pīhoihoi
1. (noun) New Zealand pipit, Anthus novaeseelandiae - native bird with head and upperparts brown and streaked darker brown similar to a skylark but more slender, with the habit of flicking its long tail up and down. It inhabits open areas but avoids intensively farmed land.
Te hoihoi hoki o te manu nei, whai anō kīia ai he pīhoihoi. Arā anō tōna ingoa ko te whioi, arā he manu whio (Te Ara 2012). / This bird is noisy, which is why it is called a 'pīhoihoi'. Another of its names, whioi, means whistler.
Synonyms: kātaitai, manu kahaki, whioi, hīoi, whāioio
