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The New Zealand bellbird (Anthornis melanura), also known by its te reo Māori names korimako, makomako and kōmako, is a medium-sized species of honeyeater endemic to New Zealand. It has been the only living member of the genus Anthornis since the Chatham bellbird went extinct in the early 20th century.
New Zealand bellbird, Anthornis melanura; Chatham Islands bellbird, Anthornis melanocephala (extinct) [3] They are named bellbirds because their call sounds like a bell. Young male bellbirds copy the calls of neighbouring older males. Sometimes two males can sing in almost perfect unison because one has been copying the other.
The closest living relative to tūī is the New Zealand bellbird; genetic analysis indicates its ancestor diverged from a lineage that gave rise to the New Zealand and Chatham bellbirds around 5 million years ago. [20] The cladogram below shows this relationship:
Honeyeaters and the Australian chats make up the family Meliphagidae.They are a large and diverse family of small to medium-sized birds most common in Australia and New Guinea, but also found in New Zealand, the Pacific islands as far east as Samoa and Tonga, and the islands to the north and west of New Guinea known as Wallacea.
The New Zealand Bellbird (Anthoris melanura) is a passerine bird endemic to New Zealand.It has greenish coloration and is the only living member of the genus Anthornis.The bellbird forms a significant component of the famed New Zealand dawn chorus of bird song that was much noted by early European settlers.
A starting point would be short harsh calls versus extended melodious songs, but bellbirds do integrate harsh wheezes and croaks amid more pleasant tones, so this doesn't provide a clear split. Brunton and Li "defined calls as short harsh-sounding single units [...] and songs as groups of syllables always sung in the same order", which doesn't ...
The Field Guide to the Birds of New Zealand (rev. & updated 4th ed.). New Zealand: Penguin. ISBN 978-0143570929. Checklist Committee Ornithological Society of New Zealand (2010). "Available online as a PDF" (PDF). Checklist of the birds of New Zealand, Norfolk and Macquarie Islands, and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica (4th ed.). New Zealand: Te ...
Pages in category "Endemic birds of New Zealand" The following 92 pages are in this category, out of 92 total. ... New Zealand bellbird; New Zealand dotterel; New ...