Activity T6: What do Hihi Look Like?

Tiritiri Matangi Activity	Teacher Manual P 30 Science Level 4 Making Sense of the Living World Created 21/09/2001	AO3 - Students can investigate and describe patterns in the variability of a visible physical feature found within a species. SLO - Students will be able to identify hihi from amongst other similar species by external characteristics. © Heurisko Ltd www.learnz.org.nz/2001

Read Tui Facts, Bellbird Facts and Hihi Facts. (a) Fill the gaps to complete the sentence: Tui, bellbirds and ___________ are all members of the __________ family. (b) Describe the features of these three birds' beaks and how they use them for feeding. tui   bellbird   hihi   In the table describe the differences between the colour, size and shape of these three birds.   Hihi Bellbird Tui Size       Colour       Shape       Distinguishing features eg. eyes, whiskers etc       These three birds live and feed in different layers of the forest. For each bird label the part of the forest it prefers: hihi, bellbird, tui.