tātāeko
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.
Nā, ka tae mai ngā miromiro, ngā pītoitoi, ngā tātāeko, ngā kōriroriro, ia manu, ia manu, me ngā tīrairaka, ka rūpeke mai (NM 1928:22). / So the white breasted tits, the New Zealand robins, the whiteheads, the grey warblers, each bird together with the fantails all assembled.
See also pōpokotea
Synonyms: mōriorio, mōtengitengi, tātāeto, tātāhore, tātaihore, tātariheko, upokotea, porihawa, poupoutea, pōporoihewa, poriporihewa, popotea, tātāngaeko, pōpokotea, hore
