South Island piopio
| South Island piopio | |
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| A mounted specimen of the South Island piopio in the collection of Te Papa | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Oriolidae |
| Genus: | †Turnagra |
| Species: | †T. capensis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Turnagra capensis (Sparrman, 1787) | |
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The South Island piopio (Turnagra capensis) also known as the New Zealand thrush, is an extinct species of passerine bird of the family Oriolidae. Milford Sound in the South Island of New Zealand is known as Piopiotahi in te reo Māori.