Chatham Island Bellbird

Chatham Island Bellbird
Conservation status
Extinct (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Meliphagidae
Genus:	Anthornis
Species:	A. melanocephala
Binomial name
Anthornis melanocephala G.R. Gray, 1843

The Chatham Island Bellbird (Anthornis melanocephala) is an extinct species of bird in the Meliphagidae family. It was endemic to the Chatham Islands.

Nest

In appearance it was very similar to the New Zealand Bellbird Anthornis melanura but was considerably larger. Also the whole of the head and neck was brightly glossed in purplish or steel-blue.^[1]

It was last observed in 1906 on Little Mangere Island. The population was likely impacted by the introduction of a disease as there was a sudden population decline before the onset of other disturbances such as rats, cats and specimen collectors.

References

1. ^ A History of the Birds of New Zealand by Walter Buller, 1888

External links

• Chatham Island Bellbird / Komako. by Paul Martinson. Artwork produced for the book Extinct Birds of New Zealand, by Alan Tennyson, Te Papa Press, Wellington, 2006

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