A Mohua (Yellowhead) scans around for insects then jumps from its perch to go on the hunt. They're quite small, and that yellow throat and head can be hard to see in dappled sunlight when they're up high in the trees. Lovely little birds, though.
Ulva Island
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Here’s a story on #RNZ of a project working to increase the numbers of mohua, the NZ yellowhead, in part of southern Aotearoa. Mohua are an endemic NZ bird (in an endemic bird family), once abundant through the South Island, but now very rare, and endangered. My wife Laura is working with a team on a high tech way of monitoring mohua populations, and individuals, with a network of audio recorders.
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Mohua yellowheads were once common in Aotearoa forests, but bush clearance and introduced predators mean they're now rare in the ngahere. Claire Concannon meets a team of scientists and conservationists keeping an eye on a remnant mohua population at Makarora.
Bjorn Idle
Matt Marcha
Jon Sullivan
🇳🇿 Shayne Parkinson