Male Stitchbird (Hihi) with fledged Chick: Card

FRONT: Male Stitchbird (Hihi) with fledged Chick (image)

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The Stitchbird is so named because its piercing call has been likened to the word ‘stitch’. It is rare and endangered and subject to an intensive breeding programme in protected locations. Stitchbirds breed in Spring and Summer and are the only bird known to sometimes mate face to face. Females incubate the eggs alone but males assist with chick rearing...