Habitat and Distribution
The range of this species has always been restricted to the North Island of New Zealand, as well as several offshore islands surrounding it, including Little Barrier Island (where it is the most common forest bird) Great Barrier Island and Kapiti Island; it has however, contracted markedly since the 19th century due to a number of human induced factors- see the Conservation section below. The distributions of the Whitehead and its close relative, the Yellowhead are sympatric, with the range of the latter species conversely being restricted to the South Island. Whiteheads are generally restricted to the larger tracts of older scrub and native forest that remain in the North Island but have proven their adaptibility by establishing populations in a number of exotic pine plantations, particularly on the North Island Volcanic Plateau.
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