When we got to the island, we were most anxious to see the stitchbird, since this was the only place where we would encounter this unusual honeyeater. |
Traditionally, C. marchei has been considered to be a honeyeater in the family Meliphagidae. |
The spiny-cheeked honeyeater has a more generalized diet and the gastrointestinal tract is similar structurally and proportionally to other honeyeaters. |
Here we will see the Takahe, a large six pound Rail, the Saddleback, one of New Zealand's two remaining wattlebirds and the Stitchbird, a rare endemic honeyeater. |
I got quick looks at a yellowish honeyeater with a white blaze behind its face. |
The Ma'oma'o is a giant forest honeyeater endemic to the islands of Savai'i and Upolu, Samoa, and formerly occurred on Tutuila, American Samoa. |