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At this rate, the birds could not survive on the island and therefore an intensive cat control was introduced in 1982, after which no cat-killed kākāpō were found. [5] However, to ensure the survival of the remaining birds, scientists decided later that this population should be transferred to predator-free islands; this operation was ...
The island is part of the Fiordland National Park and since 2005 is one of few island sanctuaries that are home to the critically endangered kākāpō. Red deer and stoats had been eradicated between 2001 and 2005, and subsequently endangered endemic birds including tīeke (saddleback) , mohua (yellowhead) and kākāpō , have been relocated to ...
Codfish Island / Whenua Hou is a small island (14 km 2 or 5.4 sq mi) located to the west of Stewart Island in southern New Zealand. It reaches a height of 250 m (820 ft) close to the south coast. It reaches a height of 250 m (820 ft) close to the south coast.
The Chatham Kākā became extinct in pre-European times, after Polynesians settled the island, between 1550 and 1700, and is only known from subfossil bones. [3] Of the surviving species, the kākāpō is critically endangered, [ 7 ] [ 8 ] with living individuals numbering only 244 (as of 2024). [ 9 ]
New Zealand: South Island High-level forests and subalpine scrublands 850–1400 m AMSL. [27] South Island kākā (Nestor meridionalis meridionalis) Vulnerable [11] Similar to the North Island kākā, but slightly smaller, brighter colours, the crown is almost white, and the bill is longer and more arched in males. [28] New Zealand: South Island
Richard Henry kākāpō held by Merton, Codfish Island / Whenua Hou, November 2010.Richard Henry spent the past 35 years on four predatory-mammal-free islands. Named after Richard Treacy Henry the pioneer conservationist, and from 1894 to 1910, custodian of Resolution Island, New Zealand he was the last known survivor of his species from mainland New Zealand and was believed to be more than ...
The world's largest coral has been discovered by a National Geographic expedition to the Solomon Islands. World's largest coral found 'hiding in plain sight' near Solomon Islands for 300 years ...
Tuatara were once widespread on New Zealand's main North and South Islands, where subfossil remains have been found in sand dunes, caves, and Māori middens. [106] Wiped out from the main islands before European settlement, they were long confined to 32 offshore islands free of mammals. [ 19 ]