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hore

1. (noun) whitehead, Mohoua albicilla - small rare endemic bird with white underparts and head with a contrasting black bill, eyes and legs and pale brown upperparts. Lives in groups in the high canopy of forests and scrub of the North Island.

Te kererū, te tīeke, te koropio, te hore, te tītitipounamu, me ngā manu katoa (W 1971:60). / New Zealand pigeons, saddle backs, whiteheads, rifleman and all the birds.

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See also pōpokotea

Synonyms: mōriorio, mōtengitengi, tātāeto, tātāhore, tātaihore, tātariheko, upokotea, porihawa, poupoutea, pōporoihewa, poriporihewa, popotea, tātāngaeko, pōpokotea, tātāeko

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