mōtengitengi
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.
See also pōpokotea
Synonyms: mōriorio, tātāeto, tātāhore, tātaihore, tātariheko, upokotea, porihawa, poupoutea, pōporoihewa, poriporihewa, popotea, tātāngaeko, pōpokotea, tātāeko, hore
2. (noun) silvereye, waxeye, Zosterops lateralis - a small, common, green bird with a conspicuous white eye-ring, olive-green head and upperparts, a grey back and creamy-white underparts with pinkish-brown flanks.
