are song thrush native to new zealand?
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Song Thrush. Introduced from Europe between 1862 and 1878, and now found throughout the mainland and offshore islands of New Zealand in gardens, orchards, parks, exotic plantations, scrub, hedgerows and regenerating native forest.
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There are only two land mammals native to New Zealand, and they are both bats – the long-tailed bat and the lesser short-tailed bat. The Māori name for both species is pekapeka.
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Pukeko are not indigenous to New Zealand, but occur across many South Pacific islands and in Australia, southern Asia, Africa, parts of Europe (Spain and Portugal, for instance), Central America and Florida. Outside of New Zealand, the birds are usually referred to as purple swamphens.
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The huia (Māori: [ˈhʉiˌa]; Heteralocha acutirostris) is an extinct species of New Zealand wattlebird, endemic to the North Island of New Zealand. The last confirmed sighting of a huia was in 1907, although there were credible sightings as late as the early 1960s. Its extinction had two primary causes.
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Bluebells are native to western Europe with the UK being a species stronghold. They're associated with ancient woodland and are often used in combination with other species as a clue that a wood is ancient.
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The shining cuckoo (shining bronze-cuckoo in Australia) is a summer migrant to New Zealand. ... The New Zealand subspecies breeds only in New Zealand (including Chatham Islands) but other subspecies breed in southern Australia, Vanuatu, New Caledonia and on Rennell and Bellona Islands (Solomon Islands).
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They include such diverse animals as squirrels, guinea pigs, rats, porcupines, voles and lemmings. However in New Zealand they are represented only by four introduced species from the family Muridae (rats and mice).
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There are two species of Kiwis in New Zealand. Brown Kiwis are found in forested areas in the North Island, Fiordland, South Westland and Stewart Island. Spotted Kiwis are found on offshore islands and forests in the North of the South Island.
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The first name is derived from mavis, the English dialectal name of the song thrush, itself from the Old French mauvis and possibly of ultimate Breton origin. ... In addition, Mavis is a form of the English and Irish Maeve in the English and French languages. Mavis has 16 forms.
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The New Zealand bittern (Ixobrychus novaezelandiae) is an extinct and enigmatic species of heron in the family Ardeidae. It was endemic to New Zealand and was last recorded alive in the 1890s. Common names for this species include New Zealand little bittern, spotted heron, and kaoriki (Maori).
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New Zealand has endemic ticks (i.e., they occur here and nowhere else in the world). These species are host-specific and infest mainly birds. ... There is also an introduced species of tick in New Zealand – the brown cattle tick (Haemaphysalis longicornis), which can infest warm-blooded mammals (such as cattle or humans).
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Found throughout the North Island, particularly north of New Plymouth and Gisborne. Pohutukawa grows best in warm, drier areas close to the sea. Grows to 20 metres high by 35 metres wide.
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Imported in 1839, honey bees were introduced to pollinate exotic crops and produce honey. New Zealand's 28 native bee species do pollinate flowers, but do not produce honey. They also can't be farmed in hives the same way honeybees can.
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Hebe varieties The species commonly grown in gardens are native to New Zealand but have been bred, developed and are grown in gardens around the world. There are also species that are native to Australia and to South America. 'Inspiration' is a reliable, long-flowering variety with purple-blue flowers and purple stems.
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New Zealand has thousands of species of wasp, but most of them are tiny native species that cannot sting. The wasps that usually zap us are introduced species – the German wasp and common wasp, which have invaded the beech forests. Native and introduced bees are busy pollinators, helping plants to produce seed.
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Salmo trutta Linnaeus, 1758 Brown trout are native to Europe and were first introduced into New Zealand in the late 1860s from British stock that was first established in Tasmania. Many subsequent introductions have occurred, and brown trout are now the most widespread and common introduced fish in New Zealand waters.
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The Kiwi Berries, or Actinidia arguta, are not genetically modified minis, but their own perennial vine, native to Japan, China and Russia. Because of attempts to make their shelf life longer, we are seeing them pop up more and more in markets world wide.