kātoitoi
1. (noun) South Island robin, Petroica australis - a tame, inquisitive, small bird of the bush with dark slate-grey feathers and long thin legs and a white breast.
Ko te kātoitoi moata i te ata hāparapara, māna te noke tuatahi (TPH 30/6/1901:4). / The New Zealand robin that is early in the dawn, it will have the first worm. (A whakatauākī urging early attendance in order to gain the advantage. Similar to the English: The early bird catches the worm.)
See also kakaruwai
Synonyms: karuwai, karuai, kātuhituhi, mōioio, tarapō, taruwai, tātaruwai, toitoireka, wheko pō, totoi, tōtōara, piere, mokorā, kakaruwai, hātoitoi
