A working list of breeding bird species of the New Zealand region at first human contact

New Zealand Journal of Zoology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 119-187

  Holdaway, Richard N ^a   Worty, Trevor H ^b   Tennyson, Alan J D ^c  

^a PALAECOL RESEARCH LTD   (New Zealand)

^b Palaeofaunal Surveys   (New Zealand)

^c NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Avifauna; Biogeography; Breeding species; Evolution; Extinction; List; New synonymy; New Zealand; Phylogenetic species concept

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BREEDING POPULATION; PALEOECOLOGY;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0034873654     PISSN: 03014223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2001.9518262     Document Type: Article

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59. A list of the birds of New Zealand and the adjacent islands
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69. Changes in the diversity of New Zealand forest birds
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71. An exploratory phylogenetic analysis of the genera of the Accipitridae, with notes on the biogeography of the family
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80. Diet and biology of the laughing owl Sceloglaux albifacies (Aves: Strigidae) on Takaka Hill, Nelson, New Zealand
81. A reappraisal of the late quaternary fossil vertebrates of Pyramid Valley Swamp, North Canterbury, New Zealand
82. Probable occurrence of the black bittern, Dupetor flavicollis (Linnaeus), in New Zealand
83. Subfossil avian remains from Poukawa, Hawke's Bay, and the first record of Oxyura australis (Blue-billed duck) from New Zealand
84. Bird records of the 1971-1973 Snares Islands, New Zealand, expedition
85. Phylogeny and evolution of 12S rDNA in gruiformes (Aves)
86. A new species of bonytoothed bird (Family Pseudodontornithidae) from the tertiary of New Zealand
87. On a new species of rail from Macquarie Island
88. The moas of New Zealand
89. Migration of the white-faced storm petrel Pelagodroma marina in the South Pacific and the status of the Kermadec subspecies
90. Seabirds recorded at the Chatham Islands, 1960 to May 1993
91. A second intact specimen of the Chatham Island taiko (Pterodroma magentae)
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100. Phylogeny, biogeography, and taxonomy of Australasian teals
101. New and rare birds on Campbell Island
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103. Archaeology at Harataonga Bay, Great Barrier Island
104. Evolutionary morphology of flightlessness in the Auckland Islands teal
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106. A phylogenetic analysis of the Gruiformes (Aves) based on morphological characters, with an emphasis on the rails (Rallidae)
107. Geology and tephrochronology of Raoul Island, Kermadec group, New Zealand
108. Volcanic history of Macauley Island, Kermadec Ridge, New Zealand
109. A mainland breeding population of fairy prions (Pachyptila turtur), South Island, New Zealand
110. Notes on some neognathous bird bones from the early tertiary of New Zealand
111. Prehistoric overkill: The global model
112. A hierarchy of species concepts: The denouement in the saga of the species problem
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114. The Polynesian settlement of New Zealand in relation to environmental and biotic changes in New Zealand
115. An ecological approach to the Polynesian settlement of New Zealand
116. Some remarks on the taxonomy of Australasian oystercatchers, Haematopus spp
117. A pseudodontorn (Pelecaniformes: Pelagornithidae) from the middle Pliocene of Hawera, Taranaki, New Zealand
118. The species diversity of New Zealand forest birds: Some possible consequences of the modification of beech forests
119. Vertebrate fossil faunas from islands in Australasia and the Southwest Pacific
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124. Extinct birds
125. The Chatham Islands pigeon (Parea) deserves full species status; Hemiphaga chathamensis (Rothschild, 1891); Aves; Columbidae
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127. Nelson/Marlborough
128. The Little Barrier Island snipe
129. Campbell Island snipe discovered
130. Birds of the Snares Islands, New Zealand
131. A Miocene crocodilian from New Zealand
132. A review of the frigate petrels (Pelagodroma)
133. Norfolk Island bird notes, 1977 to 1997
