This article was originally published on Critter Science.

The stitchbird, aka tihi, ihi, tihe, kotihe, tiora, tiheora, tioro, kotihe-wera (male only), hihi-paka (male only), hails from Little Barrier Island. These birds have been extirpated from all other locales. They face the threats of habitat loss and destruction at the hands of farming and ranching; invasive species, such as […]

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