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Antipodes Island pipit

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Antipodes Island pipit

The Antipodes Island subspecies is seen here on the island’s dominant vegetation – tussock. These birds are so unaccustomed to people that they hop about between a visitor’s feet, looking for dislodged invertebrates.

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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/14021/antipodes-island-pipit (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Christina Troup, published 1 March 2009.