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The food of honeyeaters (Meliphagidae) on Little Barrier Island

  • Publication Type

    Journal Article

  • Publication Year

    1982

  • Author(s)

    P.D. Gaze; B.M. Fitzgerald

  • Journal Name

    Notornis

  • Volume, Issue

    29, 3

  • Pagination

    209-213

  • Article Type

    Paper

  • DOI

    https://doi.org/10.63172/405012vrdqtu

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The food of honeyeaters (Meliphagidae) on Little Barrier Island

Notornis, 29 (3), 209-213

P.D. Gaze; B.M. Fitzgerald (1982)

Article Type: Paper

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The food of honeyeaters (stitchbird, bellbird and tui) was studied on Little Barrier Island in April by collecting droppings and pollen from mist-netted birds. All three species were taking nectar from puriri and climbing rata. Stitchbirds were the most frugivorous and bellbirds the most insectivorous of the three species.