Pipipi

Pipipi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Mohouidae
Genus: Mohoua
Species:
M. novaeseelandiae
Binomial name
Mohoua novaeseelandiae
(Gmelin, JF, 1789)
Synonyms

Finschia novaeseelandiae

The pipipi (Māori: pīpipi;[2] Mohoua novaeseelandiae), also known as brown creeper, New Zealand creeper or New Zealand titmouse,[3] is a small passerine bird endemic to the South Island of New Zealand. They are specialist insectivores, gleaning insects from branches and leaves. They have strong legs and toes for hanging upside down while feeding.[4]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Mohoua novaeseelandiae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22705400A94016920. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22705400A94016920.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ Gill, B. J. C., Bell, B. D., Chambers, G. K., Medway, D. G., Palma, R. L., Scofield, R. P., . . . Worthy, T. H. (2010). Checklist of the Birds of New Zealand, Norfolk and Macquarie Islands, and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica (Fourth ed.). Wellington, New Zealand: Te Papa Press.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Higgins was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Worthy, Trevor H., & Holdaway, Richard N. (2002) The Lost World of the Moa, Indiana University Press:Bloomington, ISBN 0-253-34034-9