New Zealand Wattlebirds (Callaeidae)

South Island Saddleback (Philesturnus carunculatus) - HBW 14, p. 241

French: Créadion rounoir German: Südinsel-Sattelvogel Spanish: Tieke de Isla Sur
Other common names: Tieke, Wattled Starling(!); Jackbird (juvenile)

Taxonomy: Sturnus carunculatus J. F. Gmelin, 1789, Queen Charlotte Sound, South Island, New Zealand.
Genus sometimes listed as Creadion (see page 231). Often treated as conspecific with P. rufusater, but differs in details of adult plumage, morphometrics, behaviour and vocalizations, and especially in possession of a distinct juvenile plumage. Monotypic.

Distribution: New Zealand: extreme NE & SW South I (Motuara I, in Queen Charlotte Sound, and islands off Fiordland) and islands off Stewart I. Recently introduced to Erin I, in Lake Te Anau (Fiordland).