"Hihi" redirects here. For other uses, see Hihi (disambiguation).
Stitchbird
Male in typical 'tail cocked' stance
Female
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Aves
Order:
Passeriformes
Family:
Notiomystidae Driskell et al., 2007
Genus:
Notiomystis Richmond, 1908
Species:
N. cincta
Binomial name
Notiomystis cincta
(Du Bus, 1839)
Islands and sanctuaries where stitchbirds are present
The stitchbird or hihi (Notiomystis cincta) is a honeyeater-like bird endemic to the North Island and adjacent offshore islands of New Zealand. Its evolutionary relationships have long puzzled ornithologists, but it is now classed as the only member of its own family, the Notiomystidae. It is rare, being extirpated everywhere except Little Barrier Island, but has been reintroduced to two other island sanctuaries and four locations on the North Island mainland.[2] Current population estimations for mature individuals in the wild are 2,500–3,400.[3]
In addition to hihi, the stitchbird is also known by a number of other Māori names, including: tihi, ihi, tihe, kotihe, tiora, tiheora, tioro, kotihe-wera (male only), hihi-paka (male only), hihi-matakiore (female only), mata-kiore (female only), tihe-kiore (female only).[4]
^BirdLife International (2017). "Notiomystis cincta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22704154A118814893. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22704154A118814893.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
^Adams (2019).
^"Redlist - Stitchbird".
^Low, Matthew Richard (2004). "The Behavioural Ecology of Forced Copulation in the New Zealand Stitchbird (Hihi)" (PDF). Massey Research Online.
The stitchbird or hihi (Notiomystis cincta) is a honeyeater-like bird endemic to the North Island and adjacent offshore islands of New Zealand. Its evolutionary...
lineages, so new families had to be established, some of them – like the stitchbird of New Zealand and the Eurasian bearded reedling – monotypic with only...
expansion of passerines to New Zealand. Their only close relative is the stitchbird. The phylogenetic relationships between the species shown below is based...
Petroicida Family Petroicidae: Australasian robins Family Notiomystidae: stitchbird Family Callaeidae: wattlebirds Parvorder Eupetida Family Picathartidae:...
Zosteropidae on genetic evidence. The genus Notiomystis (New Zealand stitchbird), formerly classified in the Meliphagidae, has recently been removed to...
saddleback and the kōkako. The only close relative to the family is the stitchbird; their taxonomic relationships with other birds remain to be determined...
migration, for securing the species against future climate change. The stitchbird, also known as the Hihi, is a bird endemic to New Zealand. Changes in...
of eggs in one breeding season. Native threatened species such as the stitchbird and kākā in New Zealand and the swift parrot in Tasmania may be at risk...
the male either mounts the female from behind or in front (as in the stitchbird), or moves very close to her. The cloacae then touch, so that the sperm...
(whiteheads) and hihi (stitchbirds) in 2008. March 2009 saw the release of 60 whiteheads (popokatea). Between 2009 and 2011, 155 hihi (stitchbirds) were released...
February. The flowers are pollinated mainly by the bellbird, tui and stitchbird. The silvereye, which is a 19th-century immigrant to New Zealand that...
nectar of the flowers is sought after by insects, bellbirds, tūī, and stitchbirds. The leaves and the rough bark provide excellent homes for insects such...
(satinbirds) Family Callaeidae (New Zealand wattlebirds) Family Notiomystidae (stitchbird) Family Petroicidae (Australian robins) Family Picathartidae (rockfowl)...
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