New Zealand Fernbird

Poodytes punctatus - Mégalure matata

Mégalure matata
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Passeriformes

  • Family
    :

    Locustellidés

  • Genus
    :

    Poodytes

  • Species
    :

    punctatus

Descriptor

Quoy Gaimard, 1832

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 18 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    :
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Mégalure matata
adult
Mégalure matata

New Zealand Fernbird (Poodytes punctatus) is a species of bird in the Locustellidae family.

Subspecific information 5 subspecies

  • Poodytes punctatus punctatus (South I.)
  • Poodytes punctatus vealeae (North I.)
  • Poodytes punctatus stewartianus (Stewart I.)
  • Poodytes punctatus wilsoni (Codfish I.)
  • Poodytes punctatus caudatus (Snares I.)

Foreign names

  • Mégalure matata,
  • Yerbera maorí,
  • capineiro-neozelandês,
  • Farnsänger,
  • páfrányposzáta,
  • Varengrasvogel,
  • Felciarolo,
  • nyazeelandgräsfågel,
  • Bregnesanger,
  • svrkavec matata,
  • cistovníkovec novozélandský,
  • Newzealandsk Sumpsanger,
  • uudenseelanninkerttunen,
  • camperol de Nova Zelanda,
  • kępaczek plamisty,
  • Новозеландская котата,
  • シダセッカ,
  • 新西兰蝗莺,
  • nyazeelandgräsfågel,
  • 蕨鶯,

Voice song and cries

Mégalure matata

Habitat

Mégalure matata

Shrubland : Temperate ; Wetlands (inland) : Shrub Dominated Wetlands, Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands ; Marine Intertidal : Salt Marshes (Emergent Grasses) ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Plantations

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Other sources of interest

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