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Revision as of 16:59, 1 November 2015
- Petroica longipes
Identification
18 cm (7 ins) 35 gm (1.13 ozs)
- Sooty grey head, neck and upperparts streaked whitish
- Faint pale grey wingbar
- Sooty grey tail with brownish tinge
- Slate-black chin and breast, streaked whitish
- White lower belly and undertail-coverts
Females are paler than males.
Distribution
An uncommon endemic found on North Island, New Zealand
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species.
Formerly considered conspecific with South Island Robin under the name New Zealand Robin (and still considered so by Clements).
Habitat
Native and exotic forest
Behaviour
Long legs and an upright stance, inquisitive - almost appears tame
Perches on low branches and flies down to the forest floor - hops
Diet
Diet includes insects.
Breeding
Breeding : July-Jan
Vocalisation
Male has a loud clear song with regional differences - a string of phrases, including pwee-pwee-pwee, usually descending.Call is a soft chirp.
In Culture
Maori name: Toutouwai
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2015. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2015, with updates to August 2015. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2015. IOC World Bird Names (version 5.4). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
- Dickinson, EC, ed. 2014. The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. 4th ed. Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0956861122
- Miller, Hilary C. & Lambert, David M. (2006): A molecular phylogeny of New Zealand’s Petroica (Aves: Petroicidae) species based on mitochondrial DNA sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 40(3): 844-855. [1](HTML abstract)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) North Island Robin. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 27 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/North_Island_Robin
