Xenicus

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Kingdom Animalia Scientific name Xenicus Higher classification New Zealand wren Order Passerine		Family Acanthisittidae Phylum Chordata Rank Genus

Lower classifications Lyall's wren, New Zealand rock wren, Bushwren

Xenicus is a genus of birds in the family Acanthisittidae. It contains New Zealand wrens.

Rock wren xenicus gilviventris chicks fledging

New Zealand rockwren, Xenicus gilviventris

Bushwren, †Xenicus longipes (extinct)

Lyall's wren was classified as Xenicus lyalli but is quite divergent so is placed in its own genus Traversia.

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