#petroica

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Pink Robin (Petroica rodinogaster), family Petroicidae, order Passeriformes, SE Australia

Photograph by Deepak Karra

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Tomtit. Or miromiro. Or ngirungiru. Petroica macrocephala if you will. Not actually a tit despite the name. There are no members of the family Paridae here.

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Saw this Pink Robin on Cornell Birds' Instagram, had to draw the adorable little guy

Reference photo by Deepak Karra

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Some museums are observing the Birds Day today so here's the wonderfully magical petroica the pink robin to celebrate it🪶 Not a joke at all, despite what such an unusual electric colour might suggest😄

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Tomtit

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#2743 - Petroica australis ssp. australis - Mainland South Island Robin

This little bloke flew up to me and gave me the filthiest expression I've ever got from a bird.

AKA in Māori as the kakaruwai.

Endemic to the South Island - the Stewart Island Robin (P. australis rakiura) is endemic to Stewart Island to the south. There's also the  North Island Robin (P. longipes) and the extremely rare Black Robin (P. traversi) of the Chatham Islands.

The diet is mostly leaf litter invertebrates, often cached nearby. The birds can differentiate and prioritise caches of up to 12 total items, without training - the highest recorded numerical competency of any wild animal.

Their population is now fragmented by habitat loss and introduced predators, although the Stewart Island subspecies has suffered far worse and was down to an estimated 500 individuals at one point.

Orokonui Ecosanctuary, Aotearoa New Zealand.

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Petroica archboldi by anna pang

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Pink Robin (Petroica rodinogaster), family Petroicidae, order Passeriformes, Tasmania, Australia

Photograph by David Irving