South Island Saddleback
Philesturnus carunculatus
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Birds
The South Island saddleback or tīeke is a forest-dwelling passerine bird in the New Zealand wattlebird family which is endemic to the South Island of New Zealand. Both the North Island saddleback and this species were formerly considered conspecific. The Department of Conservation currently has the South Island saddleback listed as At Risk--Declining.
Classification
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Callaeidae
- Genus
- Philesturnus