Manganui River (Egmont National Park) (c*) Reference Source / Blue Duck (Whio)

Source Population: What's This?
Captive
Captive Breeding? What's This?
Yes
Population Established: What's This?
No
Bred For Reintroduction? What's This?
Not Located Reference Source
Source Facility: What's This?
Palmerston North Council Aviaries, Staglands Wildlife Park, and Hamilton Zoo
Facility Type: What's This?
Not Located Reference Source
Captive Population Size: What's This?
Not Located Reference Source
Captive Population Status: What's This?
Not Located Reference Source
Notes: What's This?
PROBLEM ADDRESSED?: good habitat, but introduced predators present. INVASIVES REMOVED? goats & possums, which disrupt habitat. Starting in 2004, stoat trapping began in the area to try to increase released juvenile survival. POPULATION SIZE? is for all of Egmont NP. SOURCE POPULATION ESTABLISHED?: most have not been successful at breeding
Data submitted by: What's This?
Jade McGill