Passeriformes

Stitchbird (Notiomystidae)

HBW 14, p. 242 Learn more about the Handbook of the Birds of the World - Volume 14 on the Lynx Edicions website.

• Medium-sized, rather plump passerine with fairly short and slightly decurved bill, rather long tail often held cocked, and broad rounded wings with prominent white patch.
• New Zealand.
• Forest.
• 1 genus, 1 species, 1 taxon.
• 1 species threatened; none extinct since 1600.