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New Zealand Comprehensive II Trip Report 31St October to 16Th November 2016 (17 Days)
New Zealand Comprehensive II Trip Report 31st October to 16th November 2016 (17 days) The Critically Endangered South Island Takahe by Erik Forsyth Trip report compiled by Tour Leader: Erik Forsyth RBL New Zealand – Comprehensive II Trip Report 2016 2 Tour Summary New Zealand is a must for the serious seabird enthusiast. Not only will you see a variety of albatross, petrels and shearwaters, there are multiple- chances of getting out on the high seas and finding something unusual. Seabirds dominate this tour and views of most birds are alongside the boat. There are also several land birds which are unique to these islands: kiwis - terrestrial nocturnal inhabitants, the huge swamp hen-like Takahe - prehistoric in its looks and movements, and wattlebirds, the saddlebacks and Kokako - poor flyers with short wings Salvin’s Albatross by Erik Forsyth which bound along the branches and on the ground. On this tour we had so many highlights, including close encounters with North Island, South Island and Little Spotted Kiwi, Wandering, Northern and Southern Royal, Black-browed, Shy, Salvin’s and Chatham Albatrosses, Mottled and Black Petrels, Buller’s and Hutton’s Shearwater and South Island Takahe, North Island Kokako, the tiny Rifleman and the very cute New Zealand (South Island wren) Rockwren. With a few members of the group already at the hotel (the afternoon before the tour started), we jumped into our van and drove to the nearby Puketutu Island. Here we had a good introduction to New Zealand birding. Arriving at a bay, the canals were teeming with Black Swans, Australasian Shovelers, Mallard and several White-faced Herons. -
State and Trends in the Diversity, Abundance and Distribution of Birds in Upper Hutt City
State and trends in the diversity, abundance and distribution of birds in Upper Hutt City May 2018 1 State and trends in the diversity, abundance and distribution of birds in Upper Hutt City. Nikki McArthur1, Jonathan Walter2 and Samantha Ray1 1Wildlife Management International Ltd 2C/- Greater Wellington Regional Council PO Box 607 Shed 39 Blenheim 7240 2 Fryatt Quay New Zealand Pipitea www.wmil.co.nz Wellington 6011 This report was prepared by Wildlife Management International Limited for Greater Wellington Regional Council in fulfilment of the Contract for Services dated 20th October 2017. 30th May 2018 Citation: This report should be cited as: McArthur, N.; Walter, J. and Ray, S. 2018. State and trends in the diversity, abundance and distribution of birds in Upper Hutt City. Client report prepared for Greater Wellington Regional Council. Wildlife Management International Ltd, Blenheim. All photographs in this report are copyright © WMIL unless otherwise credited, in which case the person or organization credited is the copyright holder. Cover Image: Whitehead (Mohoua albicilla). Photo credit: Jared Le Roy/New Zealand Birds Online (http://nzbirdsonline.org.nz/). EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Five-minute bird counts have been carried out at 45 bird count stations situated in native forest habitat in six selected Upper Hutt City parks and reserves each year between 2011 and 2017. The aim of these surveys is to monitor trends in the diversity, abundance and distribution of native forest birds in Upper Hutt City’s reserve network, to provide a measure of local biodiversity management outcomes. Between 26 and 37 bird species were detected during these bird counts each year, with approximately half of these species being native species and half being introduced and naturalised species. -
9 Paleontological Conference Th
Polish Academy of Sciences Institute of Paleobiology 9th Paleontological Conference Warszawa, 10–11 October 2008 Abstracts Warszawa Praha Bratislava Edited by Andrzej Pisera, Maria Aleksandra Bitner and Adam T. Halamski Honorary Committee Prof. Oldrich Fatka, Charles University of Prague, Prague Prof. Josef Michalík, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava Assoc. Prof. Jerzy Nawrocki, Polish Geological Institute, Warszawa Prof. Tadeusz Peryt, Polish Geological Institute, Warszawa Prof. Grzegorz Racki, Institute of Paleobiology, Warszawa Prof. Jerzy Trammer, University of Warsaw, Warszawa Prof. Alfred Uchman, Jagiellonian University, Kraków Martyna Wojciechowska, National Geographic Polska, Warszawa Organizing Committee Dr Maria Aleksandra Bitner (Secretary), Błażej Błażejewski, MSc, Prof. Andrzej Gaździcki, Dr Adam T. Halamski, Assoc. Prof. Anna Kozłowska, Assoc. Prof. Andrzej Pisera Sponsors Institute of Paleobiology, Warszawa Polish Geological Institute, Warszawa National Geographic Polska, Warszawa Precoptic Co., Warszawa Cover picture: Quenstedtoceras henrici Douvillé, 1912 Cover designed by Aleksandra Hołda−Michalska Copyright © Instytut Paleobiologii PAN Nakład 150 egz. Typesetting and Layout: Aleksandra Szmielew Warszawska Drukarnia Naukowa PAN ABSTRACTS Paleotemperature and paleodiet reconstruction on the base of oxygen and carbon isotopes from mammoth tusk dentine and horse teeth enamel during Late Paleolith and Mesolith MARTINA ÁBELOVÁ State Geological Institute of Dionýz Štúr, Mlynská dolina 1, SK−817 04 Bratislava 11, Slovak Republic; [email protected] The use of stable isotopes has proven to be one of the most effective methods in re− constructing paleoenvironments and paleodiet through the upper Pleistocene period (e.g. Fricke et al. 1998; Genoni et al. 1998; Bocherens 2003). This study demonstrates how isotopic data can be employed alongside other forms of evidence to inform on past at great time depths, making it especially relevant to the Palaeolithic where there is a wealth of material potentially available for study. -
Paleontologia Em Destaque
Paleontologia em Destaque Boletim Informativo da SBP Ano 34, n° 72, 2019 · ISSN 1807-2550 PALEO, SBPV e SBPI 2018 RELATOS E RESUMOS SOCIEDADE BRASILEIRA DE PALEONTOLOGIA Presidente: Dr. Renato Pirani Ghilardi (UNESP/Bauru) Vice-Presidente: Dr. Annie Schmaltz Hsiou (USP/Ribeirão Preto) 1ª Secretária: Dra. Taissa Rodrigues Marques da Silva (UFES) 2º Secretário: Dr. Rodrigo Miloni Santucci (UnB) 1º Tesoureiro: Me. Marcos César Bissaro Júnior (USP/Ribeirão Preto) 2º Tesoureiro: Dr. Átila Augusto Stock da Rosa (UFSM) Diretor de Publicações: Dr. Sandro Marcelo Scheffler (UFRJ) P a l e o n t o l o g i a e m D e s t a q u e Boletim Informativo da Sociedade Brasileira de Paleontologia Ano 34, n° 72, setembro/2019 · ISSN 1807-2550 Web: http://www.sbpbrasil.org/, Editores: Sandro Marcelo Scheffler, Maria Izabel Lima de Manes Agradecimentos: Aos organizadores dos eventos científicos Capa: Palácio do Museu Nacional após a instalação do telhado provisório. Foto: Sandro Scheffler. 1. Paleontologia 2. Paleobiologia 3. Geociências Distribuído sob a Licença de Atribuição Creative Commons. EDITORIAL As reuniões PALEO são encontros regionais chancelados pela Sociedade Brasileira de Paleontologia (SBP) que têm por objetivo a comunhão entre estudantes de graduação e pós- graduação, pesquisadores e interessados na área de Paleontologia. Estes eventos possuem periodicidade anual e ocorrem em várias regiões do Brasil. Iniciadas em 1999, como uma reunião informal da comunidade de paleontólogos, possuem desde então as seguintes distribuições, de acordo com a região de abrangência: Paleo RJ/ES, Paleo MG, Paleo SP, Paleo RS, Paleo PR/SC, Paleo Nordeste e Paleo Norte. -
Otago016049.Pdf
Nest site selection of the New Zealand fantail (Rhipidura fugilinosa) on South Island production land. Guinevere Coleman A research report submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements of the Diploma in Wildlife Management University of Otago 2008 University of Otago Department of Zoology P.O. Box 56, Dunedin New Zealand WLM Report Number: 208# W I L M 403 Practice of Wildlife Management Nest site selection of the New Zealand fantail (Rhipidura fugilinosa) on South Island production land. Guinevere Coleman ID: 149610 20th March 2008 2 Contents Executive summary 3 Introduction 4 Methods Study Sites 6 Nest location 6 Results 7 Discussion Fantail nesting behaviour 10 Use of the fantail as a focal species 11 Conclusion 12 Acknowledgements 12 References 13 3 Executive Summary The breeding behaviour of the New Zealand fantail Rhipidura fugilinosa has been studied on both mainland New Zealand and on offshore Islands, however, these studies have solely fRFXVVHGRQIDQWDLOVRQUHVHUYHODQG7ZRWKLUGVRI1HZ=HDODQG¶VODQGVFDSHLVRXWVLGHRI reserve land, with much of it on production farm land, meaning that much of the research to date has missed the majority of potential fantail habitat. ARGOS is a research group focussed on understanding the resilience of farms in New Zealand. It is anticipated that a number of focal species will be used as indicators of a farms changing management. The fantail has been identified as a favoured potential focal species. It is important to understand the breeding behaviour of fantails on production land in order to determine their suitability as an indicator species. This study looked at the nest site selection of fantails found on 12 farms in Banks Peninsula, Oamaru, Outram, and the Catlins, in the South Island of New Zealand. -
