page_title: Introduction of species to Mana Island
section_title: Land birds
hierarchical_section_title: Introduction of species to Mana Island / Land birds
caption_attribution_description: Petroica longipes English: New Zealand North Island Robin photographed on Tiritiri Matangi Island. It has been banded by local conservationists.
context_page_description: The New Zealand Department of Conservation has introduced a number of animal and plant species to Mana Island, near Porirua, New Zealand, as part of an ecological restoration programme since taking over conservation management of the island in 1987. Some were reintroductions of species wiped out during years of agricultural use or the subsequent explosion in the number of house mice on the island. A pest control programme eliminated the mice by 1990 and many species have been introduced since. Notable successes include the spotted skink, Duvaucel's gecko and the flax weevil, which are now regarded as well established, and the yellow-crowned parakeet, which has been described as abundant and widespread. Attempts have been made to introduce several seabird species in what the Department of Conservation describes as "the world's most complex seabird translocation project"; results have been mixed.
context_section_description: The South Island takahē was introduced to Mana in 1987.  A male kiwi (a hybrid little spotted and Okarito) was released on Mana in October 1992.  A female little spotted kiwi was released in June 1994.  No successful breeding occurred and the female is thought to have died in 1998.  The male was translocated to Allports Island in 2006.  The Kiwi Recovery Group has recommended that Okarito kiwi be released on Mana in the future.
  In 1995–96, 66 North  Island robins were translocated to Mana from Kapiti Island.  They successfully bred and the population increased to 80 by 2010.  Further increases are expected as the woodland matures into a more suitable habitat.  The brown teal was introduced in 2000–01, with 16 birds released.  The population has successfully bred but remains small owing to the limited extent of wetland habitat on the island.  Yellow-crowned  parakeets were introduced to Mana in 2004 from Te Kakaho Island.  They were breeding successfully by 2005 and were regarded as abundant and widespread by 2010.
  An attempt was made to introduce rock wrens to Mana from Anchor Island in 2005, but this was unsuccessful.  Shore  plovers were introduced in 2007 and started breeding on the island in the same year.  A count in 2010 showed 125 individuals on the island, of which 26 were permanently resident.  There were six breeding pairs and seven fledged chicks.  In May 2010 approval was granted for the introduction of 40–60 whiteheads; this had been begun by 2018.  New Zealand bellbirds had been spotted on the island in 1996, 2005 and 2008 but had not established there.  Approval was granted to release 40–60 individuals in May 2010 and this process had started by 2018.
  Conservation authorities have suggested Mana as a possible site for introduction of Chatham Island snipe, despite the island being far from their natural range.  It has also been proposed that North Island fernbirds be introduced once the planted wetland areas have matured.
caption: A North Island robin
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