Whitehead, Popokatea: Card

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A forest bird that feeds mainly on insects such as moths, spiders, beetles and caterpillars and sometimes on small berries from native trees. Whiteheads feature in Maori folklore and legends as a messenger between man and the gods and was regarded as a very sacred bird...