Diet Overlap

Turdus merula (Eurasian Blackbird)
Trichosurus vulpecula (Common Brushtail)

Common Diet

Hedycarya arborea (Pigeonwood)
Muehlenbeckia australis (muehlenbeckia)
Ripogonum scandens
Schefflera digitata (Schefflera)

Common Habitat

Arthur's Pass National Park
Coorong National Park
Flinders Chase National Park
Kosciuszko National Park
Lavinia Nature Reserve
Riverland Biosphere Reserve
South Taupo Wetland

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
♦ 2NUTRITIONAL PROPERTIES OF SOME FRUITS EATEN BY THE POSSUM TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA IN A NEW ZEALAND BROADLEAF – PODOCARP FOREST, C. K. WILLIAMS, New Zealand Journal of Ecology 5: 16-20 (1982)
♦ 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
♦ 4Brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) diet in a north Westland mixed-beech (Nothofagus) forest, C. Hamish Cochrane, David A. Norton, Craig J. Miller and Robert B. Allen, New Zealand Journal of Ecology (2003) 27(1): 61-65