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ShrublandCup nestSmall · 25 g
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The adult has a brown plumage streaked in black. The head, the upperparts and the brown wings are streaked blackish. The long graduated tail is a duller brown, with the rectrices darker. On the underparts, the chin, throat, breast and abdomen are whitish, finely mottled and also streaked blackish on the breast. The flanks, the sides of the chest and the subcaudal covers are brown and streaked blackish, more clearly on the flanks. On the head, the forehead and cap are brown. The presence of a whitish eyebrow may be more or less clear.
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When to see the New Zealand Fernbird
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is December, the month with the most records.
Where to see the New Zealand Fernbird
The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the New Zealand Fernbird
The New Zealand fernbird or simply fernbird is an insectivorous bird endemic to New Zealand. In the Māori language, it is named kōtātā or mātātā.
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Easily confused with
SpinifexbirdPoodytes carteriIt has a rich brown cap, golden brown streaked wings, and a long tail.
Fly River GrassbirdPoodytes albolimbatusThe Fly River grassbird is a species of Old World warbler in the family Locustellidae.
Little GrassbirdPoodytes gramineusIt is an olive-brown/ brown-grey bird, measuring 13 to 15 cm, with a pale eyebrow and dark grey streaks in the throat, crown and cheeks.
Side by side: Little Grassbird vs New Zealand Fernbird
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