11001-82101 Black robin, or kakaruia (Petroica traversi) typical nest and clutch size. Concealed in an Akeake stump, the nest is lined with Plagianthus bark, and the feathers of broad-billed prion and parakeet. South East Island *
11001-82111 Black robin, or kakaruia (Petroica traversi) our kitchen camp on Little Mangere, while we were studying the robins. Taken on a rare sunny day in October 1973 *
11001-82024 Black robin, or kakaruia (Petroica traversi) scientist J.A.Douglas Flack at the top of the wire ladder on Little Mangere in October 1973. It was Doug's research and monitoring between 1972 and 1976 that recorded the disturbing drop to just two pairs and a few spare males, indicating the Little Mangere population was in desperate need of rescuing *