Yellowhead (bird)
Species of New Zealand native bird / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The yellowhead or mohua (Mohoua ochrocephala) is a small insectivorous passerine bird endemic to the South Island of New Zealand. Once a common forest bird, its numbers declined drastically after the introduction of rats and stoats, and it is now near threatened.
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Yellowhead | |
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Yellowhead or mohua | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Mohouidae |
Genus: | Mohoua |
Species: | M. ochrocephala |
Binomial name | |
Mohoua ochrocephala (Gmelin, JF, 1789) | |
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