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Hihi

November 2019

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Once found throughout the North island, by the 1990s the hihi, or stitchbird, was restricted to just one remnant population on Little Barrier Island. Thanks to successful conservation management and research, it has now been successfully transferred to several other locations around the North Island.

Conservation statusEndemic species classified as ‘nationally vulnerable’. Features The hihi is a medium-sized songbird recognisable by its very upright, almost wren-like cocked tail. Males and females differ, with males having a black head with white ear tufts, a bright yellow neck and shoulder band with a distinctive and obvious white wing-bar. The rest of the body is a […]
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