Scientific Name: Petroica macrocephalaPopulation Estimate: Unknown, but Least Concern status
Range / Habitat: Endemic to New Zealand where found in forest and scrub on both islands.
Field Notes: Small bird with large head. Head, wings, upperparts black with sharp demarcation to white underparts at breast. Single white wingbar. New Zealand Robin with less demarcation to pale belly and no white wingbar.
Personal Notes: Seen at Boundary Stream "mainland island" reserve in the Hawke's Bay region. Maori name Miromiro on North Island, Ngiru-ngiru on South Island.
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