- 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[1]).
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. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. 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 December 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/North_Island_Robin
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