Species profile
South Island Saddleback
Philesturnus carunculatus
Quick answer
formerly widespread on South Island (New Zealand); by 1950s confined to South Cape Islands, now introduced to additional outlying islands
- Scientific name
- Philesturnus carunculatus
- Family
- Callaeatidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Philesturnus
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording South Island Saddleback in your journal
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