At the Root of the Early Penguin Neck: a Study of the Only Two Cervicodorsal Spines Recovered from the Eocene of Antarctica Piotr Jadwiszczak
RESEARCH/REVIEW ARTICLE At the root of the early penguin neck: a study of the only two cervicodorsal spines recovered from the Eocene of Antarctica Piotr Jadwiszczak Institute of Biology, University of Bialystok, Swierkowa 20B, PL-15-950, Bialystok, Poland Keywords Abstract Antarctic Peninsula; La Meseta Formation; Palaeogene; early Sphenisciformes; The spinal column of early Antarctic penguins is poorly known, mainly due to cervicodorsal vertebrae. the scarcity of articulated vertebrae in the fossil record. One of the most interesting segments of this part of the skeleton is the transitional series located Correspondence at the root of the neck. Here, two such cervicodorsal series, comprising rein- Piotr Jadwiszczak, Institute of Biology, terpreted known material and a new specimen from the Eocene of Seymour University of Bialystok, Swierkowa 20B, Island (Antarctic Peninsula), were investigated and contrasted with those PL-15-950 Bialystok, Poland. of modern penguins and some fossil bones. The new specimen is smaller E-mail: [email protected] than the counterpart elements in recent king penguins, whereas the second series belonged to a large-bodied penguin from the genus Palaeeudyptes. It had been assigned by earlier researchers to P. gunnari (a species of ‘‘giant’’ penguins) and a Bayesian analysis*a Bayes factor approach based on size of an associated tarsometatarsus*strongly supported such an assignment. Morphological and functional studies revealed that mobility within the aforementioned segment probably did not differ substantially between extant and studied fossil penguins. There were, however, intriguing morphological differences between the smaller fossil specimen and the comparative material related to the condition of the lateral excavation in the first cervicodorsal vertebra and the extremely small size of the intervertebral foramen located just prior to the first ‘‘true’’ thoracic vertebra. -
Fossil Birds of New Zealand This Appendix Lists Birds Recorded As Fossils in New Zealand from Sediments Older Than the Middle Pleistocene (≥1 Ma)
Text extracted from Gill B.J.; Bell, B.D.; Chambers, G.K.; Medway, D.G.; Palma, R.L.; Scofield, R.P.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Worthy, T.H. 2010. Checklist of the birds of New Zealand, Norfolk and Macquarie Islands, and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica. 4th edition. Wellington, Te Papa Press and Ornithological Society of New Zealand. Pages 323 & 326-327. Fossil Birds of New Zealand This Appendix lists birds recorded as fossils in New Zealand from sediments older than the Middle Pleistocene (≥1 Ma). It therefore includes material from the Kaimatira Pumice Sand of the Kai Iwi Group (Oxygen Isotope Stage 25–27, c. 1 Ma) found at Marton (Worthy 1997a). All younger fossil birds are members of the Recent fauna, are of species that persisted to human arrival and are covered in the main text. The pre-Pleistocene record of birds in New Zealand has until recently comprised mainly penguins, as reviewed by Fordyce (1991b). No marine taxa other than penguins and pelagornithids had been described, but rare procellariid bones were known (Worthy & Holdaway 2002). The record of Tertiary terrestrial avifauna was until recently restricted to two undescribed anatids from the Miocene of Otago (Fordyce 1991b). Renewed investigations of the Miocene deposits at St Bathans, Otago, have recovered a rich avifauna from lacustrine deposits comprising at least 24 taxa (Worthy et al. 2007). In addition to the taxa named below (a diving petrel and several waterfowl), the St Bathans Fauna includes the following unnamed taxa: ratite (eggshell), two rails (Rallidae), a possible aptornithid (?Aptornithidae), three parrots (Psittacidae), an eagle (Accipitridae), two pigeons (Columbidae), at least three waders (Charadriiformes), and several passerines (Passeriformes). -
New Zealand Garden Bird Survey – Analysis of the First Four Years
