It was once considered a subspecies of the New Zealand Robin of South and Stewart Islands, but mitochondrial DNA sequences have shown that the two lineages split prior to the Pleistocene and supported the split into two species.
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The North Island Robin, like the New Zealand Robin, is a terrestrial feeder foraging on or near the ground (unlike the related and more arboreal Tomtit).
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