New Zealand Fernbird (Poodytes punctatus) - BirdLife species factsheet

New Zealand Fernbird Poodytes punctatus

Current view: Data table and detailed info

Taxonomy

Taxonomic note

Poodytes punctatus and P. caudatus (del Hoyo and Collar 2016) were previously lumped as Bowdleria punctata following Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993) and Turbott (1990).

Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A., Fishpool, L.D.C., Boesman, P. and Kirwan, G.M. 2016. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2024	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern
2012	Not Recognised
2008	Not Recognised
2004	Not Recognised
2000	Not Recognised
1994	Not Recognised
1988	Not Recognised

Species attributes

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	does not normally occur in forest
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	657,000 km²
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	decreasing	-	suspected	-
Generation length	2.09 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is reported to be locally common (Heather and Robertson 1997). The population is suspected to be declining across its range (Miskelly 2013).

Trend justification: The population is suspected to be declining across its range (Miskelly 2013).

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
New Zealand	extant	native		yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Plantations	suitable	resident
Marine Intertidal	Salt Marshes (Emergent Grasses)	suitable	resident
Shrubland	Temperate	suitable	resident
Wetlands (inland)	Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands	major	resident
Wetlands (inland)	Shrub Dominated Wetlands	suitable	resident
Altitude	0 - 1000 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: New Zealand Fernbird Poodytes punctatus. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/new-zealand-fernbird-poodytes-punctatus on 23/11/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 23/11/2024.