134. The external morphology and taxonomic status of the orange-fronted parakeet
135. Feeding ecology of hybridizing parakeets on Mangere Island, Chatham Islands
136. A classification of the Rallidae
137. Evolution of rails of the South Atlantic Islands (Aves: Rallidae)
138. A review of the extinct rails of the New Zealand region
139. The identity of the fossil ducks described from Australia by C. W. De Vis
140. A synopsis of the fossil Rallidae
141. Early pliocene procellariiformes (Aves) from Langebaanweg, South-Western Cape Province, South Africa
142. The fossil record of birds
143. [Letter] more on the name Rallus hodgenorum
144. Osteology and systematics of the fernbirds (Bowdleria: Sylviidae)
145. Comments on the osteology and systematics of the New Zealand passerines of the genus Mohoua
146. The prehistoric impact of man on biogeographical patterns of insular birds
147. The owletnightjar of New Caledonia, Aegotheles savesi, with comments on the systematics of the Aegothelidae
148. The affinities of the New Zealand passerine genus Turnagra
149. A new species of Rallicola (Insecta: Phthiraptera: Philopteridae) from the North Island brown kiwi
150. On the structure and development of the skull in the ostrich tribe
151. Population size, productivity and post-breeding movements of the New Zealand fairy tern
152. Foods and feeding of the wrybill (Anarhynchus frontalis) on its riverbed breeding grounds
153. Habitats and feeding of Auckland Island banded dotterel (Charadrius bicinctus exilis Falla, 1978) in autumn
154. A list of the chewing lice (Insecta: Mallophaga) from birds in New Zealand
155. Early miocene flora of the manuherikia group, New Zealand. 7. Myrtaceae, including Eucalyptus
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158. Number, fate, and distribution of kakapo (Strigops habroptilus) found on Stewart Island, New Zealand, 1979-92
159. The canonical distribution of commonness and rarity
160. Prehistory of the Norfolk Island biota
161. A royal albatross nesting on the Otago Peninsula, New Zealand
162. Wader studies in New Zealand
163. Questions on the harvesting of toroa in the Chatham Islands
164. Towards a new taxonomy for albatrosses
165. Nomenclature of the New Zealand wandering albatrosses Diomedea exulans
166. Measurements of Diomedea exulans antipodensis and D. E. Gibsoni
167. Stewart Island kakapo
168. Birds of the 1976-77 Snares Islands expedition
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170. Bones of a presumed odontopterygian bird from the Miocene of New Zealand
171. King penguins at the Chatham Islands
172. A classification of the living birds of the world based on DNA-DNA hybridisation studies
173. Some thoughts on Caspian terns in New Zealand
174. Phylogeny of the Phalacrocoracidae
175. Birds of the Kermadec Islands
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177. Extinction of birds in Eastern Polynesia: A review of the record, and comparisons with other Pacific island groups
178. Fossil birds and biogeography in Polynesia
179. Some ideas on speciation in New Zealand parakeets
180. How the Macquarie Island parakeet became extinct
181. Status, habits and conservation of Cyanoramphus parakeets in the New Zealand region
182. A reappraisal of the orange-fronted parakeet (Cyanoramphus spp.) - Species or colour morph?
183. The orange-fronted parakeet (Cyanoramphus malherbi) is a colour morph of the yellow-crowned parakeet (C. Auriceps)
184. A new shearwater on the Chathams
185. The black-winged petrel on Mangere Island, Chathams Islands
186. Chestnut-breasted shelducks and other wetland birds at Tupuangi, Chatham Islands
187. Bird extinctions and fossil bones from Mangere Island, Chatham Islands
188. Dark-faced: Rockhopper penguin at the Snares Islands
189. A visit to the Southern Kermadec Islands
190. History, fauna and flora of Te Haupa (Saddle) Island, Hauraki Gulf
191. Numbers of black-browed mollymawks (Diomedea m. Melanophrys) and white-capped mollymawks (D. Cauta steadi) at the Antipodes Islands in 1994-95 and their population trends in the New Zealand region
192. Another visit to Macauley Island
193. On the birds of the Chatham Islands
194. Morphology and evolution of two takahe: Flightless rails of New Zealand
195. Sympatric flightless rails Gallirallus dieffenbachii and G. Modestus on the Chatham Islands, New Zealand: Morphometrics and alternative evolutionary scenarios
