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  • noun Plural form of yellowhead.

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Examples

  • In their breeding range, the yellowheads also frequent reedy lakes or marsh areas, but spend a fair amount of time foraging for food in grain fields.

    One for the birds in Ajijic, Mexico 2007

  • The yellowheads are omnivores and will feed on aquatic insects, and on grasshoppers, grubs, weed seeds and grain.

    One for the birds in Ajijic, Mexico 2007

  • Mohua or yellowheads (Mohoua ochrocephala VU) have small South Island populations that are generally decreasing, but they have started to recover here following intensive stoat control (Mustela erminea).

    Southland temperate forests 2007

  • Two populations of yellowheads are now extinct and three more are declining.

    ENS 2010

  • Two populations of yellowheads are now extinct and three more are declining.

    ENS 2010

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