Passeriformes

New Zealand Wrens (Acanthisittidae)

HBW 9, p. 464 Learn more about the Handbook of the Birds of the World - Volume 9 on the Lynx Edicions website.

• Tiny to small birds with fine pointed bill, short rounded wings, very short tail, and rather drab plumage.
• New Zealand.
• Forest (especially of southern beech) and scrub, from sea-level to the tree-line; 1 species in alpine and subalpine areas, including screes and rockfalls.
• 2 genera, 3 species, 6 taxa.
• 1 species threatened; almost certainly extinct; 1 other species extinct since 1600.