Stitchbird (Notiomystidae)
Stitchbird (Notiomystis cincta) - HBW 14, p. 256
French: Hihi de Nouvelle-Zélande
German: Hihi
Spanish: Hihi
Other common names: Hihi, Ihi, Kotihe, Pogonornis
Taxonomy: Meliphaga cincta du Bus de Gisignies, 1839, North Island, New Zealand.
Traditionally placed in the honeyeater family (Meliphagidae), but recent DNA studies, combined with morphology, indicate that it belongs in a monophyletic family of its own. Falls within a clade that includes the New Zealand wattlebirds (Callaeidae); affinities of this clade uncertain, but it appears to be a basal assemblage that may include the berrypeckers and longbills (Melanocharitidae) and the cnemophiline satinbirds (currently Paradisaeidae). Proposed race hautura (described from Little Barrier I) said to differ from birds in rest of species' former range in shorter wing and yell.. View all taxonomy...
Traditionally placed in the honeyeater family (Meliphagidae), but recent DNA studies, combined with morphology, indicate that it belongs in a monophyletic family of its own. Falls within a clade that includes the New Zealand wattlebirds (Callaeidae); affinities of this clade uncertain, but it appears to be a basal assemblage that may include the berrypeckers and longbills (Melanocharitidae) and the cnemophiline satinbirds (currently Paradisaeidae). Proposed race hautura (described from Little Barrier I) said to differ from birds in rest of species' former range in shorter wing and yellower breast of male, but some overlap in characters apparent. Treated as monotypic.
Distribution: Little Barrier I (Hauturu), in outer Hauraki Gulf, off N North I (New Zealand). Reintroduced on Kapiti I, off SW coast of North I; and at two sites on main North I, at Karori Wildlife Sanctuary, near Wellington, and at Cascade Kauri Park, near Auckland. Also introduced to Tiritiri Matangi I, in Hauraki Gulf.
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A male singing on a branch. Locality Tiritiri Matangi Island, Hauraki Gulf, Auckland Region, North Island, New Zealand (Monotypic species)
herve jacob 8 December 2011 40 weeks ago 35 sec 4.6 -
A male perching on a sapling before being chased off by another male that also flies away. Locality Tiritiri Matangi Island, Hauraki Gulf, Auckland Region, North Island, New Zealand (Monotypic species)
Nick Talbot 19 November 2012 25 weeks ago 14 sec 4.5 -
A male on a branch, calling Locality Tiritiri Matangi Island, Hauraki Gulf, Auckland Region, North Island, New Zealand (ssp hautura)
Brooke Clibbon 5 November 2005 6 years ago 10 sec 4 -
Birds in forest environment. Locality Zealandia, Karori Wildlife Sanctuary, Wellington Region, North Island, New Zealand (ssp (Monotypic species))
Doug and Denise Norris 17 February 2013 1 week ago ADDED LAST MONTH 54 sec 3.8 -
A male on a branch, calling Locality Tiritiri Matangi Island, Hauraki Gulf, Auckland Region, North Island, New Zealand (ssp hautura)
Brooke Clibbon 5 November 2005 6 years ago 10 sec 0
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