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Female tomtit

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Female tomtit

This female tomtit has brought a tiny insect to her chicks. Once the chicks are close to fledging she will prepare to lay her second or third clutch for the season.

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Christina Troup, Small forest birds – Robins and tomtits, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/12487/female-tomtit (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Christina Troup, published 1 March 2009, updated 1 August 2023.