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stitchbird
The stitchbird or hihi (''Notiomystis cincta'') is a rare honeyeater-like bird endemic to the North Island and adjacent offshore islands of New Zealand. It became extirpated everywhere except Little Barrier Island but has been reintroduced to three other island sanctuaries and two locations on the North Island mainland. Its evolutionary relationships have long puzzled ornithologists, but it is now classed as the only member of its own family, the Notiomystidae.
== Taxonomy and systematics ==
The stitchbird was originally described as a member of the primarily Australian and New Guinean honeyeater family Meliphagidae. It has remained classified as such until recently. Genetic analysis shows that it is not closely related to the honeyeaters and their allies and that its closest living relatives are within the endemic New Zealand Callaeidae.〔Barker ''et al.'' 2004〕〔Driskell ''et al.'' 2007〕〔Ewen ''et al.,'' 2006〕 In 2007 a new passerine family was erected to contain the stitchbird, the Notiomystidae.〔〔Gregory, A. 2008〕
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