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Tomtit

LC control no.sh2011005989
LC classificationQL696.P2439 Zoology
Topical headingTomtit
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Variant(s)Miromiro
New Zealand tit
New Zealand tomtit
Ngiru-ngiru
Ngirungiru
Petroica macrocephala
Pied tit
Tit, New Zealand
Tit, Pied
See alsoPetroica
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Found inWork cat: Mr RG : the adventurous tomtit, 2011.
Birds of New Zealand, 2009: pp. 244-245 (Tomtit: family: Eopsaltriiidae; species: Petroica macrocephala; Common names: Miromiro (North Island), Ngirungiru (South Island); divided into four subspecies, the Pied Tit of North Island forests, the Yellow-breasted Tit of South Island forests, the Chatham Island Tit of the Chatham Islands and Snares Island Tit found off Snares Island; Snares Island tomtit, Petroica macrocephala dannefaerdi)
Collins handguide to the birds of New Zealand, 1992: p. 102 (Tomtit, Petroica macrocephala; largely sedentary, aggressive birds; they dart from perches after insects on bark or ground; calls and songs are varied)
The New Zealand descriptive animal dictionary. Index of scientific names, c1992: p. 3 (Petroica macrocephala)
New Zealand birds, 2007: p. 109 (Tomtit: family: Eopsaltriiidae; species: Petroica macrocephala; Common names: Miromiro (North Island), Ngirungiru (South Island))
Avibase, viewed Feb. 10, 2012 (Tomtit (Petroica macrocephala); order: Passeriformes; family: Petroicidae; English synonyms : Miromiro, New Zealand tit, New Zealand tomtit, Ngiru-ngiru, Pied tit, Tomtit)