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11011-90502 South Island saddleback, or tieke (Philesturnus carunculatus) habitat. Big South Cape Island in foreground. It was from here that the saddleback was rescued by Don Merton and colleagues from the 1964 ship rat invasion. Ship rats exterminated three other endemic species (a bat and two bird species) from here *
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![11001-88911 Huia (Heteralocha acutirostris) skull [Av5226] arranged above the skulls of saddleback (centre) and kokako (lower) for comparison. All three birds are members of the ancient NZ Wattle bird family. Canterbury Museum *](https://photos.smugmug.com/New-Zealand-Birds/New-Zealand-Birds/i-qP6rs3j/14/0eac8da8/Ti/huia_88920v-Ti.jpg)
