- Xenicus
Taxobox
caption=A South Island Wren.
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo =Passeriformes
familia =Acanthisittidae
genus = "Xenicus
genus_authority = Gray, 1855"Xenicus" is a genus of
bird s in the family "Acanthisittidae ". It contains New Zealand wrens.pecies
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South Island Wren , "Xenicus gilviventris"
*Bush Wren , "Xenicus longipes" (extinct)
*Stephens Island Wren , "Xenicus lyalli" (extinct)References
"Catalogue of the genera and subgenera of birds contained in the British museum". p.31
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