Here's a recording of a miromiro (NZ tomtit) singing last week, recorded on my hill run through Sugarloaf reserve. Miromiro song is similar to the song of the much more common riroriro (grey warbler), but riroriro sing non-stop, whereas miromiro put clear pauses between their songs.
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Here's a map of all the miromiro (tomtits) I saw and heard in 2022 along my standard run routes through Ōtautahi-Christchurch. Miromiro are endemic insectivorous forest birds, and much more common deeper into Banks Peninsula. The only place along my standard city run routes that I've ever heard or seen them is in the original native forest of Sugarloaf. There's nothing like the real thing when it comes to native forest.
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