Diet Overlap

Turdus merula (Eurasian Blackbird)
Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae (Tui)

Common Diet

Alectryon excelsus
Aristotelia fruticosa (Mountain Wineberry)
Coprosma autumnalis
Coprosma robusta
Dacrycarpus dacrydioides (kahika)
Hedycarya arborea (Pigeonwood)
Leycesteria formosa (Himalayan honeysuckle)
Melicytus ramiflorus ramiflorus
Muehlenbeckia australis (muehlenbeckia)
Neopanax arboreus (Five Finger)
Nestegis cunninghamii
Podocarpus cunninghamii (Hall totara)
Prumnopitys taxifolia (Matai)
Ripogonum scandens

Common Habitat

Antipodes Subantarctic Islands tundra
Arthur's Pass National Park
Chatham Island temperate forests
Mount Aspiring National Park
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
2FLESHY 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
3HONEYEATERS AND THE NEW ZEALAND FOREST FLORA: THE UTILISATION AND PROFITABILITY OF SMALL FLOWERS, Isabel Castro and Alastair W. Robertson, New Zealand Journal of Ecology (1997) 21(2): 169-179