South Island Saddleback

Philesturnus carunculatus

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Callaeidae
Genus
Philesturnus
eBird Code
saddle3

Distribution

formerly widespread on South Island (New Zealand); by 1950s confined to South Cape Islands, now introduced to additional outlying islands

Vocalizations

Tony Wills · CC_BY_4_0
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Tony Wills · CC_BY_4_0

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (saddle3) Avibase

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

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