New/Rare Bird Sightings In New Zealand

05/18/24 • 22 min

I hope some new/rare people venture outside their normal "podcast range" and find this episode!
Amendments:
I forgot to mention Southey in the list of authors responsible for the compilation of bird reports from the RAC. They are accurately cited below. My apologies!
Also, I meant black CURRAWONG, not burrawong! Sorry for that mistake - I was having trouble saying the name, and evidently still had trouble even when I thought I'd nailed it haha.
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References:
Miskelly, C. M. (2020). First record of rose-crowned fruit-dove (Ptilinopus regina) from New Zealand. Notornis, 67, 564-567.

Miskelly, C. M., Crossland, A. C., Sagar, P. M., Saville, I., Tennyson, A. J., & Bell, E. A. (2015). Vagrant and extra-limital bird records accepted by the Birds New Zealand Records Appraisal Committee 2013–2014. Notornis, 62, 85-95.

Miskelly, C. M., Crossland, A. C., Sagar, P. M., Saville, I., Tennyson, A. J., & Bell, E. A. (2017). Vagrant and extra-limital bird records accepted by the Birds New Zealand Records Appraisal Committee 2015-2016. Notornis, 64, 57-67.
Miskelly, C. M., Crossland, A. C., Saville, I., Southey, I., Tennyson, A. J., & Bell, E. A. (2019). Vagrant and extra-limital bird records accepted by the Birds New Zealand Records Appraisal Committee 2017–2018. Notornis, 66, 150-163.
Miskelly, C. M., Crossland, A. C., Saville, I., Southey, I., Tennyson, A. J., & Bell, E. A. (2021). Vagrant and extra-limital bird records accepted by the Birds New Zealand Records Appraisal Committee 2019–2020. Notornis, 68, 253-265.
Miskelly, C. M., Crossland, A. C., Saville, I., Southey, I., Tennyson, A. J., & Bell, E. A. (2023). Vagrant and extra-limital bird records accepted by the Birds New Zealand Records Appraisal Committee 2021–2022. Notornis, 70(2), 60-73.
Williams, M., Gummer, H., Powlesland, R., Robertson, H., & Taylor, G. (2006). Migrations and movements of birds to New Zealand and surrounding seas. Department of Conservation, Wellington, New Zealand.

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Leks (Evolution And Benefits For Birds)

I hope you lek the episode...
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References:
Alonso, J. C., Alvarez-Martinez, J. M., & Palacin, C. (2012). Leks in ground-displaying birds: hotspots or safe places?. Behavioral Ecology, 23(3), 491-501.
Foster, M. S. (2021). Male Aggregation in Dwarf Tyrant-Manakins and What It Tells Us about the Origin of Leks. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 61(4), 1310-1318.
Isvaran, K. (2021). Lek territory size and the evolution of leks: a model and a test using an ungulate with a flexible mating system. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 8, 539061.
Kempenaers, B. (2022). Mating systems in birds. Current Biology, 32(20), R1115-R1121.
Macedo, R. H., Podos, J., Graves, J. A., & Manica, L. T. (2018). Breeding clusters in birds: ecological selective contexts, mating systems and the role of extrapair fertilizations. Animal Behaviour, 143, 145-154.
Miles, M. C., & Fuxjager, M. J. (2018). Synergistic selection regimens drive the evolution of display complexity in birds of paradise. Journal of Animal Ecology, 87(4), 1149-1159.
Ryder, T. B., & Sillett, T. S. (2016). Climate, demography and lek stability in an Amazonian bird. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 283(1823), 20152314.
Thery, M. (1992). The evolution of leks through female choice: differential clustering and space utilization in six sympatric manakins. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 30, 227-237.
Turner, J. R. (2015). The flexible lek: Phymatopus hecta the gold swift demonstrates the evolution of leking and male swarming via a hotspot (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae). Biological journal of the Linnean Society, 114(1), 184-201.

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Time Travel: New Zealand Avifauna Before Humans

Come on a time travelling journey with me to somewhere I wish I could go for a day! Pre-human New Zealand, when birds ruled the land.
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Books used for research:

Birdstories - Geoff Norman

References:

Brathwaite, D. H. (1992). Notes on the weight, flying ability, habitat, and prey of Haast’s Eagle (Harpagornis moorei). Notornis, 39(4), 239-247.
Carpenter, J. K., Innes, J. G., Wood, J. R., & Lyver, P. O’B. (2021). Good predators: the roles of weka (Gallirallus australis) in New Zealand’s past and present ecosystems. New Zealand Journal of Ecology, 45(1), 1-14.
Gill, B. J. (2003). Osteometry and systematics of the extinct New Zealand ravens (Aves: Corvidae: Corvus). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 1(1), 43-58.
Gill, B. J., Furey, L., & Ash, E. (2020). The Moa Fauna (Aves: Dinornithiformes) of the Auckland and Coromandel Regions, New Zealand. Records of the Auckland Museum, 55, 85-100.
Holdaway, R. N. (1989). New Zealand's pre-human avifauna and its vulnerability. New Zealand journal of ecology, 11-25.
Holdaway, R. N., Worthy, T. H., & Tennyson, A. J. (2001). A working list of breeding bird species of the New Zealand region at first human contact. New Zealand journal of zoology, 28(2), 119-187.
McGlone, M. S. (1989). The Polynesian settlement of New Zealand in relation to environmental and biotic changes. New Zealand journal of ecology, 115-129.
Wood, J. R., Richardson, S. J., McGlone, M. S., & Wilmshurst, J. M. (2020). The diets of moa (Aves: Dinornithiformes). New Zealand Journal of Ecology, 44(1), 1-21.
Wood, J. R., Scofield, R. P., Hamel, J., Lalas, C., & Wilmshurst, J. M. (2017). Bone stable isotopes indicate a high trophic position for New Zealand’s extinct South Island adzebill (Aptornis defossor)(Gruiformes: Aptornithidae). New Zealand Journal of Ecology, 41(2), 240-244.
Worthy, T. H. (1990). An analysis of the distribution and relative abundance of moa species (Aves: Dinornithiformes). New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 17(2), 213-241.
Worthy, T. H., & Scofield, R. P. (2012). Twenty-first century advances in knowledge of the biology of moa (Aves: Dinornithiformes): a new morphological analysis and moa diagnoses revised. New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 39(2), 87-153.