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Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae

Adult. Photo by kaimaikid
Location: Tauranga, New Zealand

[edit] Identification

30 cm; weight about 140g

• Metallic dark green and blue plumage
• Brownish patches on back and flanks
• Small white wing patch
• Tuft of white feathers at throat.

[edit] Distribution

New Zealand.

Adult. Photo by Rookery
Location: Te Awanga, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies^[1]

There are 3 subspecies:

• P. n. novaeseelandiae:

• New Zealand, Stewart Island and Auckland Islands

• P. n. kermadecensis:

• Kermadec Islands

• P. n. chathamensis:

• Chatham Islands

[edit] Habitat

Broad leaf forests, bush and gardens.

[edit] Behaviour

A powerful flyer.

[edit] Diet

The diet includes nectar, pollen and fruit also, occasionally, insects and seeds. Will visit feeding stations for honey and sugar water.water.

[edit] Breeding

Females build nests of twigs, grasses and mosses.

[edit] Vocalisation

A great mimic it has pleasant, far-reaching, musical notes.

Fledgling.
Photo by winmark
North Shore, Auckland, New Zealand, December 2005

• Bill and feet brown-black

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. Wikipedia
3. BF Member observations

• List of references

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