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title: "Maorysek towarzyski"
description: "Mohoua novaeseelandiae — Ptaki. The pīpipi (Mohoua novaeseelandiae), also known as brown creeper or New Zealand creeper, is a small passerine bird endemic to the South Island, Stewart Island and their surrounding islands, in New Zealand."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/pipipi
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Maorysek towarzyski

> Mohoua novaeseelandiae — Ptaki. The pīpipi (Mohoua novaeseelandiae), also known as brown creeper or New Zealand creeper, is a small passerine bird endemic to the South Island, Stewart Island and their surrounding islands, in New Zealand.

- Scientific name: *Mohoua novaeseelandiae*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: `forest` (Las)
- iNaturalist observations: 830
- Wikidata: [Q1812742](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1812742)
- iNaturalist taxon: [8325](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/8325)

## Names

- en: Pipipi
- de: Finschia
- es: Mohoua pipipí
- fr: Mohoua pipipi
- it: Pipipi
- pt: Mohoua-pipipi
- pl: Maorysek towarzyski

## Countries with the most observations

NZ (745)

## Summary

The pīpipi (Mohoua novaeseelandiae), also known as brown creeper or New Zealand creeper, is a small passerine bird endemic to the South Island, Stewart Island and their surrounding islands, in New Zealand. It was called the New Zealand titmouse in the 1780s. It is a specialist insectivore, gleaning insects from branches and leaves. They have strong legs and toes for hanging upside down while feeding.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C4%ABpipi

## Photo

![Maorysek towarzyski](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/pipipi/medium.jpg)

Photo: Tyler McBeth · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/256738645

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/pipipi?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).