The Cute Tiny Tomtits With Oversized Heads On A Ball Of Yellow Feathers

The tomtit (Petroica macrocephala) fits perfectly into the Australasian robins family, with a large head, tiny beak, and round puffed-out little body. They found only on the islands of New Zealand.

This adaptable species uses a variety of habitats from sea level to the subalpine zone. Tomtits can be found in all mature native forest types, including podocarp-broadleaf, beech, and manuka-kanuka forests, as well as regenerating forests after being logged. Exotic plantations are also occupied, particularly mature stands. Tomtits have been recorded occasionally on well-treed farmland, and in suburban parks and gardens. On Snares Islands and Auckland Islands, tomtits occupy forest, shrubland and also tussock grasslands with scattered shrubs.