Tomtit
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The tomtit is a small passerine bird in the family Petroicidae, the Australasian robins. It is endemic to the islands of New Zealand, ranging across the main islands as well as several of the outlying
A Toitoi in the forest
Petroica macrocephala macrocephala 1
Female tomtits have a browner plumage than the males
Illustration of South Island tomtit nests (1888)
Black robin
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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 Wal
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…this. It seems likely that there were two colonisation events, with the North Island robin and the South Island robin descended from one event, and the black robin and tomtit from another. Other English names have been used for this species including New Zealand tomtit, black tomtit, pied tomtit and yellow-breasted…
Black Robin on Rangatira Island
Illustration of the black robin, the Chatham fernbird, and Lyall's wren, extinct birds from its region, by John Gerrard Keulemans
Mangere Island (left) and Little Mangere Island (right)
Petroica traversi nest from the collection of Auckland Museum