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Foraging and social behaviour of the White-faced Heron at Pauatahanui Inlet

Notornis, 31 (4), 285-299

P.J. Moore (1984)

Article Type: Paper

During a study from January to June 1982, White-faced Herons (Ardea novaehollandiae) visited the mudflats of Pauatahanui Inlet in greatest numbers in summer and declined after April as they dispersed to farmland. When foraging, they were essentially searchers, usually wading and walking, but occasionally standing and waiting for prey. They also used more active feeding methods, disturbing prey by foot-stirring, wing-flicking, and false striking with the bill, and pursuing prey by running, wing-flapping and hopping. How they captured and handled prey depended on the prey species. White-faced Herons maintained variable individual distances using several agonistic displays, including forward and upright displays, chases, fights, and associated calls.

Tyto alba (Aves: Strigidae): a deletion from the New Zealand subfossil record

Notornis, 30 (1), 15-21

Millener, P.R. (1983)

Article Type: Paper

Bones of an owl, from Holocene dune sands in the North Cape area, North Island, considered by Scarlett (1967) to constitute the first subfossil record of the Australian Barn Owl (Tyfo alba delicatula) in New Zealand, are shown to be those of the endemic Laughing Owl (Sceloglaux albifacies).

A petrel puzzle

Notornis, 30 (2), 166-167

Sibson, R.B. (1983)

Article Type: Short Note

The lesser petrels of Antipodes Islands, with notes from Prince Edward and Gough Islands

Notornis, 30 (4), 283-298

Imber, M.J. (1983)

Article Type: Paper

In 1978 at Antipodes Islands, breeding was confirmed and distribution of breeding sites was investigated for Snares Cape Pigeons (Daption capense australe), Subantarctic Fairy Prions (Pachyptila turtur subantarctica), Soft-plumaged Petrels (Pterodroma mollis mollis), Subantarctic Little Shearwaters (Puffinus assimilis elegans) and Grey-backed Storm Petrels (Garrodia nereis). Breeding seasons, habits and habitats at Antipodes Islands of petrels not exceeding White-chinned Petrels (Procellaria aequinoctialis) in size are described. Notes are included from Prince Edward and Gough Islands on some of these species studied in 1979.

Henderson Island, central South Pacific, and its birds

Notornis, 30 (3), 233-243

Bourne, W.R.P., David, A.C.F. (1983)

Article Type: Paper

The ecology of Henderson Island, a raised atoll near Pitcairn Island on the southern border of Oceania, still seems to be in its natural state. The birds include an endemic monotypic genus of flightless rail, an endemic species of parrot, and endemic races of fruit pigeon and warbler. Its seabirds have not been adequately studied but are known to include a large population of the rare dark phase of the Herald Petrel. The White Tern may be an endemic race with white feet. The island has been under consideration for the construction of a holiday home with an airstrip.

Birds of Fiji, Tonga and Samoa

Notornis, 30 (1), 77-79

McPherson, L.B., Child, P. (reviewers) (1983)

Article Type: Book Review

Author: Dick Watling, illustrated by Chloe Talbot-Kelly. 1982. Millwood Press, Wellington. 176 pp; 15 colour plates; many other illustrations in colour and monochrome; distribution maps; 128 species fully documented.

Intraspecific nest parasitism in the white-throated munia

Notornis, 30 (2), 87-92

Dhindsa, M.S. (1983)

Article Type: Paper

Evidence is described indicating intraspecific nest parasitism in the White-throated Munia (Lonchura malabarica). The munias seem to prefer breeding in abandoned nests of weaverbirds (Ploceus spp.) and have little tendency to make their nests in the open. The scarcity of deserted weaverbird nests suitable for occupation by munias seems to be the main reason for the development of this intraspecific nest parasitism. The possibility of the White-throated Munia becoming a nest parasite of weaverbirds is also discussed.
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