Mohua, or yellowhead, are closely related to the brown creeper (also endemic to the South Island and Stewart Island) and the whitehead (only found in the North Island). Since the arrival of Europeans, the mohua has disappeared from extensive areas of relatively unmodified forests, and, unlike its two cousins, is continuing to decline.
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Forest and Bird, Issue 281, 1 August 1996, Page 21
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53Mohua, or yellowhead, are closely related to the brown creeper (also endemic to the South Island and Stewart Island) and the whitehead (only found in the North Island). Since the arrival of Europeans, the mohua has disappeared from extensive areas of relatively unmodified forests, and, unlike its two cousins, is continuing to decline. Forest and Bird, Issue 281, 1 August 1996, Page 21
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