Bellbird

Korimako is an endemic honeyeater whose clear, bell-like notes are a defining sound of many New Zealand forests. Males are olive-green with a purplish-black head, females browner with a pale cheek stripe; tūī is much larger, darker and has white throat tufts.

It occurs widely on the South Island, offshore islands and patchily on the North Island, including predator-managed sanctuaries. Korimako take nectar, fruit and insects and move seasonally between flowering trees; females build cup nests in dense vegetation.

Bellbird is Not Threatened (NZ Threat Classification). Rats and habitat loss reduce some mainland populations. South Island forests, Zealandia, Tiritiri Matangi and many predator-free islands provide reliable encounters.