeke (Philesturnus carunculatus) is a forest-dwelling passerine bird in the New Zealand wattlebird family which is endemic...
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The saddleback caterpillar (Acharia stimuli, formerly Sibine stimulea) is the larva of a species of moth native to eastern North America. It is also found...
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wattle-eye) Birds with caruncles Roosters often have large crests. The mountain caracara, like many hawks, has carunculated features. The saddlebacks from New...
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study scientifically in birds. In general, birds have relatively large brains compared to their head size. Furthermore, bird brains have two-to-four times...
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Passerine (redirect from Perching bird)
distal right tarsometatarsus of a tui-sized bird) and several bones of at least one species of saddleback-sized bird have recently been described. These date...
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In this list of birds by common name, a total of 10,976 extant and recently extinct (since 1500) bird species are recognised. Species marked with a "†"...
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Emari Demercado (category Saddleback Gauchos football players)
of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Saddleback before transferring to TCU and was signed as an undrafted free agent by...
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Important Bird Area by BirdLife International because it supports a large breeding colony of about 10,000 pairs of chinstrap penguins. "Saddleback Point,...
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Zealand's North Island. The area's name translates as to eat (kai) the saddleback bird (tieke). The area's steep rugged hills and valleys were once covered...
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Wattle (anatomy) (category Bird anatomy)
Zealand wattlebirds (Callaeidae), which include the kokako, tieke or saddleback, and the huia The wattled crane (Bugeranus carunculatus) Three neotropical...
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EX North Island robin (toutouwai), Petroica longipes LC North Island saddleback (tīeke), Philesturnus rufusater NT North Island snipe, Coenocorypha barrierensis...
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Hen and Chicken Islands (category Important Bird Areas of New Zealand)
Zealand with a surviving population of North Island saddleback. The once common species of forest bird found in the North Island, was nearly wiped out by...
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goose breed" represented white, gray, saddleback buff, and saddleback gray varieties. The American saddleback Pomeranian which is almost the sole representative...
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Callaeidae (category Bird families)
South Island saddleback, Philesturnus carunculatus Higgins, P.J. & J.M. Peter (eds) 2002. Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds. Volume 6:...
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Kōkako (category Birds of New Zealand)
New Zealand wattlebirds, the other three being two species of tieke (saddleback) and the extinct huia. Previously widespread, kōkako populations throughout...
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The saddleback sculpin (Oligocottus rimensis) is a species of fish in the sculpin family Cottidae. It is known to inhabit the North American shore of the...
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Pied cockatiel (category Domesticated birds)
feathers to a bird that is predominately yellow (or white) with just a few dark feathers, which is sometimes referred to as a "reverse" or "saddleback" pied....
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calls than those in other habitats, and several such species are shown. Saddlebacks vary their calls so that even individuals from different areas can be...
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This is the list of the birds of New Zealand. The common name of the bird in New Zealand English is given first, and its Māori-language name, if different...
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two species of saddleback had each been reduced to a small population on a single island: Hen Island for the North Island saddleback, and Taukihepa /...
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kōkako, Callaeas wilsoni - NZ South Island saddleback, Philesturnus carunculatus - NZ North Island saddleback, Philesturnus rufusater - NZ Huia, Heteralocha...
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often form mixed-species feeding flocks with saddlebacks, kākāriki or silvereyes to catch the insects these birds dislodge as they feed. Unlike the yellowhead...
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Kapiti Island (section Birds)
native bird species, mostly re-introduced. These include the takahē, North Island kōkako, brown teal (pāteke), stitchbird (hihi), North Island saddleback (tīeke)...
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goslings White gosling White and blue goslings Rare saddleback color scheme Close up of saddleback back coloring Two white Sebastopols Holderread (1981)...
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the environment for threatened bird species such as the mōhua (yellowhead) and tīeke (saddleback). Many other native bird species can be found on the island...
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