New Zealand wren

noun

A passerine bird of the family Acanthisittidae, including two living and several extinct species in four or five genera.

First used 19th c.
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Meanings

nounNew Zealand wren (plural New Zealand wrens)

plural New Zealand wrens

  1. A passerine bird of the family Acanthisittidae, including two living and several extinct species in four or five genera.First known use 19th c.

    Suboscines (Tyranni) are mostly found in the Neotropics, whereas the small New Zealand wrens (Acanthisitti) are limited to, you guessed it, New Zealand.

    2016 October 19, Hanneke Meijer, “Why you can thank geology for your morning songbird chorus”, in The Guardian

Translations

Catalan acantisita
  • acantisitabird of the family Acanthisittidae
Finnish vilistäjä
  • vilistäjäbird of the family Acanthisittidae
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