Colleagues:<div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>If you are interested in bird-pollination in New Zealand please look up other papers by David Kelly. He has a nice web page and also works on pollination of the remaining showy mistletoes (Loranthaceae). Now New Zealand has (had?) only three species of nectar-feeding birds. Australia, by contrast, has 40-50 as nectar-feeding extends beyond the honeyeaters (Meliphagidae) and some native plants are also pollinated by native Zosteropidae, Acanthizidae and loriid parrots (lorrikeets). In fact, some honeyeater species are best treated as insect and fruit eaters and play no discernible role in the pollination of the Aussie flora. Nothing is perfect.</div>
<div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Peter <br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div></div>