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[[Image:2345 Fernbird 01a Poodytes punctatus, NEW ZEALAND.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Subspecies ''M. p. vealeae''<br />Photo &copy; by {{User|peterday|peterday}}<br />[[Pureora Forest Park]], [[New Zealand]], October 2023]]
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[[Image:New_Zealand_Fernbird.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Subspecies ''M. p. stewartianus''<br />Photo &copy; by {{User|Aleix+Comas|Aleix Comas}}<br />[[Stewart Island]], [[New Zealand]], December 2001]]
 
[[Image:New_Zealand_Fernbird.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Subspecies ''M. p. stewartianus''<br />Photo &copy; by {{User|Aleix+Comas|Aleix Comas}}<br />[[Stewart Island]], [[New Zealand]], December 2001]]
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'''Alternative name: New Zealand Fernbird; Māori names are Kōtātā or Mātātā. '''
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'''Alternative name: Fernbird; Māori names are Kōtātā or Mātātā. '''
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''Megalurus punctatus''
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
 
Length 18cm. (7")<br />
 
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This is a [[Dictionary_P-S#P|polytypic]] species.  Clements recognizes five subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>.
 
This is a [[Dictionary_P-S#P|polytypic]] species.  Clements recognizes five subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>.
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==Habitat==
 
[[Image:IMG 9510 copy.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Subspecies ''M. p. punctatus''<br />Photo &copy; by {{User|Fernbirds+NZ|Grant Weyburne}}<br />Bushy Point, Otatara, South Island, [[New Zealand]], 2 January 2013]]
 
[[Image:IMG 9510 copy.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Subspecies ''M. p. punctatus''<br />Photo &copy; by {{User|Fernbirds+NZ|Grant Weyburne}}<br />Bushy Point, Otatara, South Island, [[New Zealand]], 2 January 2013]]
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Song is an insignificant little warble, not often heard. Usually proclaims presence with sharp ''tchip.'' A metallic double-note'' uu-tick'' is often produced by pair in duet.  
 
Song is an insignificant little warble, not often heard. Usually proclaims presence with sharp ''tchip.'' A metallic double-note'' uu-tick'' is often produced by pair in duet.  
 
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug18}}#Higgins, P.J., Peter, J.M. & Cowling, S.J. (editors) 2006. Handbook of Australian , New Zealand & Antarctic Birds. Volume 7, Boatbill to starlings; Part 7B, Dunnock to starlings. Melbourne, Oxford University Press.
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug19}}#Higgins, P.J., Peter, J.M. & Cowling, S.J. (editors) 2006. Handbook of Australian , New Zealand & Antarctic Birds. Volume 7, Boatbill to starlings; Part 7B, Dunnock to starlings. Melbourne, Oxford University Press.
 
#Madge, S. & Kirwan, G.M. (2018). New Zealand Fernbird (''Poodytes punctatus''). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from https://www.hbw.com/node/58713 on 31 October 2018).
 
#Madge, S. & Kirwan, G.M. (2018). New Zealand Fernbird (''Poodytes punctatus''). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from https://www.hbw.com/node/58713 on 31 October 2018).
 
#del Hoyo, J., Collar, N., Kirwan, G.M. & Boesman, P. (2018). Snares Fernbird (''Poodytes caudatus''). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from https://www.hbw.com/node/1343892 on 31 October 2018).  
 
#del Hoyo, J., Collar, N., Kirwan, G.M. & Boesman, P. (2018). Snares Fernbird (''Poodytes caudatus''). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from https://www.hbw.com/node/1343892 on 31 October 2018).  
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Latest revision as of 01:10, 25 November 2023

Subspecies M. p. vealeae
Photo © by peterday
Pureora Forest Park, New Zealand, October 2023
Subspecies M. p. stewartianus
Photo © by Aleix Comas
Stewart Island, New Zealand, December 2001

Alternative name: Fernbird; Māori names are Kōtātā or Mātātā.

Poodytes punctatus

Megalurus punctatus

Identification

Length 18cm. (7")
Rich brown above and white below, brown spots on throat and breast. The tail feathers are thin, dark brown, and spine-like.

Variations

The distinctive Snares Islands subspecies (M. p. caudatus) is much larger than the others. It is lighter brown, with paler more diffuse streaking and its almost unstreaked crown blends to reddish-brown on its forehead.

Subspecies M. p. caudatus
Photo © by Joseph Morlan
North East Island, Snares, Southland, New Zealand, 5 January 2017

Distribution

New Zealand

Taxonomy

Sometimes placed in genus Poodytes or monospecific genus Bowdleria. Distinctive Snares Islands population sometimes recognized as a separate species, the Snares Fernbird[4].

Subspecies

This is a polytypic species. Clements recognizes five subspecies[1].

  • P. p. vealeae – North Island, in New Zealand.
  • P. p. punctatus – South Island, in New Zealand.
  • P. p. stewartianus – Stewart Island.
  • P. p. wilsoni – Codfish Island (off northwest Stewart Island).
  • P. p. caudatus - Snares Islands

Habitat

Subspecies M. p. punctatus
Photo © by Grant Weyburne
Bushy Point, Otatara, South Island, New Zealand, 2 January 2013

Marshes and wet lowlands.

Behaviour

Secretive.

Breeding

They make a deep woven cup of dried rushes lined with feathers in sedges. 2-3 pinkish-white eggs with brown or purple speckles are laid. Nesting chiefly August–March over most of range, including Stewart Island and Codfish Island. Mainland populations rear two or three broods annually.

Diet

Mostly small invertebrates, including crustaceans, spiders (Araneae), and wide variety of insects and their larvae.

Vocalisations

Song is an insignificant little warble, not often heard. Usually proclaims presence with sharp tchip. A metallic double-note uu-tick is often produced by pair in duet.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Higgins, P.J., Peter, J.M. & Cowling, S.J. (editors) 2006. Handbook of Australian , New Zealand & Antarctic Birds. Volume 7, Boatbill to starlings; Part 7B, Dunnock to starlings. Melbourne, Oxford University Press.
  3. Madge, S. & Kirwan, G.M. (2018). New Zealand Fernbird (Poodytes punctatus). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from https://www.hbw.com/node/58713 on 31 October 2018).
  4. del Hoyo, J., Collar, N., Kirwan, G.M. & Boesman, P. (2018). Snares Fernbird (Poodytes caudatus). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from https://www.hbw.com/node/1343892 on 31 October 2018).
  5. Miskelly, C.M. 2013. Fernbird. In Miskelly, C.M. (ed.) New Zealand Birds Online. http://www.nzbirdsonline.org.nz

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