North Island Saddleback
Philesturnus rufusater
IUCN: Near Threatened
Taxonomy
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Callaeidae
- Genus
- Philesturnus
- eBird Code
- saddle2
Distribution
formerly widespread on North Island (New Zealand); by 1950s confined to Hen Island, now introduced to and has colonzied additional outlying islands
Data Sources
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.