Notornis, 4 (4), 66-67
Article Type: Paper
From a perusal of the above reports and those published in New Zealand Bird Notes, Vol. 3, Nos. 4, 5, 8 and Notornis, Vol 4, No. 3, it is evident that the myna is slowly but surely establishing itself in Auckland after an absence from about 1906 to 1947. It has consolidated its position to the immediate south of Auckland, and the first birds are now finding their way into the North Auckland peninsula. They have increased at Tauranga and are now plentiful, and have extended to ML. Maunganui. They have become plentiful at Clevedon and are increasingly reported in the Firth of Thames-Hauraki Plains areas. They have extended (apparently eastward) along the Bay of Plenty coast in some numbers to Whakatane. They are now established at Rotorua and are reported from several places on the volcanic plateau, an interesting locality being Te Whaiti.
Additional information now received makes it clear that mynas are present in small numbers in all of west Taranaki. No change is noted from Manawatu or Hawke’s Bay-East Cape, but a further decline has taken place in the Wairarapa.