en.unionpedia.org

Black robin, the Glossary

The black robin or Chatham Island robin (Moriori: karure, kakaruia; Petroica traversi) is an endangered bird from the Chatham Islands off the east coast of New Zealand.^[1]

37 relations: Akeake, Allele, Bird, Chatham Islands, Clutch (eggs), Common starling, Cross-fostering, Don Merton, Elephant, Endemism, Forest floor, Gene, Henry Travers (naturalist), House sparrow, Inbreeding, Inbreeding depression, Insectivore, Introduced species, Little Mangere Island, Maladaptation, Mangere Island, Minimum viable population, Moriori language, New Zealand Wildlife Service, Old Blue (robin), Pitt Island, Population bottleneck, Predation, Rangatira Island, South Island robin, Stochastic, Tiger, Tomtit, Vulnerable species, Walter Buller, Wētā, William Travers (New Zealand politician).
Birds of the Chatham Islands
Birds with names in Moriori
Petroica
Robins
Taxa named by Walter Buller

Akeake

Akeake is the name of at least three New Zealand species of tree.

See Black robin and Akeake

Allele

An allele, or allelomorph, is a variant of the sequence of nucleotides at a particular location, or locus, on a DNA molecule.

See Black robin and Allele

Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves, characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweight skeleton.

See Black robin and Bird

Chatham Islands

The Chatham Islands (Moriori: Rēkohu, 'Misty Sun'; Wharekauri) are an archipelago in the Pacific Ocean about east of New Zealand's South Island, administered as part of New Zealand, and consisting of about 10 islands within an approximate radius, the largest of which are Chatham Island and Pitt Island (''Rangiauria'').

See Black robin and Chatham Islands

Clutch (eggs)

A clutch of eggs is the group of eggs produced by birds, amphibians, or reptiles, often at a single time, particularly those laid in a nest.

See Black robin and Clutch (eggs)

Common starling

The common starling (Sturnus vulgaris), also known as the European starling in North America and simply as the starling in Great Britain and Ireland, is a medium-sized passerine bird in the starling family, Sturnidae.

See Black robin and Common starling

Cross-fostering

Cross-fostering is a technique used in animal husbandry, animal science, genetic and nature versus nurture studies, and conservation, whereby offspring are removed from their biological parents at birth and raised by surrogates, typically of a different species, hence 'cross.' This can also occasionally occur in nature.

See Black robin and Cross-fostering

Don Merton

Donald Vincent Merton (22 February 193910 April 2011) was a New Zealand conservationist best known for saving the black robin from extinction.

See Black robin and Don Merton

Elephant

Elephants are the largest living land animals.

See Black robin and Elephant

Endemism

Endemism is the state of a species only being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere.

See Black robin and Endemism

Forest floor

The forest floor, also called detritus or duff, is the part of a forest ecosystem that mediates between the living, aboveground portion of the forest and the mineral soil, principally composed of dead and decaying plant matter such as rotting wood and shed leaves.

See Black robin and Forest floor

Gene

In biology, the word gene has two meanings.

See Black robin and Gene

Henry Travers (naturalist)

Henry Hammersley Travers (1844 – 16 February 1928) was a New Zealand naturalist, professional collector and taxidermist.

See Black robin and Henry Travers (naturalist)

House sparrow

The house sparrow (Passer domesticus) is a bird of the sparrow family Passeridae, found in most parts of the world.

See Black robin and House sparrow

Inbreeding

Inbreeding is the production of offspring from the mating or breeding of individuals or organisms that are closely related genetically.

See Black robin and Inbreeding

Inbreeding depression

Inbreeding depression is the reduced biological fitness that has the potential to result from inbreeding (the breeding of related individuals).

See Black robin and Inbreeding depression

Insectivore

robber fly eating a hoverfly An insectivore is a carnivorous animal or plant that eats insects.

See Black robin and Insectivore

Introduced species

An introduced species, alien species, exotic species, adventive species, immigrant species, foreign species, non-indigenous species, or non-native species is a species living outside its native distributional range, but which has arrived there by human activity, directly or indirectly, and either deliberately or accidentally.

See Black robin and Introduced species

Little Mangere Island

Little Mangere is a small island of the Chatham Archipelago, just off the western end of Mangere Island, about 4 km (2½ mi) west of Pitt Island and south-east of the town of Waitangi on Chatham Island.

See Black robin and Little Mangere Island

Maladaptation

In evolution, a maladaptation is a trait that is (or has become) more harmful than helpful, in contrast with an adaptation, which is more helpful than harmful.

See Black robin and Maladaptation

Mangere Island

Mangere Island (Moriori: Maung’ Rē) is part of the Chatham Islands archipelago, located about east of New Zealand's South Island and has an area of.

See Black robin and Mangere Island

Minimum viable population

Minimum viable population (MVP) is a lower bound on the population of a species, such that it can survive in the wild.

See Black robin and Minimum viable population

Moriori language

Moriori, or ta rē Moriori ('the Moriori language'), is a Polynesian language most closely related to New Zealand Māori.

See Black robin and Moriori language

New Zealand Wildlife Service

The New Zealand Wildlife Service was a division of the Department of Internal Affairs responsible for managing wildlife in New Zealand.

See Black robin and New Zealand Wildlife Service

Old Blue (robin)

Old Blue was a Chatham Island robin (also known as black robin) who at one time was the only fertile female of the species left, and who has been credited with being the saviour of her species. Black robin and Old Blue (robin) are bird conservation, birds of the Chatham Islands, Petroica and robins.

See Black robin and Old Blue (robin)

Pitt Island

Pitt Island is the second largest island in the Chatham Archipelago, New Zealand.

See Black robin and Pitt Island

Population bottleneck

A population bottleneck or genetic bottleneck is a sharp reduction in the size of a population due to environmental events such as famines, earthquakes, floods, fires, disease, and droughts; or human activities such as genocide, speciocide, widespread violence or intentional culling.

See Black robin and Population bottleneck

Predation

Predation is a biological interaction where one organism, the predator, kills and eats another organism, its prey.

See Black robin and Predation

Rangatira Island

Hokorereoro, Rangatira, or South East Island is the third largest island in the Chatham Islands archipelago, and covers an area of.

See Black robin and Rangatira Island

South Island robin

The South Island robin (Petroica australis; also known in Māori as the kakaruwai) is a sparrow-sized bird found only in New Zealand, where it has the status of a protected endemic species. Black robin and South Island robin are endemic birds of New Zealand and Petroica.

See Black robin and South Island robin

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_robin

Also known as Chatham Island Black Robin, Chatham Island Robin, Chatham Islands Robin, Chatham Robin, Petroica traversi.

Black robin, the Glossary

Table of Contents

See also

Birds of the Chatham Islands

Birds with names in Moriori

Petroica

Robins

Taxa named by Walter Buller

References