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Story: Tītī − muttonbirding

Tītī in flight

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Tītī in flight

Adult tītī returning to their colony in the evening are a spectacular sight.

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Philip Lyver, Jamie Newman and the Rakiura Tītī Islands Administering Body, Tītī − muttonbirding – Muttonbirding in New Zealand, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/9364/titi-in-flight (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Philip Lyver, Jamie Newman and the Rakiura Tītī Islands Administering Body, published 2 March 2009.