Whiteheads love dense shrub habitat and are always on the move. Photo: Matt Winter

Whitehead/popokatea

March 2019

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Whiteheads (popokatea) are gregarious songbirds that live in noisy groups of up to eight members and are often heard before they are seen. They are only found in the North Island

Conservation status Endemic species classified as ‘declining’. Features Whitehead/popokatea are a small songbird with a compact body, short tail and bill and long legs similar in size to a sparrow, but weighing a tad less. Their head and under parts are white and the upper parts, wings and tail are brown-grey while the bill, legs […]
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