Officials hot on bulbul birds' trail

Biosecurity officials hope they are hot on the trail of a pair of unwanted overseas visitors.

Biosecurity New Zealand had raised the alarm about reports of two red-vented bulbul birds in the Devonport and central city areas of Auckland.

Senior adviser Sonya Bissmire said yesterday that a Devonport man had told her he thought a pair of the birds had been living in one of his trees for the past three months.