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Tomtit

Juvenille Tomtit 1
Juvenille Tomtit looking very cute
Juvenille Tomtit 3
Tomtit sat on a post
Tomtit thinking its a penguin
Lone male tomtit on Tiritiri Matangi

Scientific name: Petroica macrocephala
Common names: New Zealand tomtit, pied tit, yellow-breasted tit, black tit, ngirungiru, miromiro, pied tomtit, yellow-breasted tomtit, black tomtit, piropiro, maui-potiki
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Petroicidae
New Zealand status: Endemic

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