AvailableSpurr: Garden on-line Bird at: Surveyhttp://www.newzealandecology.org/nzje/ 1 special issue: Advances in tools for bird population monitoring in New Zealand New Zealand Garden Bird Survey – analysis of the first four years Eric B. Spurr Landcare Research, PO Box 40, Lincoln 7640, New Zealand Email: [email protected] Published on-line: 30 July 2012 Abstract: The New Zealand Garden Bird Survey started in 2007 primarily to monitor long-term trends in common garden bird populations. The method was based on the Big Garden Birdwatch in the UK. Volunteers spent one hour in midwinter each year recording for each bird species the largest number of individuals detected at any one time in their gardens, as an index of abundance. A large number of species was recorded, the two most numerous being house sparrow (Passer domesticus) and silvereye (Zosterops lateralis). There was regional variation in species occurrence and abundance; more species and more individuals of most species in rural than in urban gardens; more individuals of some species and fewer of others in gardens where supplementary food was provided; and changes in the abundance of some species over the 4 years. Potential problems with the methodology and interpretation of the data are discussed. As a consequence of convenience sampling the results apply only to the gardens of participants, not necessarily New Zealand as a whole. The survey has the potential to alert authorities to changes in garden bird population trends, and to provide circumstantial evidence of the success or otherwise of management actions such as restoration planting. Keywords: abundance; indices; occurrence; population monitoring; population trends; supplementary feeding Introduction of native bird species that are either resident in domestic gardens year round or visit domestic gardens in winter. -
Feeding Association Between Fantails
IAN G. McLEAN 165 Department of Zoology, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand Present address: Department of Biology, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada TIK 3M4 FEEDING ASSOCIATION BETWEEN FANTAILS AND SADDLEBACKS: WHO BENEFITS? Summary: A feeding association between tWo New Zealand passerine birds, saddlebacks (Philesturnus carunculatus, Callaeidae), and fantails (Rhipidura fuliginosa, Muscicapidae) is described. Saddlebacks are poor fliers, give loud vocalisations, and feed noisily. These characteristics allow fantails to find saddlebacks and to capture insects disturbed by the saddleback's activity. Fantails follow at a distance of about 50 cm, and tend to remain behind and below the saddleback. Fantails use different feeding sites when feeding in association with saddlebacks than they use when feeding alone. Keywords: Feeding association, fantail, Rhipidura fuliginosa, Muscicapidae, saddleback, Philesturnus carunculatus, Callaeidae, feeding sites, Cuvier Island, New Zealand. Introduction Cuvier Island (36°26'S, 175°64'E) during two Some birds obtain a portion of their prey by weeks in each of May, August, November, and taking animals disturbed by the activities of other December 1973, and May 1981. Saddlebacks organisms. Examples of this use of others as became extinct on the island in the late nineteenth "beaters" (Diamond, 1981) are cattle egrets century, but 29 individuals were released there in (Bubulcus ibis) which follow large ungulates 1968. Approximately 100 were present on the (Thompson, Lanyon and Thompson, 1982), and study area in 1973, and 350 in 1981 birds that follow columns of army ants (Willis (C. R. Veitch, unpubl. data). Numbers of fantails and Oniki, 1978). Other examples may be found remained at about 40 during the two study in MacDonald and Henderson (1977), periods. -
When Penguins Ruled After Dinosaurs Died 9 December 2019
When penguins ruled after dinosaurs died 9 December 2019 2006 and 2011. He helped build a picture of an ancient penguin that bridges a gap between extinct giant penguins and their modern relatives. "Next to its colossal human-sized cousins, including the recently described monster penguin Crossvallia waiparensis, Kupoupou was comparatively small—no bigger than modern King Penguins which stand just under 1.1 metres tall," says Mr Blokland, who worked with Professor Paul Scofield and Associate Professor Catherine Reid, as well as Flinders palaeontologist Associate Professor Trevor Illustration of the newly described Kupoupou stilwelli by Worthy on the discovery. Jacob Blokland, Flinders University. Credit: Jacob Blokland, Flinders University "Kupoupou also had proportionally shorter legs than some other early fossil