Honeyeaters (Meliphagidae)
New Zealand Bellbird (Anthornis melanura) - HBW 13, p. 587
French:
Méliphage carillonneur
German: Maori-Glockenhonigfresser
Spanish: Mielero Maorí
Other common names: The Bellbird, New Zealand Bell; Three Kings
Bellbird (obscura); Chatham (Island) Bellbird (melanocephala)
Taxonomy: Certhia
melanura Sparrman, 1786, Promontorium Bonae Spei (= foothills
Cape of Good Hope); error = Queen Charlotte Sound, New Zealand.
Distinctive
Chatham Is race melanocephala (large, dark, yellow-eyed),
sometimes treated as a separate species, is extinct. Nominate race
exhibits slight clinal variation, becoming darker from N to S.
Proposed races dumerilii (from Bay of Islands, on North I, in
New Zealand) and incoronata (Auckland Is) considered
inseparable from nominate. Three extant subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- melanura (Sparrman, 1786) - New Zealand, including many offshore islands; Auckland Is.
- obscura Falla, 1948 - Three Kings Is, NW of N North I (New Zealand).
- oneho Bartle & Sagar, 1987 - Poor Knights Is, E of N North I.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird calling from a tree. Locality Tiritiri Matangi Island, Hauraki Gulf, Auckland Region, North Island, New Zealand (ssp melanura)
Nick Talbot 19 November 2012 23 weeks ago 22 sec 4.8 -
Single bird perched on branch and preening using bill and feet. Locality Ulva Island, Stewart Island, New Zealand (ssp melanura)
Neil Robertson 16 May 2006 2 years ago 41 sec 4.5 -
A female plumaged individual singing and looking for food in a bush. Locality Codfish Island, Stewart Island, New Zealand (ssp melanura)
Josep del Hoyo 29 January 2013 8 weeks ago 55 sec 4.4 -
A bird preening in a tree. Locality Ulva Island, Stewart Island, New Zealand (ssp melanura)
Josep del Hoyo 1 February 2013 7 weeks ago 22 sec 4.3 -
A female plumaged individual foraging and calling in a bush. Locality Codfish Island, Stewart Island, New Zealand (ssp melanura)
Josep del Hoyo 29 January 2013 8 weeks ago 42 sec 4.3 -
A bird feeding on fungus nectar on the bark of a tree Locality Ulva Island, Stewart Island, New Zealand (ssp melanura)
Brooke Clibbon 21 November 2005 6 years ago 12 sec 4.3
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Adult male perched on a branch, singing.
Locality Tiritiri Matangi Island, Hauraki Gulf, Auckland Region, North Island, New Zealand
Martin Främke 17 March 2012 22 weeks ago 4.3 -
A fledgling
Locality Ulva Island, Stewart Island, New Zealand
Rémi Bigonneau 6 December 2011 1 year ago 4.2 -
A bird perching on a twig.
Locality Tiritiri Matangi Island, Hauraki Gulf, Auckland Region, North Island, New Zealand (ssp melanura)
Nick Talbot 19 November 2012 22 weeks ago 4 -
Close up of a male
Locality Tiritiri Matangi Island, Hauraki Gulf, Auckland Region, North Island, New Zealand
Rémi Bigonneau 21 March 2010 1 year ago 3.9 -
Close-up of a male bird calling.
Locality Tiritiri Matangi Island, Hauraki Gulf, Auckland Region, North Island, New Zealand (ssp melanura)
Nick Talbot 19 November 2012 12 weeks ago 3.8 -
A bird perched on a branch.
Locality Codfish Island, Stewart Island, New Zealand (ssp melanura)
Josep del Hoyo 29 January 2013 8 weeks ago 3.8
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An individual singing at daybreak. Locality Te Anau, South Island, New Zealand
(ssp melanura)
Josep del Hoyo 2 February 2013 6 weeks ago 5 -
A bird emiting single calls (other individuals can be listened on the background). Locality Boundary Stream Mainland Island, North Island, New Zealand
(ssp melanura)
Josep del Hoyo 11 February 2013 4 weeks ago 4 -
A bird singing. Locality Boundary Stream Mainland Island, North Island, New Zealand
(ssp melanura)
Josep del Hoyo 11 February 2013 4 weeks ago 4 -
Contact calls by one bird. Locality Blumine Island, Queen Charlotte Sound, South Island, New Zealand
(ssp melanura)
Josep del Hoyo 8 February 2013 5 weeks ago 4 -
A bird singing. Locality Ulva Island, Stewart Island, New Zealand
(ssp melanura)
Josep del Hoyo 1 February 2013 7 weeks ago 4 -
A bird singing. Locality Codfish Island, Stewart Island, New Zealand
(ssp melanura)
Josep del Hoyo 29 January 2013 8 weeks ago 4
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