New Zealand wrens
acanthisittidae latin

It was the largest (by weight) of the New Zealand wrens.

They are known as New Zealand wrens.

Recent studies suggest that New Zealand wrens are Gondwanan descendants.

The plumage of the New Zealand wrens is only known for the four species seen by European scientists.

It contains New Zealand wrens.

The New Zealand wrens evolved in the absence of mammals for many millions of years, and the family was losing the ability to fly.

The New Zealand wrens are an ancient family of tiny birds with no close affinity to other groups of birds.

It is the rarer of the two surviving species of New Zealand wrens and is threatened by introduced mammals.

It belongs to the Acanthisittidae family, also known as the New Zealand wrens, of which it is one of only two surviving species.

New Zealand wrens are tiny birds; the rifleman is the smallest of New Zealand's birds.

The New Zealand wrens are a family (Acanthisittidae) of tiny passerines endemic to New Zealand.

The taxonomy of the New Zealand wrens has been a subject of considerable debate since their discovery, although they have long been known to be an unusual family.

Like all New Zealand passerines, the New Zealand wrens are sedentary, and are not thought to undertake any migrations.

Of the six known species of New Zealand wrens that once lived throughout New Zealand, the rifleman and the rock wren are the only survivors.

A Gondwanan origin of passerine birds supported by DNA sequences of the endemic New Zealand wrens"."

In the 1880s, Forbes assigned the New Zealand wrens to the suboscines related to the cotingas and pittas (and gave the family the name Xenicidae).

The name wren has been applied to other, unrelated birds, particularly the New Zealand wrens (Acanthisittidae) and the Australian wrens (Maluridae).

New Zealand wrens, like many New Zealand birds, suffered several extinctions after the arrival of humans in New Zealand.

New Zealand wrens are mostly insectivorous foragers of New Zealand's forests, with one species, the New Zealand rockwren, being restricted to alpine areas.

After the wave of extinctions and range contractions caused by the arrival of mammals in New Zealand, the New Zealand wrens have a much reduced range.

The Stephens Island wren or Lyall's wren (Xenicus (Traversia) lyalli) was a nocturnal, flightless, insectivorous passerine belonging to the family of New Zealand wrens.

The New Zealand wrens are endemic and restricted to the main and offshore islands of New Zealand; they have not been found on any of the outer islands such as the Chathams or the Kermadec Islands.

The Acanthisittids or New Zealand wrens are tiny birds restricted to New Zealand, at least in modern times; they were long placed in Passeri; their taxonomic position is uncertain, though they seem to be a distinct and very ancient group.

The 27 Australasian "wren" species in the family Maluridae are unrelated, as are the New Zealand wrens in the family Acanthisittidae, the antwrens in the family Thamnophilidae, and the wren-babblers of the family Timaliidae.

Xenicus is a genus of birds in the family Acanthisittidae.

The first group, the Acanthisittidae, are also known as the New Zealand "wrens".

The first, containing the Acanthisittidae (New Zealand "wrens"), is of disputed position.

Acanthisittidae: New Zealand "wrens"

It belongs to the Acanthisittidae family, also known as the New Zealand wrens, of which it is one of only two surviving species.

Sexual dimorphism is also not uncommon in the Acanthisittidae and prominent in some suboscines such as the Pipridae and Cotingidae.

The 27 Australasian "wren" species in the family Maluridae are unrelated, as are the New Zealand wrens in the family Acanthisittidae, the antwrens in the family Thamnophilidae, and the wren-babblers of the family Timaliidae.