Xenicus | |
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A South Island wren. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Acanthisittidae |
Genus: | Xenicus G.R. Gray, 1855 |
Type species | |
Motacilla longipes[1] Gmelin, 1789
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Xenicus is a genus of birds in the family Acanthisittidae. It contains New Zealand wrens.
Lyall's wren was classified as Xenicus lyalli but is quite divergent, so it is placed in its own genus, Traversia.
Xenicus |
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Authority control databases: National |
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