196. Flightlessness and phylogeny amongst endemic rails (Aves: Rallidae) of the New Zealand region
197. Conservation and genetics of New Zealand parakeets
198. Australasia and the origin of the shags and cormorants. Phalacrocoracidae
199. Osteological differences between Sula and Morus and a description of an extinct new species of Sula from Lord Howe and Norfolk Islands, Tasman Sea
200. The systematic position of Aptornis, a flightless bird from New Zealand
201. Aptornis Owen, 1848 (Aves): Proposed conservation as the correct original spelling. Case 2839
202. Notes on some moa remains found at the Great Barrier Island during February 1886
203. Species delimitations in systematics: Inferring diagnostic differences between species
204. The kakapo (Strigops habroptilus, Gray): A review and re-appraisal of a near-extinct species
205. Distribution of specimens of the kakapo, Strigops habroptilus Gray, in some museums throughout the world
206. Birds
207. Aspects of avian island biogeography in New Zealand
208. Has island biogeography theory any relevance to the design of biological reserves in New Zealand
209. Social structure, dispersion and breeding of the Auckland Island teal
210. The distribution and numbers of gannets (Sula serrator) in New Zealand
211. Sexual dimorphism and temporal variation in the North Island moa species Euryapteryx curtus (Owen) and Pachyornis mappini Archey
212. An illustrated key to the main leg bones of moas (Aves: Dinornithiformes)
213. A re-examination of the moa genus Megalapteryx
214. Validation of Pachyornis australis Oliver (Aves; Dinornithiformes), a medium sized moa from the South Island, New Zealand
215. An analysis of moa bones (Aves: Dinornithiformes) from three lowland North Island swamp sites: Makirikiri, Riverlands and Takapau Road
216. An analysis of the distribution and relative abundance of moa species (Aves: Dinornithiformes)
217. A re-examination of the species Euryapteryx geranoides (Owen) including comparisons with other emein moas (Aves: Dinornithiformes)
218. Description of some post-cranial bones of Malacorhynchus scarletti, a large extinct pink-eared duck from New Zealand
219. Holocene populations of shags Leucocarbo spp. In the far North, New Zealand
220. Quaternary fossil fauna of South Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand
221. The identification of fossil Eudyptes and Megadyptes bones at Marfell's Beach, Marlborough, South Island
222. A mid-Pleistocene rail from New Zealand
223. Fossils indicate Pelecanoides georgicus had large colonies at Mason Bay, Stewart Island, New Zealand
224. A remarkable fossil and archaeological fauna from Marfells Beach, Lake Grassmere, South Island, New Zealand
225. Quaternary fossil faunas of Otago, South Island, New Zealand
226. Fossil avifaunas from Old Neck and Native Island, Stewart Island - Polynesian middens or natural sites?
227. The quaternary fossil avifauna of Southland, South Island, New Zealand
228. The role of climate change versus human impact - Avian extinction on South Island, New Zealand
229. What was on the menu - Avian extinction in New Zealand
230. Two late-glacial avifaunas from Eastern North Island - Te Aute and Wheturau Quarry
231. New Zealand pigeon (Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae) on Raoul Island, Kermadec Group
232. Quaternary fossil faunas from caves in the Punakaiki area, West Coast, South Island, New Zealand
233. Quaternary fossil faunas from caves in Takaka Valley and on Takaka Hill, northwest Nelson, South Island, New Zealand
234. Quaternary fossil faunas from caves on Mt Cookson, North Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand
235. Quaternary fossil faunas, overlapping taphonomies, and palaeofaunal reconstruction in North Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand
236. Terrestial fossil vertebrate faunas from inland Hawke's Bay, North Island, New Zealand
237. The fossil avifauna of Amsterdam Island, Indian Ocean
238. The fossil record of moas (Aves: Dinornithiformes) older than the Otira (last) glaciation
239. Description of the first complete skeleton of the extinct New Zealand goose Cnemiornis calcitrans (Aves: Anatidae) and a reassessment of the relationships of Cnemiornis
240. Buller's albatrosses breeding at Three Kings Islands
241. A preliminary account of the sub-fossil avifauna of the Martinborough Caves
242. Notes on the environment and age of the sub-fossil deposits of the Martinborough area