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Story: Birds of mountains and open country

Auckland Islands pipit

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Auckland Islands pipit

The Auckland Islands subspecies is a common bird on the Auckland Islands. This pipit is perched on the large pleated leaf of the subantarctic daisy Pleurophyllum criniferum.

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Christina Troup, Birds of mountains and open country – New Zealand pipit, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/14020/auckland-islands-pipit (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Christina Troup, published 1 March 2009.