Diet Overlap

Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae (New Zealand Pigeon)
Turdus merula (Eurasian Blackbird)

Common Diet

Alectryon excelsus
Dacrycarpus dacrydioides (kahika)
Hedycarya arborea (Pigeonwood)
Muehlenbeckia australis (muehlenbeckia)
Nestegis cunninghamii
Prumnopitys ferruginea (Miro)
Prumnopitys taxifolia (Matai)
Rhopalostylis sapida (Nikau palm)
Ripogonum scandens

Common Habitat

Arthur's Pass National Park
Chatham Island temperate forests
Mount Aspiring National Park

Attributes / relations provided by
1THE IMPORTANCE OF BIRDS AS BROWSERS, POLLINATORS AND SEED DISPERSERS IN NEW ZEALAND FORESTS, M.N. Clout and J. R. Hay, NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY, VOL 12, (SUPPLEMENT) 1989, pp. 27-33
2O'Donnell, Colin F J and Dilks, Peter J, Foods and Foraging of Forest Birds in Temperate Rainforest, South. Westland, New Zealand, NZ J Ecology 18(2) (1994) pp. 87-107
3FLESHY FRUITS OF INDIGENOUS AND ADVENTIVE PLANTS IN THE DIET OF BIRDS IN FOREST REMNANTS, NELSON, NEW ZEALAND, PETER A. WILLIAMS and BRIAN J. KARL, New Zealand Journal of Ecology (1996) 20(2): 127-145