New Zealand Bellbird
A species of New Zealand Bellbirds Scientific name : Anthornis melanura Genus : New Zealand Bellbirds
New Zealand Bellbird, A species of New Zealand Bellbirds
Botanical name: Anthornis melanura
Genus: New Zealand Bellbirds
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Description
Males are olive-green with a dark purplish sheen on their head and black outer wing and tail, while females are a duller olive-brown with a blue sheen on the head and yellowish-white curving from the base of the bill to below the eye. Both have a notably red eye. They are about 17–20 cm from the tip of their beak to the end of their tail. Females weigh about 25 g and males 32 g. Juvenile females have brown eyes and a light yellow cheek stripe. Juvenile males have dull brown-black outer wing and tail feathers. 
Size
20 cm
Colors
Brown
Black
Green
Yellow
Life Expectancy
8 years
Nest Placement
Tree
Feeding Habits
New Zealand Bellbird primarily consumes nectar, fruit, and insects, using its specialized brush-tipped tongue for sipping nectar and honeydew. Females and chicks rely more on insects during breeding. New Zealand Bellbird play a vital role in pollinating native flora through their feeding habits.
Habitat
The new Zealand Bellbird is commonly found in diverse native forest environments, thriving in dense lowland podocarp-hardwood settings, coastal broadleaf, and high-altitude mixed beech forests. Their habitat is characterized by a variety of canopy trees, rich shrub layers, and abundant epiphytes. These birds are adaptable and can persist in small forest remnants as well as urban parks, gardens, and orchards. They also inhabit subalpine shrubs and grasslands near swamps and have been spotted in exotic plantations like Eucalyptus and Pinus forests, ranging from the coast up to alpine regions.
Dite type
Nectivorous
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Distribution Area
The bellbird is found throughout both the main islands of New Zealand apart from the north of the North Island. Its population and distribution had been seriously affected by the introduction of European-style farming, which has led to the removal of native forests (the natural habitat of the bellbird). Another important factor is the introduction of predatory species such as cats, weasels, stoats, ferrets, rats, and food-robbing species like wasps. Predators either eat the birds or consume eggs, while food robbers compete with the bellbird for its natural food sources of nectar, honeydew and insects. The decline occurred around the same time as that of many other New Zealand species, but for unknown reasons was reversed and the species is still common across much of New Zealand.
Species Status
Not globally threatened.
Scientific Classification
Phylum
Chordates Class
Birds Order
Perching birds Family
Honeyeaters Genus
New Zealand Bellbirds Species
New Zealand Bellbird 
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