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The plumage is dark grey-black overall, with a pale area (smaller than that of the South Island robin) on the belly and breast, and pale streaking on the upperparts. At the base of their beaks is a hidden patch of white feathers that are occasionally "flashed" when interacting with other robins or similar sized birds. They are sexually dimorphic, with males having darker plumage than the females and being slightly larger.
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When to see the North Island Robin
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 10 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is January, the month with the most records.
Where to see the North Island Robin
The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the North Island Robin
The North Island robin is a species of Australasian robin endemic to the North Island of New Zealand. It and the South Island robin of the South Island and Stewart Island were once considered conspecific, but mitochondrial DNA sequences have shown that the two lineages split prior to the Pleistocene, and support the classification as two different species.
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