The New Zealand wrens are a family (Acanthisittidae) of tiny passerines endemic to New Zealand. They were represented by seven Holocene species in four...
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The New Zealand rock wren (Xenicus gilviventris) is a small New Zealand wren (family Acanthisittidae) endemic to the South Island of New Zealand. Its Māori...
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name. The name wren has been applied to other, unrelated birds, particularly the New Zealand wrens (Acanthisittidae) and the Australian wrens (Maluridae)...
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wren or the Stephens Island wren (Traversia lyalli) was a small, flightless passerine belonging to the family Acanthisittidae, the New Zealand wrens....
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long-billed wren (Dendroscansor decurvirostris) is an extinct species of New Zealand wren formerly endemic to the South Island of New Zealand. It was the...
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Bushwren (redirect from New Zealand Bush Wren)
collection of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Image of Bush Wren from Te Ara: The Online Encyclopedia of New Zealand Photography of Xenicus longipes...
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Stout-legged wren is a common name referring to two species of extinct New Zealand wrens: the North Island stout-legged wren or Grant-Mackie's wren (Xenicus...
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up wren in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Wrens are passerine birds in the family Troglodytidae. Wren or Wrens may also refer to: New Zealand wren (Acanthisittidae)...
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birds. Passerines are divided into three suborders: Acanthisitti (New Zealand wrens), Tyranni (composed mostly of South American suboscines), and Passeri...
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Xenicus (redirect from Stout-legged Wren)
contains New Zealand wrens. New Zealand rock wren, Xenicus gilviventris Bushwren, †Xenicus longipes (extinct) South Island stout-legged wren, †X. yaldwyni...
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Rifleman (bird) (category Use New Zealand English from July 2024)
passerine bird that is endemic to New Zealand. It belongs to the family Acanthisittidae, also known as the New Zealand wrens, of which it is one of only two...
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2021. "Bush wren | New Zealand Birds Online". www.nzbirdsonline.org.nz. Retrieved 22 May 2022. "North Island stout-legged wren | New Zealand Birds Online"...
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the endemic New Zealand wrens". Proc Biol Sci. 269 (1488): 235–241. doi:10.1098/rspb.2001.1877. PMC 1690883. PMID 11839192. New Zealand Birds Online:...
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and New Zealand. Order: Passeriformes Family: Acanthisittidae The New Zealand wrens are a family (Acanthisittidae) of tiny passerines endemic to New Zealand...
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Kuiornis (category Use New Zealand English from August 2024)
Kuiornis indicator is an extinct New Zealand wren (Acanthisittidae) known from the early Miocene (19–16 million years ago) St Bathans fauna in Central...
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needed] Recent studies suggest that New Zealand wrens are Gondwanan descendants. DNA studies seem to indicate that the wrens are the most ancient of all passerines...
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Kererū (redirect from New Zealand Wood Pigeon)
The kererū (Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae) or New Zealand pigeon is a species of pigeon native to New Zealand. Johann Friedrich Gmelin described the bird...
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the clade Eupasseres. The clade contains all passerines except the New Zealand wrens (Acanthisitti), to which they are sister. The origin of the word is...
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Many of New Zealand's birds are endemic to the country, that is, they are not found in any other country. Approximately 71% of the bird species breeding...
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divided into two infraorders: the Eurylaimides and the Tyrannides. The New Zealand wrens in the family Acanthisittidae are placed in a separate suborder Acanthisitti...
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Worldwide; 6,500 species Suborder Acanthisitti Family Acanthisittidae: New Zealand wrens Suborder Tyranni: suboscines Infraorder Eurylaimides: Old World suboscines...
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Southern Alps (redirect from New Zealand Alps)
te Moana) are a mountain range extending along much of the length of New Zealand's South Island, reaching its greatest elevations near the range's western...
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Acanthisittidae (the New Zealand wrens) and Philepittidae (the Asities). The Clements taxonomy places several other families between the New Zealand wrens and the...
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The military history of New Zealand during World War II began when New Zealand entered the Second World War by declaring war on Nazi Germany with the United...
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novaesi (eastern Brazil, 2011) Acanthisittidae – New Zealand "wrens" Lyall's wren, Traversia lyalli (New Zealand, 1895?) A flightless species that was famously...
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conserved across the Cenozoic than that of crocodiles. Acanthisittidae (New Zealand "wrens") – 2 living species, a few more recently extinct. Distinct lineage...
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the northernmost tip of the Marlborough Sounds in the South Island of New Zealand. It lies two kilometres to the northeast of Cape Stephens, the northernmost...
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Percival Christopher Wren (1 November 1875 – 22 November 1941) was an English writer, mostly of adventure fiction. He is remembered best for Beau Geste...
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of New Zealand wrens: Lyall's wren (Traversia lyalli), the South Island stout-legged wren (Pachyplichas yaldwyni), the North Island stout-legged wren (Pachyplichas...
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Zealand king shag †New Zealand merganser †New Zealand quail New Zealand rock wren New Zealand scaup New Zealand storm petrel Newell's shearwater †Newton's...
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