New Zealand robins (toutouwai) have large heads with big dark eyes, a white dot above the bill and long slender legs. The male North Island robin (top) is grey with an off-white patch on the belly. The female is slightly paler, with an off-white patch on her breast. The male South Island robin (bottom) is darker with a yellow-cream belly patch. The South Island female is lighter grey with a buff belly patch.
Listen to the call of a South Island robin.
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Reference:
10031744 (top); 10037628 (bottom)
Photographs by Ralph G. Powlesland (top); Peter Blok (bottom)
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Sound file from Birds of New Zealand. Compact disc. © Viking Sevenseas NZ, 1980 (PO Box 152, Paraparaumu). All rights reserved.
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