Saddleback
Creadion carunculatus
Tiritiri Matangi, New Zealand - November 2005
Tiritiri Matangi, New Zealand - November 2005
The Saddleback has been badly affected by the arrival of humans in New Zealand. Introduced mammals, such as rats, cats, Brush-tailed Possums and stoats, have eradicated Saddlebacks from the main islands and they are now only found on a few predator-free islands. After all the introduced mammals had been eliminated from Tiritiri Matangi (a small island in the Hauraki Gulf a few miles east of Auckland), Saddlebacks were very successfully re-introduced to the island. Now, only 10 years later, they are one of the most abundant birds on the island.
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