pīpīwharauroa
1. (noun) shining cuckoo, Chrysococcyx lucidus - a short-tailed, bronze-green bird with a dark green-and-white face and upperparts which migrates to the Solomon Islands and Bismarck Archipelago for the New Zealand winter.
Ki te whiua te tangata ki te pātai ‘I hea koe i te tangi o te pīpīwharauroa?’, he taunu tērā i te tangata tē kitea i te whakatōnga, heoi, i te hauhaketanga ka puta ake (Te Ara 2012). / If a person is asked, ‘Where were you when the shining cuckoo sang?' it is a derogatory comment of the person who is not seen at planting time, but shows up at harvest time.
Synonyms: whēnakonako, piripiriwharauroa, wharauroa, nakonako
2. (noun) white and green variety of greenstone like the dappled breast plumage of the shining cuckoo.
