| North Island robin | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Infraorder: | Passerides |
| Family: | Petroicidae |
| Genus: | Petroica |
| Species: | P. longipes
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| Binomial name | |
| Petroica longipes (Lesson, RP & Garnot, 1827)
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The North Island robin (Petroica longipes; Māori: toutouwai, pronounced [ˈtoutouwai])[2] is a species of Australasian robin endemic to the North Island of New Zealand. It and the South Island robin (P. australis) of the South Island and Stewart Island were once considered conspecific (and called the "New Zealand robin"), but mitochondrial DNA sequences have shown that the two lineages split prior to the Pleistocene, and support the classification as two different species.[3]
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Petroica longipes". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T103735022A104114188. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103735022A104114188.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ "Toutouwai". Department of Conservation (New Zealand). Retrieved 30 June 2022.
- ^ Miller, Hilary C. & Lambert, David M. (2006): A molecular phylogeny of New Zealand's Petroica (Aves: Petroicidae) species based on mitochondrial DNA sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 40(3): 844–855.