Bauza Island lies immediately south of the much larger Secretary Island in the outer reaches of Doubtful Sound / Patea, in Fiordland National Park on New Zealand's South Island. The less than one kilo
Bauza Island from west, Secretary Island to the left in the background
The saddlebacks or tīeke are two species of New Zealand birds of the family Callaeidae. Both are glossy black with a chestnut saddle. Their taxonomic family is also known as that of the "wattlebirds"
North Island saddleback with neck arched, showing wattles
Saddleback looking for insects
Adult in front, young of South Island species at rear (from Walter Buller's Birds of New Zealand)