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If you do not know much about the black robin continue reading and you will find out! Did you know that the black robin was once the rarest bird in the world?, the recovery of the Chatham Islands black robin from the brink of extinction is an internationally renowned conservation success story.=====

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The black robin lives only in the Chatham Islands. It nests on the forest floor, in amongst the woody vegitarian. Most of the trees there are small and leafy like the akeake tree, shrubs and many others. This species of bird likes to liven flat areas of the forest and shelters from the wind by spending a lot of time in the lower branches of the forest.Some Black Robins also live on Mangere Island. They are territorial – the males will patrol and defend their areas and females have also been known to chase away other females. =====

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You can tell that a black robin only flies short distances by their small fluffy feathers. The feet on the black robins body are quite big because they do a lot of walking on the ground and not a lot of flying. Their eyes are dark brown and the females are slightly smaller. They grow to about 15cm.the male is usually about 25g and the females are around 22g.They have good sight for seeing in the dark and are the are about the size of a sparrow with longer legs. Also Black robins will hunt for food during the day and night.======

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This bird is a carnivore and eats insects like slaters, grubs, weta, cockroaches and worms, which they usually hunt for at night. Their beak is slightly hooked so they can easily pick them up. Also the size of the their beak is the same size of the food but slightly bigger. The black robin Hunts with frequent short distance flights through low perches and brief hopping on the ground or by taking prey off bark surfaces. Since the change of islandsit feeds mostly on the ground. Somtimes it hops a short way into the entrance of a Petrel's burrow.Normally the burrow is not turned over or scrached while foraging.=====

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The black robins eggs are quite small, creamy with purple splotches. The female usually lays 1 to 3 eggs at a time. The incubation in the nest takes 17 to 19 days and the mother’s feeds it for at least 4 weeks after it leaves the nest. When the egg hatches the chicks are dark grey and skin colour. The nest is constructed of various plant fibres and is lined with feathers of other birds. A blackbirds old nest is somtimes used as a base. The female does all the building, incubation and brooding of the nest whilst the male attends with food and song. The female gets the males attention while the eggs are hatching. The female robin will make the nest and while she lays and incubates the eggs the male will feed the female so she can rest.======

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When a black robin mates, they will stay with the same partner for the rest of their life. This species of bird prefers to breed near small hollow trees or long tree stumps. The black robin breeds at usually two years old. Eggs are laid between early October and late December. Generally two eggs are laid but it is sometimes just one, or maybe three.=====

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In the early 1980’s there were only 5 black robins and only one of mating pair – little blue (female) and little yellow (male). They have breed to around 250 by keeping the eggs in an incubator until the eggs hatch and sending them to another black robin pair or a pair of Chatham island tits or looking after them at a conservation place. Black robins grow to be as old as 6 to 13 year old.The black robins are endangered because cats have eaten them. To help them survive, if you are going to the Chatham Islands try not to introduce any rats because the birds have the same DNA and a single disease could wipe out the entire species of bird. If we leave them alone hopefully they will not become extinct.Because cats exterminated the species so they sent them to Mangere and Pitt Islands so that by the turn of the century about 25 pairs remained.=====