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Post by another specialist on Sept 13, 2008 19:33:39 GMT
 Encyclopaedia of Birds By Arvind N. Shukla, Rajiv Tyagi |
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Post by another specialist on Nov 28, 2008 19:50:56 GMT
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Post by another specialist on Feb 13, 2013 14:34:14 GMT
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Post by surroundx on May 27, 2013 3:33:37 GMT
"CHATHAM ISLAND BELLBIRD. One of our party was informed that a bellbird was seen near North Head, Pitt Island, three years previously. The informant, who is familiar with bellbirds in New Zealand, is completely reliable, and there would appear to be no sound reason for disregarding this report. This record must necessarily be treated with great caution in view of the fact that the bird was last reported about 1906. Much of the bush on the southern third of Pitt Island is still in good condition, and densely clothes numerous small gullies which are difficult of access and may still shelter small numbers of this species. Mrs. G. Preece, of Pitt Island, reports seeing and hearing a bellbird on the southern part of the Island about 1952." (Lindsay et al. 1959:104) Lindsay, C. J., Phillipps, W. J. and Watters, W. A. (1959). Birds of Chatham Island and Pitt Island. Notornis 8(4): 99-106. If this report is accurate then we can add Pitt Island to the list of islands which this species inhabited. It is an interesting report. |
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Post by surroundx on May 27, 2013 3:42:54 GMT
The new internet address for this article is: Bartle, J. A. and Sagar, P. M. (1987). Intraspecific variation in the New Zealand Bellbird Anthornis melanura. Notornis 34(4): 253-306. They state that specimens were collected on Pitt Island, so therefore the report from 1952 would not be a new island record (and that may slightly increase the likelihood of Mrs Preece having actually seen the bird). |
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Post by surroundx on Sept 19, 2016 9:00:50 GMT
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