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Callaeidae
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Callaeas |
The small bird family Callaeidae is restricted to New Zealand. Only two species survive, one of them critically endangered. A third, the Huia became extinct early in the 20th century.
The Callaeidae are often known as wattlebirds, a term that leads to confusion, as there are other, unrelated species with this same name, notably the large Australian wattlebirds of the family Meliphagidae, which are honeyeaters.
- ORDER PASSERIFORMES
- (many other families)
- Family Callaeidae
- Kokako, Callaeas cinerea
- Saddleback, Philesturnus carunculatus (formerly Creadion carunculatus)
- Huia, Heteralocha acuitirostris (extinct)
Last updated: 08-02-2005 00:36:34
10-26-2009 08:16:03
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