Passerine species of bird native to the Chatham Islands The black robin or Chatham Island robin is an endangered bird from the Chatham Islands off the east coast of New Zealand. It is closely related to the South Island robin. It was first described by Walter Buller in 1872. The binomial commemorates the New Zealand botanist Henry Travers (1844–1928). Unlike its mainland counterparts, its flight capacity is somewhat reduced. Evolution in the absence of mammalian predators made it vulnerable to introduced species, such as cats and rats, and it became extinct on the main island of the Chatham group before 1871, being restricted to Little Mangere Island and Rangatira Island thereafter. 437,703 views on October 21, 2016 — Wikipedia's most-read article that day. Also most read: 2004 Harvard–Yale prank, List of Hemlock Grove episodes, Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner, HTTP 404. Wiki link