Great Barrier Island wildlife survey Journal Paper
- Author
- Ogle, C.C.
- Year
- 1981
- Journal / Source
- Tane
- Publisher / Organisation
- New Zealand Wildlife Service, Department of Internal Affairs, Wellington
- Volume
- 27
- Pages
- 177-200
- Summary
- Sixty-two species of birds (55 land birds, including migratory waders) were recorded in a survey of Great Barrier Island, March—Apri l 1980. In addition, the following land-fauna were found: nine species of lizard, two species of frog, two species of Rhytidid molluscs, and eight species of introduced wild mammals. Included in these totals are the first known records from Great Barrier Island of spotless crake {Porzana tabuensis plumbed), Hochstetter's frog (Leiopelma hochstetteri), the mollusc Rhytida greenwoodi, and a lizard which was possibly Cyclodina oliveri. The current status of species not found by this survey but recorded by earlier authors (Bell and Brathwaite 1964, Bell 1976, Harri s 1980, Hutton 1868, Powell 1938, Taylor 1976) is discussed.