New Zealand Wrens (Acanthisittidae)
Bush Wren (Xenicus longipes) - HBW 9, p. 473
French: Xénique des buissons
German: Waldschlüpfer
Spanish: Acantisita de Matorral
Other common names: Green Wren; North Island Bush Wren (stokesii); South Island Bush Wren (longipes); Stewart Island/Stead’s Bush Wren (variabilis)
Taxonomy: Motacilla longipes J. F. Gmelin, 1789, Dusky Sound, South Island, New Zealand.
Race stokesii known only from three museum skins and few sightings. Race that formerly occupied Stewart I uncertain, assumed to be variabilis, which described from offshore islets. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- stokesii G. R. Gray, 1862 - North I, New Zealand.
- longipes (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) - South I.
- variabilis Stead, 1936 - Stewart I and outliers.
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