Listen to the North Island robin
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About the North Island robin
The North Island robin is a bird in the family Petroicidae (order Passeriformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”.
What does the North Island robin sound like?
Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
The recordings here are labelled as north-island-robin-song. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The North Island robin is a species of Australasian robin endemic to the North Island of New Zealand. It and the South Island robin (P. australis) of the South Island and Stewart Island were once considered conspecific (and called the "New Zealand robin"), but mitochondrial DNA sequences have shown that the two lineages split prior to the Pleistocene, and support the classification as two different species.
Related birds in the genus Petroica
More from the family Petroicidae
Frequently asked questions
What does a North Island robin sound like?
You can hear 1 recording of the North Island robin on this page, including its north-island-robin-song. Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
Is the North Island robin endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the North Island robin as “least concern”.
What family does the North Island robin belong to?
The North Island robin (Petroica longipes) belongs to the family Petroicidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources & credits
- North-island-robin-song – CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q3316087 – CC0
- Wikipedia: North Island robin – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Geoff McKay from Palmerston North, New Zealand – CC BY 2.0