penguins. In this respect, it was more like the penguins of today, meaning it would have waddled on land. What waddled on land but swam supremely in subtropical seas more than 60 million years ago, "This penguin is the first that has modern after the dinosaurs were wiped out on sea and proportions both in terms of its size and in its hind land? limb and foot bones (the tarsometatarsus) or foot shape." Fossil records show giant human-sized penguins flew through Southern Hemisphere waters—along As published in the US journal Palaeontologica side smaller forms, similar in size to some species Electronica, the animal's scientific name that live in Antarctica today. acknowledges the Indigenous Moriori people of the Chatham Island (R?kohu), with Kupoupou meaning Now the newly described Kupoupou stilwelli has 'diving bird' in Te Re Moriori. -
Temporal Changes in Birds and Bird Song Detected in Zealandia Sanctuary, Wellington, New Zealand, Over 2011-2015
173 Notornis, 2015, Vol. 62: 173-183 0029-4470 © The Ornithological Society of New Zealand Inc. Temporal changes in birds and bird song detected in Zealandia sanctuary, Wellington, New Zealand, over 2011-2015 BEN D. BELL Centre for Biodiversity & Restoration Ecology, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand Abstract Bird counts were carried out in Zealandia sanctuary, Wellington, New Zealand, along a 6.3 km slow-walk transect, every 3 weeks for 4 years (2011-2015). The mean ± se number of species detected per count was 30.0 ± 0.4 (range 22-37) and the mean ± se total of individuals detected per count was 572.7 ± 12.8 birds (range 361-809). Of 43 species detected, 15 occurred on every count, 8 on most, 13 less frequently and 7 only occasionally. Forest birds were mostly first detected by sound, but water or wetland birds mostly by sight. For 35 species with sufficient data to model, significant seasonal changes occurred in 9 species (26%) and significant annual changes in 4 species (11%), with the total of birds counted peaking in late summer/autumn. Song output varied amongst passerines, with large seasonal effects in 6 European introduced species, but lower seasonal effects in 9 native species. Bell, B.D. 2015. Temporal changes in birds and bird song detected in Zealandia sanctuary, Wellington, New Zealand, over 2011-2015. Notornis 62 (4): 173-183. Keywords transect-counts; conspicuousness; seasonality; introductions; bird song INTRODUCTION the interplay between the birds’ conspicuousness Relatively recent initiation of mainland island and their actual numbers (Gibb 1996; Sullivan sites constitutes an important step in ecosystem- 2012). -
The Responses of New Zealand's Arboreal Forest Birds to Invasive
The responses of New Zealand’s arboreal forest birds to invasive mammal control Nyree Fea A thesis submitted to the Victoria University of Wellington in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Victoria University of Wellington Te Whare Wānanga o te Ūpoko o te Ika a Māui 2018 ii This thesis was conducted under the supervision of Dr. Stephen Hartley (primary supervisor) School of Biological Sciences Victoria University of Wellington Wellington, New Zealand and Associate Professor Wayne Linklater (secondary supervisor) School of Biological Sciences Victoria University of Wellington Wellington, New Zealand iii iv Abstract Introduced mammalian predators are responsible for over half of contemporary extinctions and declines of birds. Endemic bird species on islands are particularly vulnerable to invasions of mammalian predators. The native bird species that remain in New Zealand forests continue to be threatened by predation from invasive mammals, with brushtail possums (Trichosurus vulpecula) ship rats (Rattus rattus) and stoats (Mustela erminea) identified as the primary agents responsible for their ongoing decline. Extensive efforts to suppress these pests across New Zealand’s forests have created “management experiments” with potential to provide insights into the ecological forces structuring forest bird communities. To understand the effects of invasive mammals on birds, I studied responses of New Zealand bird species at different temporal and spatial scales to different intensities of control and residual densities of mammals. In my first empirical chapter (Chapter 2), I present two meta-analyses of bird responses to invasive mammal control. I collate data from biodiversity projects across New Zealand where long-term monitoring of arboreal bird species was undertaken.