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[[Image:New_Zealand_Robin.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Layzeboy|Layzeboy}}<br/>South Island subspecies photographed on the Motuara Island Bird Sanctuary, SI, [[New Zealand]]]]
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[[Image:Tawharanui October 2015 117 1.JPG|thumb|550px|right|Photo &copy; by {{user|flossiepip|flossiepip}}<br/>Tawharanui reserve, [[New Zealand]]]]
 
;[[:Category:Petroica|Petroica]] longipes
 
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==Identification==
 
==Identification==
 
18 cm (7 ins)  35 gm (1.13 ozs)
 
18 cm (7 ins)  35 gm (1.13 ozs)
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An uncommon endemic found on North Island, [[New Zealand]]
 
An uncommon endemic found on North Island, [[New Zealand]]
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
This is a [[Dictionary_M-O#M|monotypic]] species.<br />
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This is a [[Dictionary_M-O#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>.<br />
Formerly considered conspecific with [[South Island Robin]] under the name [[New Zealand Robin]] (and still considered so by Clements).  
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Formerly considered conspecific with [[South Island Robin]] under the name [[New Zealand Robin]].  
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
 
Native and exotic forest
 
Native and exotic forest
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Breeding : July-Jan
 
Breeding : July-Jan
 
====Vocalisation====
 
====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''.  
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Male has a loud clear song with regional differences - a string of phrases, including ''pwee-pwee-pwee'', usually descending.<br />
 
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Call is a soft ''chirp''.  
<flashmp3> NZ Robin.mp3</flashmp3><br />
 
''[[Media:NZ Robin.mp3|Listen in an external program]]''<br />
 
Recorded by {{user|Andrew+Whitehouse|Andrew Whitehouse}}
 
 
==In Culture==
 
==In Culture==
 
Maori name: '''Toutouwai'''
 
Maori name: '''Toutouwai'''
 
==References==
 
==References==
==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug19}}#{{Ref-GillDonsker15V5.4}}#{{Ref-HM04}}#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. [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6WNH-4JTXCSC-6&_user=10&_coverDate=09%2F30%2F2006&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&view=c&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=c57b6634766c0292dfa090f081892f78](HTML abstract)
#{{Ref-Clements6thAug15}}#{{Ref-GillDonsker15V5.4}}#{{Ref-HM04}}#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. [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6WNH-4JTXCSC-6&_user=10&_coverDate=09%2F30%2F2006&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&view=c&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=c57b6634766c0292dfa090f081892f78](HTML abstract)
 
 
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==External Links==
 
==External Links==
{{GSearch|Petroica+longipes}}
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{{GSearch|"Petroica longipes" {{!}} "North Island Robin"}}
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Latest revision as of 10:45, 31 May 2023

Photo © by flossiepip
Tawharanui reserve, New Zealand
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[1].
Formerly considered conspecific with South Island Robin under the name New Zealand Robin.

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

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2015. IOC World Bird Names (version 5.4). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
  3. 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
  4. 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)

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External Links

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